2014 No. 3261 (W. 332)

Education, Wales

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 2014
Made
9 December 2014
Coming into force
15 December 2014
The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 , and now vested in them , having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998 .

Title, commencement and application
1
1
The title of this Order is the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 2014.
2
This Order comes into force on 15 December 2014.
3
This Order applies in relation to Wales.

Revocation
2
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 2007 is revoked.

Interpretation
3
In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” (“y grefydd neu’r enwad crefyddol perthnasol”) means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at a school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 .

Designation of the Schools
4
1
A school listed in the Schedule to this Order is designated as a school having a religious character.
2
The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in the Schedule to this Order is—
a
Church in Wales, in the case of a school listed in Part I of the Schedule;
b
Roman Catholic, in the case of a school listed in Part II of the Schedule; and
c
Roman Catholic and Anglican, in the case of a school listed in Part III of the Schedule.
Huw Lewis
Minister for Education and Skills, one of the Welsh Ministers
9 December 2014
SCHEDULE
PART I

SCHOOLS WHOSE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IS CHURCH IN WALES
Local Authority (‘LA’) | LA Number | School Number | School Name
VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Gwynedd Council | 661 | 3305 | Ysgol Beuno Sant
Conwy County Borough Council | 662 | 3302 | Ysgol Bodafon
662 | 3307 | Ysgol San Siôr
662 | 3340 | Ysgol y Plas
Denbighshire County Council | 663 | 3316 | Ysgol Trefnant
Flintshire County Council | 664 | 3303 | Ysgol yr Esgob Voluntary Aided Primary School
664 | 3316 | Trelawnyd Voluntary Aided Primary School
664 | 3320 | Ysgol y Llan, Whitford Voluntary Aided Primary School
664 | 3330 | St Ethelwold’s Primary School
664 | 3331 | St John the Baptist Voluntary Aided Primary School (Pentrobin)
664 | 3332 | St Mary’s Nercwys Voluntary Aided Primary School
664 | 3333 | Hawarden Village Voluntary Aided Church in Wales Primary School
Wrexham County Borough Council | 665 | 3043 | St Paul’s Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
665 | 3301 | Bronington Primary School
665 | 3305 | Penley Madras Voluntary Aided School
665 | 3326 | St Chad’s Voluntary Aided School (Hanmer)
665 | 3337 | Minera Primary School
665 | 3338 | All Saints Primary School Gresford
665 | 3341 | St Mary’s Primary School (Ruabon)
665 | 3342 | St Mary’s (Aided) Primary School
665 | 3346 | St Mary’s Church in Wales (Aided) School
Powys County Council | 666 | 3301 | St Michael’s Church in Wales (Aided) Primary School
666 | 3303 | Llansantffraid Church in Wales (Aided) School
666 | 3316 | Llanbedr Church in Wales (Aided) School
666 | 3317 | Archdeacon Griffiths Church in Wales Primary School
666 | 3318 | Priory Church in Wales School
666 | 3322 | Llangattock Church in Wales Aided School
Ceredigion County Council | 667 | 3317 | Llanwenog Voluntary Aided Community Primary School
Pembrokeshire County Council | 668 | 3310 | Ysgol Bro Dewi Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School
668 | 3315 | St Aidan’s Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
668 | 3320 | St Mark’s Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
668 | 3321 | St Oswald’s Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School
Carmarthenshire County Council | 669 | 3302 | Llanfynydd Voluntary Aided Primary School
669 | 3307 | Ysgol Wirfoddol Penboyr
669 | 3321 | Pentip Voluntary Aided Church in Wales Primary School
669 | 3322 | Model Church in Wales School
City and County of Swansea Council | 670 | 3306 | Christchurch Church in Wales School
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 671 | 3311 | Bryncoch Church in Wales Primary School
671 | 3313 | Alderman Davies Church in Wales Primary School
Bridgend County Borough Council | 672 | 3323 | Archdeacon John Lewis Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School
Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council | 673 | 3320 | St Brides Major Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3321 | Wick and Marcross Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3363 | Pendoylan Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3364 | St Andrews Major Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3365 | Llansannor Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3367 | St David’s Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3372 | All Saints Church in Wales Primary School
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 674 | 3317 | Aberdare Town Church in Wales Primary School
674 | 3319 | Cwmbach Church in Wales Primary School
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 677 | 3309 | St Mary’s Brynmawr Church in Wales Voluntary Aided School
Torfaen County Borough Council | 678 | 3002 | Ponthir Church in Wales School
678 | 3330 | Henllys Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
Monmouthshire County Council | 679 | 3005 | Llanfair Kilgeddin Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
679 | 3310 | Magor Church in Wales Primary School
679 | 3327 | Archbishop Rowan Williams Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
Newport County Borough Council | 680 | 3313 | Charles Williams Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
Cardiff City and County Council | 681 | 3341 | St Monica’s Church in Wales Primary School
681 | 3343 | St Paul’s Church in Wales Primary School
681 | 3344 | Tredegarville Church in Wales Primary School
681 | 3346 | Llandaff City Church in Wales Primary School
681 | 3355 | St Mary The Virgin Church in Wales Primary School
681 | 3357 | All Saints Church in Wales Primary School
681 | 3366 | St Fagans Church in Wales Primary School
681 | 3371 | St David’s Church in Wales Primary School Pentwyn
681 | 3373 | Bishop Childs Church in Wales Voluntary Aided Primary School
VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Anglesey County Council | 660 | 3033 | Ysgol y Parchedig Thomas Ellis
660 | 3034 | Ysgol Parc y Bont
660 | 3035 | Ysgol Llangaffo
Gwynedd Council | 661 | 3004 | Ysgol Pont y Gof
661 | 3005 | Ysgol Gynradd Maesincla
661 | 3009 | Ysgol y Faenol
661 | 3010 | Ysgol Foel Gron
661 | 3013 | Ysgol Llandygai
661 | 3018 | Ysgol Gynradd Llandwrog
661 | 3023 | Ysgol Llanystumdwy
661 | 3029 | Ysgol Tregarth
661 | 3030 | Ysgol Gynradd Cae Top
661 | 3037 | Ysgol Machreth
661 | 3041 | Ysgol Gynradd Dolgellau
Conwy County Borough Council | 662 | 3007 | Ysgol Porth y Felin
662 | 3020 | Ysgol Babanod Llanfairfechan
662 | 3021 | Ysgol Llangelynnin
662 | 3024 | Ysgol Pen-cae
662 | 3032 | Ysgol Ysbyty Ifan
662 | 3038 | St George Controlled Primary School
662 | 3039 | Ysgol Llanddoged
662 | 3040 | Ysgol Eglwysbach
662 | 3059 | Ysgol Llanddulas Controlled
662 | 3062 | Betws Yn Rhos Primary School
Denbighshire County Council | 663 | 3020 | Ysgol Tremeirchion
663 | 3024 | St. Asaph Voluntary Primary Church in Wales Infant School
663 | 3044 | Llanbedr Church in Wales Controlled School
663 | 3045 | Ysgol Reoledig Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd
663 | 3050 | Borthyn Voluntary Controlled Primary School
663 | 3057 | Ysgol Reoledig Pant Pastynog
663 | 3061 | Ysgol Dyffryn Ial
Flintshire County Council | 664 | 3002 | Nannerch Primary School
Wrexham County Borough Council | 665 | 2265 | Borderbrook School
665 | 3028 | St Peter’s Church in Wales Primary School
665 | 3036 | Pentre Primary School
665 | 3042 | Eyton Primary School
665 | 3055 | St Giles Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Powys County Council | 666 | 3000 | Llanfechain Church in Wales School
666 | 3002 | Montgomery Church in Wales School
666 | 3005 | Gungrog Church in Wales Infant and Nursery School
666 | 3016 | Forden Church in Wales School
666 | 3021 | Llandysilio Church in Wales School
666 | 3022 | Castle Caereinion Church in Wales School
666 | 3026 | Gladestry Church in Wales School
666 | 3030 | Llandrindod Wells Church in Wales Primary School
666 | 3031 | Newbridge-On-Wye Voluntary Primary School
666 | 3032 | Nantmel School
666 | 3033 | Clyro Church in Wales School
666 | 3035 | Knighton Church in Wales School
666 | 3036 | Rhayader Church in Wales School
666 | 3037 | Llanelwedd Church in Wales School
666 | 3046 | Llangedwyn Primary School
666 | 3050 | Llangorse Voluntary Church in Wales Primary School
Ceredigion County Council | 667 | 3058 | Myfenydd Voluntary Controlled Community Primary School
Pembrokeshire County Council | 668 | 3033 | Angle Voluntary Controlled School
668 | 3035 | Cilgerran Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled School
668 | 3036 | Cosheston Voluntary Controlled Primary School
668 | 3040 | Cleddau Reach Voluntary Controlled Primary School
668 | 3042 | Manorbier Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled Primary School
668 | 3050 | Spittal Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled School
668 | 3051 | Stackpole Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled School
668 | 3052 | Tenby Infants Voluntary Controlled School
668 | 3053 | Haverfordwest Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled School
668 | 3058 | Ysgol Ger Y Llan
668 | 3055 | St Florence Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled School
668 | 3057 | Hubberston Church in Wales Voluntary Controlled Nursery and Primary School
Carmarthenshire County Council | 669 | 3000 | Ysgol Wirfoddol Abergwili
669 | 3002 | Tremoilet Voluntary Controlled Primary School
669 | 3003 | Laugharne Voluntary Controlled Primary School
669 | 3004 | Ysgol Gynradd Wirfoddol Llanddarog
669 | 3013 | Ferryside Voluntary Controlled Primary School
669 | 3026 | Ysgol Gynradd Wirfoddol Llanllwni
Bridgend County Borough Council | 672 | 3013 | Pen-y-fai Church in Wales Primary School
Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council | 673 | 3037 | St Nicholas Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3047 | Peterston Super Ely Church in Wales Primary School
673 | 3057 | Gwenfo Church in Wales Primary School
Torfaen County Borough Council | 678 | 3028 | Blaenavon Heritage Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Monmouthshire County Council | 679 | 3004 | Llantilio Pertholey Church in Wales Primary School
679 | 3022 | Usk Church in Wales Primary School
679 | 3031 | Raglan Voluntary Controlled Primary School
679 | 3032 | Osbaston Church in Wales School
Newport County Borough Council | 680 | 3000 | Malpas Church in Wales Junior School
680 | 3001 | Malpas Church in Wales Infant School
Cardiff City and County Council | 681 | 3000 | St Mellons Church in Wales Primary School
FOUNDATION PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Powys County Council | 666 | 5200 | Ysgol Gynradd Llanerfyl
VOLUNTARY AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 674 | 4604 | St John Baptist Church in Wales High School
Cardiff City and County Council | 681 | 4608 | The Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School
681 | 4609 | St Teilo’s Church in Wales High School
PART II

SCHOOLS WHOSE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IS ROMAN CATHOLIC
Local Authority (‘LA’) | LA Number | School Number | School Name
VOLUNTARY AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Anglesey County Council | 660 | 3304 | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Gwynedd Council | 661 | 3300 | St Helen’s Catholic Primary School
661 | 3301 | Our Lady’s Catholic Primary School
Conwy County Borough Council | 662 | 3303 | Blessed William Davies Catholic Primary School
662 | 3333 | St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
Denbighshire County Council | 663 | 3315 | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Flintshire County Council | 664 | 3306 | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
664 | 3307 | St Winefride’s Catholic School
664 | 3308 | St David’s Catholic School
664 | 3311 | St Anthony’s Catholic Primary School
664 | 3312 | Ven. Edward Morgan Catholic Primary School
Wrexham County Borough Council | 665 | 3334 | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
665 | 3343 | St Anne’s Catholic Primary School
Powys County Council | 666 | 3320 | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Ceredigion County Council | 667 | 3318 | St Padarn’s Catholic Primary School
Pembrokeshire County Council | 668 | 3311 | Holy Name Voluntary Catholic School
668 | 3312 | St Mary’s Voluntary Catholic School
668 | 3313 | Mary Immaculate Voluntary Catholic School
668 | 3314 | St Francis Voluntary Catholic School
668 | 3319 | St Teilo’s Voluntary Catholic School
Carmarthenshire County Council | 669 | 3300 | St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Llanelli
669 | 3301 | St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School, Carmarthen
City and County of Swansea Council | 670 | 3303 | St David’s Roman Catholic Primary School
670 | 3305 | St Illtyd’s Roman Catholic Primary School
670 | 3308 | St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School
670 | 3309 | St Joseph’s Cathedral Primary School
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 671 | 3309 | St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School
671 | 3310 | St Joseph’s Catholic Infant School
671 | 3314 | St Therese’s Catholic Primary School
671 | 3316 | St Joseph’s Catholic Junior School
Bridgend County Borough Council | 672 | 3311 | St Mary’s & St Patrick’s Catholic Primary School
672 | 3315 | St Robert’s Catholic Primary School
672 | 3322 | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council | 673 | 3361 | St Helen’s Roman Catholic Infant & Nursery School
673 | 3368 | St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School
673 | 3369 | St Helen’s Roman Catholic Junior School
Rhondda Cynon Taff County Borough Council | 674 | 3309 | Our Lady’s Roman Catholic Primary School
674 | 3312 | St Michael’s Roman Catholic Primary School
674 | 3313 | St Gabriel & Raphael Roman Catholic Primary School
674 | 3314 | St Margaret’s Roman Catholic Primary School
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 675 | 3300 | St Illtyd’s Roman Catholic Primary School
675 | 3306 | St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School
675 | 3307 | St Aloysius Roman Catholic Primary School
Caerphilly County Borough Council | 676 | 3310 | St Helen’s Roman Catholic Primary School
Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council | 677 | 3308 | St Mary’s Roman Catholic School — Brynmawr
677 | 3315 | All Saints Roman Catholic Primary School
677 | 3316 | St Joseph’s Roman Catholic School
Torfaen County Borough Council | 678 | 3321 | Our Lady of the Angels Roman Catholic Primary School
678 | 3324 | St David’s Catholic Primary School
678 | 3331 | Padre Pio Catholic Primary
Monmouthshire County Council | 679 | 3326 | St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School
679 | 3317 | Our Lady & St Michael’s Roman Catholic Primary School
Newport County Borough Council | 680 | 3300 | St David’s Roman Catholic Junior & Infants School
680 | 3301 | St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School
680 | 3302 | St Mary’s Roman Catholic Primary School
680 | 3304 | St Michael’s Roman Catholic Primary School
680 | 3305 | St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School
680 | 3306 | St Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Primary School
Cardiff City and County Council | 681 | 3321 | St Alban’s Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3323 | St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3328 | St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3330 | St Mary’s Catholic Primary School
681 | 3332 | St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3334 | St Peter’s Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3336 | St Cadoc’s Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3351 | Christ The King Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3353 | St John Lloyd Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3354 | Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3370 | St Bernadette’s Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3374 | St Phillip Evans Roman Catholic Primary School
681 | 3375 | St Francis Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School
VOLUNTARY AIDED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Denbighshire County Council | 663 | 4601 | Blessed Edward Jones Catholic School
Flintshire County Council | 664 | 4600 | St Richard Gwyn Catholic High School
Carmarthenshire County Council | 669 | 4600 | St John Lloyd Roman Catholic Comprehensive School
City and County of Swansea Council | 670 | 4600 | Bishop Vaughan Roman Catholic School
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council | 671 | 4601 | St Joseph’s Catholic School and sixth form centre
Bridgend County Borough Council | 672 | 4601 | Archbishop McGrath Catholic High School
Vale of Glamorgan County Borough Council | 673 | 4612 | St Richard Gwyn Roman Catholic High School
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council | 674 | 4602 | Cardinal Newman Roman Catholic High School
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council | 675 | 4600 | Bishop Hedley Roman Catholic High School
Torfaen County Borough Council | 678 | 4603 | St Alban’s Roman Catholic High School
Newport County Borough Council | 680 | 4602 | St Joseph’s Roman Catholic High School
Cardiff City and County Council | 681 | 4600 | St Illtyd’s Roman Catholic High School
681 | 4611 | Corpus Christi Catholic High School
681 | 4607 | Mary Immaculate Roman Catholic High School
VOLUNTARY AIDED MIDDLE SCHOOLS
Denbighshire County Council | 663 | 5900 | St Brigid’s School
PART III

SCHOOLS WHOSE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER IS ROMAN CATHOLIC AND ANGLICAN
Local Authority (‘LA’) | LA Number | School Number | School Name
Wrexham County Borough Council | 665 | 4602 | St Joseph’s Catholic and Anglican High School

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order, which comes into force on 15 December 2014, designates schools in Wales which have a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”).
This Order revokes and replaces the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Wales) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/972 (W. 88)).
This Order is made to reflect:—
i
the closure of some schools listed in the Order made in 2007;
ii
the change of category of some schools listed in the Order made in 2007; and
iii
the opening of some schools.
Designation as a school which has a religious character is relevant for a number of purposes under the Act, notably:—
a
as part of the mechanism for determining the form of religious education to be provided under Schedule 19 to the Act;
b
as part of the mechanism for determining the form of collective worship to be provided under Schedule 20 to the Act;
c
as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act;
d
for the purposes of the determination of admission arrangements under section 89 of the Act; and
e
for the purposes of the application of assets in respect of which a grant has been paid under Schedule 3 to the Act, so that conditions can be imposed requiring those assets to be applied for the benefit of schools of the same religion or religious denomination.
Designation as a school with a religious character will not be accepted as conclusive evidence that an endowment has been held or used, wholly or partly, in connection with the provisions at the school of religious education for the purposes of section 554(2) of the Education Act 1996. Section 554 enables appropriate authorities of any religious denomination or religion (but normally Church in Wales diocesan authorities) to make fresh provision for endowments held or used for the provision of religious education. This normally happens as a result of a school closing. In confirming eligibility for an endowment order, the trust deeds and supporting evidence would be considered.
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) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/2535). Under the Act a school must first close if it is to acquire a religious character, if it does not, as a question of fact, have one already, or where it is to change its religious character.
The only religion in accordance with those tenets religious education is required to be provided at a school under this Order is the Christian religion. The relevant religious denominations within Christianity are the Church in Wales and the Roman Catholic Church.
The designation, in this Order, of a school as a school whose relevant religion or religious denomination is Roman Catholic does not determine whether or not the school is a Roman Catholic Church school according to canon law.
The Welsh Ministers’ Code of Practice on the carrying out of a Regulatory Impact Assessment was considered in relation to this Order. As a result, it was not considered necessary to carry out a regulatory impact assessment as to the likely costs and benefits of complying with this Order.
1998 c. 31. Section 69 was amended by section 215(1) of, and paragraph 104 of Schedule 21 to, the Education Act 2002 (c. 32) and S.I. 2010/1158 (see article 5(1) and Schedule 2). See section 142(1) of the Education Act 2002 for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”.
The powers in section 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) and (8) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 are now vested in the Welsh Ministers so far as they are exercisable in relation to Wales. They were previously vested in the National Assembly for Wales by virtue of article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to, the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/672). By virtue of paragraphs 30 and 32 of Schedule 11 to the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), they were transferred to the Welsh Ministers.
S.I. 1998/2535.
S.I. 2007/972 (W. 88).
Schedule 19 was amended by section 215(1) of, and paragraph 117 of Schedule 21 to, the Education Act 2002 and S.I. 2010/1158 (see article 5(1) and Schedule 2).