Version Superseded: 28/07/2010
Point in time view as at 25/05/2007. This version of this provision has been superseded.
School Standards and Framework Act 1998, Section 124A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 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.
(1)This section applies to an independent school which has a religious character.
(2)Preference may be given, in connection with the appointment, promotion or remuneration of teachers at the school, to persons—
(a)whose religious opinions are in accordance with the tenets of the religion or the religious denomination specified in relation to the school under section 124B(2), or
(b)who attend religious worship in accordance with those tenets, or
(c)who give, or are willing to give, religious education at the school in accordance with those tenets.
(3)Regard may be had, in connection with the termination of the employment or engagement of any teacher at the school, to any conduct on his part which is incompatible with the precepts, or with the upholding of the tenets, of the religion or religious denomination so specified.]
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
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