2012 No. 2265
Education, England

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2012

Made
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 19981, as applied in relation to independent schools by section 124B(1)2 of that Act.
In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 20033.

Citation1.

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2012.

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I1Art. 1 in force at made date

Interpretation2.

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.

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I2Art. 2 in force at made date

Designation of schools3.

(1)

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

(2)

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

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I3Art. 3 in force at made date

P.S.A. Jones
Deputy Director
Department for Education

SCHEDULESchools having a religious character

Article 3

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I4Sch. in force at made date

(1)

Name and postcode of school

(2)

Relevant religion or religious denomination

Barnet

Rimon Jewish Primary School, NW11 8AE

Jewish

Birmingham

Nishkam Primary School, B21 9SN

Sikh

Nishkam High School, B19 2LF

Sikh

Blackburn with Darwen

Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School, BB1 5PE

Islam

Central Bedfordshire

St Augustine’s Academy, LU5 4AS

Church of England

Cornwall

F1. . .

F1. . .

Derby

Al-Madinah School, DE1 1NU

Islam

Enfield

Enfield Heights Academy, EN3 5BY

Christian

Essex

Becket Keys Church of England Free School, CM15 9DA

Church of England

Harrow

Avanti House School, HA3 5PQ

Hindu

Shropshire

Barrow 1618 Church of England Free School, TF12 5BW

Church of England

Waltham Forest

Emmanuel Community School, E17 6SA

Christian

Wigan

Atherton Community School, M46 9JP

Christian

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the independent schools listed in the Schedule 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 or denominational considerations in making specified employment decisions which relate to teaching staff (such as decisions on appointment or promotion).

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 (S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by S.I. 2004/2262).