2004 No. 72

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2004
Made
14th January 2004
Coming into force
20th January 2004
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and 124B of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 , and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003 , 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
14th January 2004
SCHEDULE

Schools 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
1998 c. 31; section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).
S.I. 2003/2314.