2004 No. 72
EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) 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) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 20th January 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

Menorah Grammar School HA8 0QS

Jewish

Birmingham

Hamd House School B10 9RB

Islam

Brent

Islamia Girls School NW6 6PE

Islam

Brighton & Hove

Mowden School BN3 6LU

Anglican

Bromley

Eltham College SE9 4RW

Free Church

Buckinghamshire

Swanbourne House School MK17 OH2

Church of England

Cheshire

Kings School SK10 1DA

Church of England

City of Bristol

Bristol Cathedral School BS1 5TS

Church of England

City of Derby

Normanton House Primary School DE23 8DF

Islam

City of Westminster

St Christina’s School NW8 7PY

Roman Catholic

City of York

St Peter’s School YO30 6AB

Church of England

Derbyshire

Repton School DE65 6FH

Christian

Repton Preparatory School DE65 6EJ

Christian

St Elphin’s School DE4 2HA

Church of England

Devon

St John’s School EX10 8RG

Christian

Gateshead

Emmanuel College NE11 0AN

Christian

Gloucestershire

Kings School GL1 2BNG

Church of England

Westonbirt School GL8 8QG

Church of England

Hampshire

Alton Convent School GU34 2NG

Roman Catholic

The Pilgrims School SO23 9LT

Church of England

Haringey

Greig City Academy N8

Church of England

Hertfordshire

Redemption Academy SG2 0AU

Christian

St Albans High School for Girls AL1 3SJ

Anglican

Kensington & Chelsea

More House School SW1X 0AA

Roman Catholic

St Philips School SW7 4NE

Roman Catholic

Sussex House School SW1X 0EA

Church of England

Kent

Bedgebury School TN17 2SH

Church of England

Oakwood School CT19 6PQ

Christian

Sutton Valence School ME17 3HL

Christian

The Mead School TN2 5SW

Christian

Liverpool

Carleton House Catholic Prep School L18 8AQ

Roman Catholic

Middlesborough

The Kings Academy TS8 0GA

Christian

Norfolk

Gresham’s School NR25 6EA

Church of England

Oxfordshire

Emmanuel Christian School OX4 4PU

Evangelical Christian

Radley College OX14 2HR

Anglican

St Edwards School OX2 7NN

Church of England

The Manor Preparatory School OX13 6LN

Anglican, Church of England

The Oratory School RG8 0PJ

Roman Catholic

The Oratory Preparatory School RG8 7SF

Roman Catholic

Poole

Canford School BH21 3AD

Church of England, Anglican

Reading

Presentation College RG30 2BB

Roman Catholic

Queen Anne’s School RG4 6DX

Church of England

Salford

Tashbar Boys Primary School M7 4HL

Jewish Orthodox

Shropshire

Bedstone College SY7 0BG

Protestant

Birchfield School WV7 3AF

Church of England

Moor Park School SY8 4DZ

Catholic

St Winefrides School SY1 1TE

Roman Catholic

Slough

St Bernard’s Preparatory School SL1 1TB

Roman Catholic

Southend

St Michael’s School SS9 2LP

Church of England

Suffolk

Amberfield School IP10 0HL

Christian

Surrey

Aldro School GU8 9AS

Christian

Caterham School CR3 6YA

Christian

Reeds School KT11 2ES

Church of England

St John’s School KT22 8SP

Church of England

The Cornerstone School KT19 8JD

Christian

Wispers School GU27 1AD

Church of England

Woldingham School CR3 7YA

Roman Catholic

Tameside

Trinity School SK15 1SH

Christian

Wakefield

Silcoates School WF2 0PD

United Reformed Church

St Hilda’s School WF4 6BB

United Reformed Church

Sunny Hill House School WF2 0QB

United Reformed Church

Walsall

Second Chances WS1 1RR

Christian

Wandsworth

Dolphin School SW11 6QP

Christian

Emanuel School SW11 1HS

Christian

West Sussex

Brambletye School RH19 3PD

Church of England

Wigan

Kingsway Independent School WN1 2AA

Protestant, Evangelical

Windsor & Maidenhead

Eton College SL4 6DJ

Church of England

St Georges School SL4 1QF

Church of England

Wirral

Heswall Preparatory School CH60 6RB

Christian

Wokingham

Reading Blue Coat School RG4 6SU

Church of England

The Vine Christian School RG7 1AT

Christian

White House Preparatory School RG40 3HD

Christian

Wolverhampton

Royal Wolverhampton School WV3 0EG

Church of England

Worcestershire

The River School WR1 3HZ

Christian

(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