The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 2802

EDUCATION, ENGLAND

The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2007

Made

21st September 2007

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 Children, Schools and Families makes the following Order:

Citation

1.  This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) (No. 2) Order 2007.

Interpretation

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.

Designation of Schools

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 Children, Schools and Families

21st September 2007

Articles 3 and 4

SCHEDULE Schools Having a Religious Character

(1) Name and Postcode of School	(2) Relevant Religion or Religious Denomination
Birmingham
Q3 Academy, B43 7SD	Christian
Darlington
Eastbourne Church of England Academy, DL1 1ET	Church of England
Islington
St Mary Magdalene Academy, N7 8PG	Church of England
Manchester
St Anne’s Academy, M24 6XN	Church of England
William Hulme Grammar School, M16 8PR	Christian
Stockport
Stockport Academy, SK3 0UP	Christian
Southwark
St Michael & All Angels Church of England Academy, SE5 0UB	Church of England

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(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 (S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by 2004/2262).

(1)

1998 c. 31.

(2)

Section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).

(3)

S.I. 2003/2314; as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.