The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) (No. 2) Order 2008

Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 3147

Education, England

The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) (No. 2) Order 2008

Made

1st December 2008

In exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998(1), and having followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998(2), 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 (England) (No. 2.) Order 2008.

Interpretation

2.  In this Order “the relevant religion or religious denomination” means the religion or religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination).

Designation of the schools

3.  The schools listed in the Schedule (all of which are voluntary or foundation schools or new schools that have temporary governing bodies and which will be such when established) are hereby designated as schools having a religious character.

4.  The relevant religious denomination in relation to each school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is stated opposite thereto in column (3).

J D Loosley

A Deputy Director in the

Department for Children, Schools and Families

1st December 2008

SCHEDULE 1 Schools having a religious character

(1) Name and Postcode of School	(2) Category of Relevant Religion or School	(3) Religious Denomination
Cambridgeshire
Orchards Church of England Primary School PE13 3NP	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Cheshire
Hoole Church of England Primary School CH2 3HB Wharton Church of England Primary School CW7 3EP	Voluntary controlled Voluntary controlled	Church of England Church of England
Darlington
St George’s CofE VA Primary School DL2 1LD	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Essex
Hillhouse CofE Primary School EN9 3EL	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Hammersmith and Fulham
Larmenier and Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School W6 7BL	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Isle of Wight
Christ the King College PO30 5QT	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic/Church of England
Kent Hythe Bay CofE Primary School CT21 6HS Lambeth Iqra Primary School SW9 7PH Lincolnshire Bourne Abbey Church of England Primary School PE10 9EP	Voluntary controlled Voluntary aided Foundation	Church of England Muslim Church of England
Norfolk
The Bishop’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School IP24 1EB	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Northumberland
Grange View Church of England Voluntary Controlled First School NE61 5LZ	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Oxfordshire
St Gregory the Great VA Catholic Secondary School OX4 3DR	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
The John Henry Newman CE (Aided) Primary School OX4 4LS	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Salford
St Edmund’s RC Primary School M38 9ND	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Sefton
Rimrose Hope CE Primary School L21 1AW South Tyneside Holy Trinity CofE VA Primary School NE34 0TS	Voluntary controlled Voluntary aided	Church of England Church of England
St Helens
Blackbrook St Mary’s Catholic Primary School WA11 9QY	Voluntary aided	Roman Catholic
Staffordshire
Knutton St Mary’s Primary School ST5 6EB	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Stoke-on-Trent
Kingsland CE (C) Primary School ST2 9AS	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Sunderland
Venerable Bede Church of England (Aided) Secondary School SR2 0SX	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Surrey
Cranleigh Church of England Primary School GU6 7AN	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Wiltshire
Whitesheet CofE VA Primary School BA12 6NL	Voluntary aided	Church of England
Wokingham The Coombes Church of England Primary School RG2 9NX	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Worcestershire
Far Forest Lea Memorial CofE Primary School DY14 9TQ	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Hartlebury CofE Primary School DY11 7TD	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
St Anne’s CofE VC Primary School DY12 2UQ	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
St Bartholomew’s CofE VC Primary School DY13 0EL	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
St Catherine’s CofE (VC) Primary School DY11 5HP	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
St George’s VC CofE Primary School and Nursery DY10 2HE	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
St John’s CofE Primary School DY11 6AP	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
St Mary’s CofE (VA) Primary School DY10 2LX	Voluntary aided	Church of England
St Oswald’s CofE Primary School DY10 2YL	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Worcestershire Upper Arley CofE VC Primary School DY12 1XA	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Wilden All Saints CofE Primary School DY13 9LP	Voluntary controlled	Church of England
Wolverley CofE Secondary School DY11 5XQ	Voluntary controlled	Church of England

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates further voluntary schools as having a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 (“the Act”).

Designation as a school which has a religious character is relevant for a number of purposes under the Act, notably:

(a) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of religious education to be provided under Schedule 19 to the Act;

(b) as part of the mechanism for determining the form of collective worship to be provided under Schedule 20 to the Act;

(c) as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act;

(d) for the purposes of the determination of admission arrangements under section 89 of the Act having regard to the code of practice issued under section 84;

(e) for the purposes of the disposition of assets under paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act, so that assets can be re-assigned for the benefit of schools of the same religion or religious denomination.

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 attributes of the school or its governing body as described in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998 (SI 1998/2535). Pursuant to section 18(4) of the Education and Inspections Act 2006 a school must first close if it is to acquire a religious character, if it does not, as a question of fact, have one already, or where it is to change its religious character.

Designation by this Order as a school with a religious character will not be accepted by the Secretary of State as conclusive evidence that an endowment has been held or used, wholly or partly, in connection with the provision at the school of religious education for the purposes of section 554(2) of the Education Act 1996. Section 554 enables appropriate authorities of any religious denomination or religion (but normally Church of England diocesan authorities) to make fresh provision for endowments held or used for the provision of religious education. This normally happens as a result of a school closing. In confirming eligibility for an order, the trust deeds and other supporting evidence would be considered.

The statement in the Order that the religious denomination in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school in accordance with Schedule 19 to the Act is Roman Catholic, does not determine whether or not the school is a Catholic school according to canon law.

(1)

1998c.31. By virtue of SI 1999/672 the powers conferred by these provisions are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.

(2)

S.I. 1998/2535.