2004 No. 577
EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2004

Made
Coming into force
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and 124B of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981, and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 20032, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 11th March 2004.

Interpretation

2.

In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school or the school is conducted (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination).

Designation of Schools

3.

The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are hereby designated as schools having a religious character.

4.

The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (2).

Penny Jones
A Divisional Manager in the
Department for Education and Skills

SCHEDULESchools Having a Religious Character

Articles 3 and 4

(1)

(2)

Name and Postcode of School

Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination

Barnet

St Martha’s Convent Junior School, EN5 4BW

Roman Catholic

Wellgrove Education Centre, N20 9EQ

Christian

Bedfordshire

The Sceptre School, LU4 9DZ

Christian

Bournemouth

Parkhouse Education Trust, BH9 3JG

Christian

Bracknell Forest

Wellington College, RG45 7PU

Church of England

Buckinghamshire

Fulmer Education Trust, SL2 4EX

Christian

The Woodlands Education Trust, MK18 4WE

Christian

Camden

St Anthony’s School

Catholic

Cheshire

Greater Grace School of Christian Education, CH2 48E

Christian

Willowview Education Centre, CW1 4PP

Christian

Cornwall

Treverbyn Education Trust, PL26 8XR

Christian

Coventry

Copsewood Education Centre, CV6 4LX

Christian

Croyden

Croydon and District Education Trust, CR8 1HA

Christian

Ealing

Percival Study Centre, UB6 7LA

Christian

East Riding of Yorkshire

Hull High School and Junior School, HU10 7EH

Christian

East Sussex

Sussex Weald Education Trust, TN35 4PL

Christian

Essex

St Philip’s Priory School, CM2 0AR

Roman Catholic

Gloucestershire

Eastbrook Education Trust, GL4 3DB

Christian

St Edward’s Junior School, GL52 6NR

Roman Catholic

St Edwards' School, GL53 8EY

Roman Catholic

The Abbey School, GL20 5PD

Christian/Church of England

Hampshire

Solent Education Trust, PO9 3HN

Christian

The King’s School Senior, SO50 7DB

Christian

Winchester Christian Primary School, SO22 4BT

Christian

Hertfordshire

Lockers Park School, HP1 1TL

Church of England

Hounslow

Thamesway Education Trust, TW13 4PH

Christian

Isle of Wight

Stenbury Education Trust, PO38 3LT

Christian

Kent

Ashford School and Junior School, TN24 8PB

Christian

Leydenhatch Study Centre, DA1 1TY

Christian

Tunbridge Wells Education Trust, TN12 6DQ

Christian

Kingston upon Thames

Surbiton High School, KT1 2JT

Christian

Surbiton Junior Girls' School, KT1 2HW

Christian

Surbiton Preparatory School, KT6 4SP

Christian

Kirklees

The Branch Christian School

Christian

Leeds

Brownberrie Education Trust, LS18 4DR

Christian

Victory Academy, LS11 5JY

Christian

Lewisham

Allenby Tutorial Centre, SE23 2DF

Christian

Lincolnshire

High Leas Education Centre, LN2 2TA

Christian

Lincoln Minster School, LN2 5RW

Christian

Lincoln Minster Prep School, LN2 1QE

Christian

Liverpool

Riverside Study Centre, L36 6JF

Christian

Newbury

St Gabriel’s School, RG20 9BD

Church of England

Nottinghamshire

The Parrs Training Centre, NG9 1PJ

Christian

Norfolk

Beechcroft Study Centre, NR7 0LS

Christian

Sacred Heart Convent School, PE37 7BA

Roman Catholic

Peterborough

Medeshamstede Education Trust, 874/6001

Christian

Plymouth

Planting School, PL3 4PY

Christian

Tamar Education Trust, PL4 0NN

Christian

Reading

Redlands Education Trust, 870/6012

Christian

The Abbey School, RG1 5DZ

Christian

Sheffield

Al-Mahad Al-Islami, S9 5FP

Muslim

Southampton

The Atherley School and Grove Place Prep School, SO16 0AB

Christian

Somerset

Taunton School Educational Charity, TA2 6AD

Christian

Staffordshire

Ashwood Education Trust, ST16 3YT

Christian

St Dominic’s Priory School, ST15 8EN

Roman Catholic

Suffolk

Larchcroft Education Trust, IP4 3DH

Christian

Sunderland

Grindon Hall Christian School, SR4 8PG

Christian

Sunderland High School, SR2 8HY

Christian

Sunderland High School Junior School, SR2 6JA

Christian

Surrey

Guildford High and Junior School, GU1 1SJ

Christian

Three Counties Education Trust, GU10 3QA

Christian

The Wrekin

Castle House School, TF10 7JE

Christian

Trafford

Afifah High School, M16 9LT

Muslim

Christ the King School, M33 4AQ

Christian

Mereside Education Centre, M33 3HS

Christian

Warwickshire

Northfields Education Trust

Christian

West Sussex

Littlehaven Education Trust, 938/6261

Christian

Riverside Education Centre, BN14 8HQ

Christian

St Margaret’s School, GU29 9JN

Catholic

The Towers Convent School, BN44 3TF

Roman Catholic

Wiltshire

Cocklebury Education Trust, SN15 1LE

Christian

Worcestershire

St Mary’s Convent School, WR5 2HP

Catholic

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the independent schools named herein as having a religious character.

Under section 124A of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, independent schools which are so designated are permitted to take account of certain religious considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff.

Designation by this Order is not of itself a means of acquiring a religious character or of changing religious character. Designation is the recognition of certain existing attributes of the school or its governing body as described in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003.

A statement in the Order in relation to a school that the religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school, or the school is conducted, is Roman Catholic, does not determine whether or not the school is a Catholic school according to canon law.