Statutory Instruments
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
Made
8th December 2005
In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1), as applied to independent schools by section 124B(2) of that Act and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003(3), the Secretary of State for Education and Skills makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 3) Order 2005.
2. 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).
3. The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are 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 in relation to that school in column (2).
P S A Jones
A Divisional Manager in the
Department for Education and Skills
8th December 2005
Articles 3 and 4
Schools Having a Religious Character
| (1) Name and Postcode of School | (2) Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination |
|---|---|
| Bracknell Forest | |
| Heathfield School, SL5 8BQ | Church of England |
| Bradford | |
| Olive Secondary School, BD8 7AN | Islam |
| Buckinghamshire | |
| Ashford School, HP18 9NG | Christian |
| East Riding | |
| Hull Collegiate School, HU10 7EH | Christian |
| Hampshire | |
| Hampshire Collegiate School, Embley Park, SO51 6ZE | Christian |
| Hampshire Collegiate School, Atherley, SO16 OAB | Christian |
| Leicester | |
| Samworth Enterprise Academy, LE2 6UA | Church of England |
| Lewisham | |
| The St Matthew Academy, SE13 5DZ | Roman Catholic |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | |
| Dame Allan’s Boys' School, NE4 9YJ | Anglican |
| Dame Allan’s Girls' School, NE4 9YJ | Anglican |
| North Tyneside | |
| Linden School, NE12 9BQ | Anglican |
| North Yorkshire | |
| Giggleswick School, BD24 ODE | Church of England |
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the independent schools named 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.