Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No.3) Order 2003

Made18th December 2003

Coming into force23rd 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) (No.3) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 23rd 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 Skills18th December 2003

SCHEDULESchools Having a Religious Character

Articles 3 and 4

(1)	(2)
Name and Postcode of School	Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Bath & North East Somerset
Monkton Combe School BA2 7HG	Anglican Evangelical
Monkton Combe Junior School BA2 7ET	Anglican Evangelical
Birmingham
Priory School B15 2UR	Roman Catholic
Brent
Brondesbury College for Boys NW6 7BT	Islam
The Swaminarayan School NW10 8HE	Hindu
Buckinghamshire
St Mary’s School SL9 8JQ	Anglican
Cambridgeshire
St Mary’s School CB2 1LY	Roman Catholic
Camden
The Hall School NW3 4NU	Church of England
City of London
St Paul’s Cathedral School EC4M 9AD	Church of England
City of Westminster
Francis Holland School SW1W 8JF	Church of England
Francis Holland School NW1 6XR	Church of England
Westminster School SW1P 3PB	Church of England
Croydon
Laleham Lea School CR8 3JJ	Roman Catholic
Devon
Buckeridge International College TQ14 8LY	Roman Catholic, Anglican
Grenville College EX39 3JP	Church of England
St Margaret’s School EX2 4TS	Church of England
Trinity School TQ14 8LY	Roman Catholic, Anglican
East Sussex
Vinehall School TN32 5JL	Christian
Essex
New Hall School CM3 3HS	Catholic
Hammersmith & Fulham
St Paul’s Girls' School W6 7BS	Church of England
Hampshire
Ballard School BH25 5SU	Protestant, Evangelical
Embley Park Junior School SO51 6ZA	Church of England
Embley Park Senior School SO51 6ZE	Church of England
The King’s School RG21 8SR	Christian
Herefordshire
Hereford Cathedral School HR1 2NG	Church of England
Hereford Catherdral Junior School HR1 2NW	Church of England
Islington
Beehive School and Nursery N19 3SZ	Christian
Kent
St Lawrence College CT11 7AE	Evangelical Christian
Lancashire
Red Rose School FY8 2NQ	Christian
Leicestershire
Jamia Islamia Islamic Studies Centre CV11 6BE	Islam
Liverpool
Runnymede St Edward’s School L12 1LE	Roman Catholic
Newcastle Upon Tyne
The Newcastle Upon Tyne Church High School NE2 3BA	Church of England
Newham
Grangewood Independent School E7 8QT	Christian
North East Lincolnshire
St James' School DN34 4SY	Church of England
North Tyneside
The King’s School NE30 4RF	Church of England
North Yorkshire
Queen Mary’s School YO7 3BZ	Church of England
Nottinghamshire
Ranby House School DN22 8HX	Church of England
Worksop College S80 3AP	Church of England
Oxfordshire
Bloxham School OX15 4EP	Church of England
Peterborough
Peterborough High School PE3 6JF	Church of England
Portsmouth
St John’s College PO5 3QW	Catholic
Rochester & Gillingham
The Cedars School ME1 3DE	Christian
Sheffield
Bethany School S3 7PS	Christian
Shropshire
Ellesmere College SY12 9AB	Church of England
Prestfelde School SY2 6NZ	Church of England
Somerset
King’s College, Taunton TA1 3DX	Church of England
King’s Hall School TA2 8AA	Church of England
Staffordshire
Denstone College ST14 5HN	Church of England
School of S Mary and S Anne WS15 3BW	Church of England
Smallwood Manor Preparatory School ST14 8NS	Church of England
Surrey
Rydes Hill Preparatory School GU2 8BP	Roman Catholic
Trafford
Loreto Preparatory School WA14 4AH	Roman Catholic
St Ambrose Preparatory School WA15 0HE	Roman Catholic
Wandsworth
Thames Christian College SW11 2HB	Christian
Warwickshire
Rugby School CV22	Church of England
St Joseph’s School CV8 2FT	Roman Catholic
The Croft Preparatory School CV37 7RL	Christian
West Sussex
Ardingley College RH17 6SQ	Church of England
Hurstpierpoint College BN6 9JS	Anglican
Lancing College BN15 0RW	Church of England
Worth School RH10 4SD	Roman Catholic
Wiltshire
St Mary’s School, Calne S11 0DF	Church of England
Windsor & Maidenhead
The Brigidine School SL4 2AX	Roman Catholic
Wirral
Birkenhead School CH43 2JD	Christian Anglican
Wokingham
Bearwood College RG41 5BG	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.