Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2003

Made27th November 2003

Coming into force1st December 2003

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 commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 1st December 2003.

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 (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 JonesA Divisional Manager in theDepartment for Education and Skills27th November 2003

SCHEDULE

Articles 3 and 4

Schools Having a Religious Character

(1)	(2)
Name and Postcode of School	Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination

Bath & North East Somerset
Prior Park College BA2 5AH	Roman Catholic
Birmingham
St Georges School, Edgbaston B15 1RX	Christian
Blackburn
Markazul Uloom BB2 3NY	Islam
Bolton
Madrasatul Imam Muhammad Zakariya BL1 8LX	Islam
Bournemouth
St Martin’s School BH3 7NA	Church of England
Talbot Heath School BH4 9NJ	Church of England
Bromley
Farringtons & Stratford House BR7 0LR	Methodist
Bury
Darul Uloom Al Arabita Al Islamiya BL8 4NG	Islam
The Potters House School BL9 5HD	Evangelical Christian
Cheshire
The King’s School, Chester CH4 7QL	Church of England
Cornwall
Truro School TR1 1TH	Methodist
Croydon
New Life Christian School CR0 1XP	Christian
Cumbria
Austin Friars St Monica’s CA3 9PB	Roman Catholic
Derbyshire
Gateway Christian School DE7 4PP	Christian
Devon
Edgehill College EX39 3LY	Methodist
Shebbear College EX21 5HJ	Methodist
Dorset
Castle Court School BH21 3RF	Christian
Durham
Barnard Castle School DL12 8UN	Christian
Ealing
St Benedict’s School W5 2ES	Roman Catholic
Hampshire
Farnborough Hill GU14 8AT	Roman Catholic
Hertfordshire
Queenswood School AL9 6NS	Methodist
St Columba’s College AL3 4AW	Roman Catholic
Kent
Kent College, Pembury TN2 4AX	Methodist
Kent College, Canterbury CT2 9DT	Methodist
St Angela’s School CT8 8LX	Roman Catholic
Lancashire
St Joseph’s Convent School BB12 6TG	Roman Catholic
Imam Muhammad Zakariya School PR1 3TN	Islam
Emmanuel Christian School FY3 0BE	Christian
Leeds
Woodhouse Grove School BD10 0NR	Methodist
Leicestershire
Al Aqsa Primary School LE67 9SY	Islam
Our Lady’s Convent School LE11 2DT	Roman Catholic
Norfolk
Notre Dame Preparatory School NR2 3TA	Roman Catholic
Northamptonshire
St Peter’s Independent School NN3 8TA	Christian
Wellingborough School NN8 2BX	Church of England
Northampton Christian School NN3 2HT	Evangelical Christian
North Yorkshire
Queen Margaret’s School YO19 6EU	Anglican
St Martin's, Ampleforth YO62 4HP	Roman Catholic
Oxfordshire
Kingham Hill School OX7 6TH	Protestant, Evangelical Christian
Our Lady’s Convent School OX14 2HB	Roman Catholic
Reading
Leighton Park School RG2 7ED	Quaker
Redbridge
St Joseph’s Convent School E11 2PR	Roman Catholic
Richmond Upon Thames
St Paul’s School SW13 9JT	Church of England
Rochdale
Emmanuel Christian School OL12 6LG	Christian
Sheffield
Birkdale School S10 3DH	Christian
Somerset
Downside School BA3 4RH	Roman Catholic
Queens College, Taunton TA1 4QS	Methodist
The Park School BA20 1OH	Christian
Stockport
Covenant Christian School SK4 4NX	Christian, Evangelical
Stoke on Trent
St Joseph’s Preparatory School ST4 5RF	Roman Catholic
Suffolk
Culford School IP28 6TX	Methodist
Surrey
Barrow Hills School GU8 5NY	Roman Catholic
St George’s College Junior School KT13 8NL	Roman Catholic
St George’s College KT15 2QS	Roman Catholic
Waltham Forest
Forest School E17 3PY	Church of England
Noor Ul Islam Primary School E10 6QW	Islam
West Sussex
The Prebendal School PO19 1RT	Christian, Church of England
Wiltshire
Dauntsey’s School SN10 4HE	Christian
Prior Park Preparatory School SN6 5BB	Roman Catholic
Windsor and Maidenhead
St Mary’s Ascot SL5 9JF	Roman Catholic
Wirral
Kingsmead School CH47 0LL	Christian
Worcestershire
The Alice Ottley School WR1 1HW	Church of England
The King’s School WR1 2LL	Church of England

(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.