The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2012

Statutory Instruments

2012 No. 3174

Education, England

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2012

Made

21st December 2012

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 1998(1), 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 2003(3).

Citation E+W

1.  This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2012.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in force at made date

Interpretation E+W

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.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in force at made date

Designation of schools E+W

3.—(1) The schools listed in column (1) of Schedule 1 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 Schedule 1 is specified in relation to that school in column (2).

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I3 Art. 3 in force at made date

Revocations E+W

4.  The instruments listed in column (1) of Schedule 2 with the references specified in column (2) are revoked to the extent specified in column (3).

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I4 Art. 4 in force at made date

P S A Jones

Deputy Director

Department for Education

21st December 2012

Article 3

SCHEDULE 1 E+W Schools having a religious character

Commencement Information

I5 Sch. 1 in force at made date

(1)	(2)
Name and postcode of school	Relevant religion or religious denomination
Barnet
Focus School - Barnet Campus, N20 9EQ	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Buckinghamshire
Focus School - Stoke Poges Campus, SL2 4QA	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Cambridgeshire
Focus School - Cambridge Campus, CB22 3BF	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Central Bedfordshire
Focus School - Dunstable Campus, LU5 4QL	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Cheshire East
Focus School - Crewe Primary Campus, CW1 4PP	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Coventry
Focus School - Coventry Campus, CV6 4LX	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Derbyshire
Focus school - Long Eaton Campus, NG10 4HR	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
East Riding of Yorkshire
Focus School - Cottingham Campus, HU16 4DD	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Essex
F1 . . .	F1 . . .
Gloucestershire
Focus School - Berkeley Campus, GL13 9RS	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Focus School - Gloucester Campus, GL4 3DB	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Hampshire
F2 . . .	F2 . . .
St Columba Church of England Primary Academy, PO15 6LL	Church of England
Harrow
Focus School - Harrow Primary Campus, HA1 2JL	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Hertfordshire
Focus School - Cheshunt Primary Campus, EN8 9NQ	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Kent
Focus School - Linton Park Campus, ME17 4HT	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Lambeth
F3 . . .	F3 . . .
Lancashire
Focus School - Hornby Campus, LA2 8LH	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Leeds
Focus School - Boston Spa Campus, LS23 6DW	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Middlesborough
Focus School - Middlesborough Campus, TS3 8BT	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Norfolk
Focus School - Swaffham Campus, PE37 7XD	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Northamptonshire
Focus School - Northampton Primary Campus, NN3 3LF	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Nottinghamshire
Worksop College Preparatory School, DN22 8HX	Church of England
Oxfordshire
F3 . . .	F3 . . .
Plymouth
Focus School - Plymouth Campus, PL5 1HL	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Reading
Trinity Christian School, RG2 7AG	Christian
Rotherham
Focus School - Bramley Campus, S66 8QN	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Somerset
Focus School - Yeovil Primary Campus, BA20 2EQ	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Staffordshire
Focus School - Stafford Primary Campus, ST16 3EA	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Stockport
Focus School - Stockport Campus, SK4 2AA	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Suffolk
F1 . . .	F1 . . .
Surrey
Focus School - Hindhead Campus, GU26 6SJ	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Sutton
Focus School - Carshalton Campus, SM5 4AZ	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Waltham Forest
F3 . . .	F3 . . .
West Sussex
F4 . . .	F4 . . .
Wiltshire
Focus School - Wilton Campus, SP2 0JE	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church
Windsor and Maidenhead
The King’s School, Windsor, SL4 3AQ	Christian
Wokingham
Focus School - Reading Primary Campus, RG2 8QA	Plymouth Brethren Christian Church

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 1 revoked (14.4.2014) by The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1024), art. 4, Sch. 2

F2 Words in Sch. 1 revoked (22.12.2014) by The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3361), Sch. 2

F3 Words in Sch. 1 revoked (1.9.2017) by The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/866), Sch. 2

F4 Words in Sch. revoked (24.12.2015) by The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2075), arts. 1, 4, Sch.

Article 4

SCHEDULE 2 E+W Revocations

Commencement Information

I6 Sch. 2 in force at made date

(1)Regulations revoked	(2) References	(3) Extent of revocation
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 3) Order 2003	S.I. 2003/3328	In the Schedule, the entry in relation to Ranby House School
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 3) Order 2004	S.I. 2004/577	In the Schedule, the entries in relation to Wellgrove Education Centre, The Sceptre School, Willowview Education Centre, Copsewood Education Centre, Eastbrook Education Trust, Brownberrie Education Trust, The Parrs Training Centre, Tamar Education Trust, Larchcroft Education Trust and Three Counties Education Trust
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (England) (No 4) Order 2004	S.I. 2004/1378	In the Schedule, the entries in relation to Beechwood Education Trust and Elsworth House Education Centre
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 5) Order 2004	S.I. 2004/2089	In the Schedule, the entries in relation to Northmoor Education Trust and Whinfield Study Trust
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 6) Order 2004	S.I. 2004/2986	In the Schedule, the entry in relation to Prospect Education Trust
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2006	S.I. 2006/1533	In the Schedule, the entries in relation to Sefton Park School, Allbrook School SO50 4LW, Linton Park School, Moordale Academy, Surrey Hills School, Ashton Park School and Tisbury School
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 2) (Order) 2008	S.I. 2008/2340	In the Schedule, the entry in relation to Breckland Park School
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No 4) Order 2010	S.I. 2010/3031	In the Schedule, the entry in relation to Highview School

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 and revokes the instruments listed in Schedule 2 to the extent set out in that Schedule. The revocations relate to schools which were previously designated with a different 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).

(1)

1998 c. 31.

(2)

Section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037) and has been amended by the Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/976).

(3)

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