School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Section 124B is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F2(A1)Subsections (1) and (3) of section 68A (which relate to the designation of foundation or voluntary schools in Wales as having a religious character) apply in relation to an independent school in Wales as they apply in relation to a foundation or voluntary school in Wales, but as if—
(a)in subsection (1) of that section, the references to Part 2 and the Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 were a reference to this Part, and
(b)in subsection (3) of that section, the reference to subsection (2) of that section were a reference to subsection (2) of this section.]
(1)Subsections (3) and (5) of section 69 (which relate to the designation of foundation or voluntary schools [F3in England] as having a religious character) apply in relation to an independent school [F4in England] [F5(other than an alternative provision Academy)] as they apply in relation to a foundation or voluntary school, but as if—
(a)in subsection (3), the reference to Part 2 were a reference to this Part, and
(b)in subsection (5), the reference to subsection (4) of that section were a reference to subsection (2) of this section.
(2)An order made under [F6section 68A by virtue of subsection (A1) or under] section 69(3) by virtue of subsection (1) shall specify, in relation to each school designated by the order, the religion or religious denomination (or as the case may be each religion or religious denomination) in accordance with whose tenets education is provided at the school or the school is conducted.]
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 5A inserted (E.W.) (1.9.2003) by The Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037), regs. 1(1), 3
F2S. 124B(A1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(2)
F3Words in s. 124B(1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(3)(a)
F4Words in s. 124B(1) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(3)(b)
F5Words in s. 124B(1) inserted (E.) (1.4.2012) by The Alternative Provision Academies (Consequential Amendments to Acts) (England) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/976), art. 1, Sch. para. 9 (with art. 3)
F6Words in s. 124B(2) inserted (30.4.2021) by Curriculum and Assessment (Wales) Act 2021 (asc 4), ss. 73, 84(1), Sch. 2 para. 37(4)
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