2017 No. 618
Education, England
The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2017
Made 27th April 2017
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(3), 69(4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998.
1998 c. 31.
In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998.
S.I. 1998/2535, as amended by S.I. 2007/958. There are other amendments, but none is relevant.

1 Citation
This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2017 and comes into force on the day after the day it was made.

2 Interpretation
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.

3 Designation of schools
1 The voluntary schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule are designated as schools having a religious character.
2 The relevant religion or religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is specified in relation to that school in column (2).
Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State
Lesley Jones Deputy Director Department for Education 27th April 2017

SCHEDULE Schools having a religious character
Article 3
(1) Name and postcode of School	(2) Relevant religion or religious denomination
Buckinghamshire	
East Claydon Church of England School MK18 2LS	Church of England
Bury	
St. John with St. Mark CofE Primary School BL9 5EE	Church of England
Cheshire West and Chester	
Hartford Church of England High School, CW8 1LH	Church of England
Devon	
Trinity Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary and Nursery School, EX2 4QD	Church of England
Kirklees	
Oak CE (VC) Primary School, HD4 5HX	Church of England
Liverpool	
Our Lady of the Assumption Catholic Primary School, L25 2RW	Roman Catholic
St. Oswald’s Catholic Primary School, L13 5TE	Roman Catholic
London Borough of Barnet	
Menorah High School for Girls NW2 7BZ	Jewish
London Borough of Lewisham	
St. Winifred’s Catholic Primary School SE12 0SJ	Roman Catholic
London Borough of Redbridge	
Al-Noor VA Muslim Primary School IG3 9RP	Muslim
Slough	
Khalsa Primary School SL2 5QR	Sikh
London Borough of Tower Hamlets	
Our Lady and St. Joseph Catholic Primary School E14 0DE	Roman Catholic
Staffordshire	
Dove CE (VC) First School, ST14 5LA	Church of England
Wiltshire	
Marlborough St. Mary’s CofE VC Primary School SN8 4BX	Church of England

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order designates the voluntary schools named in the Order as having a religious character in accordance with section 69(3) and (4) 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; and
(c) as part of the mechanism for determining school staffing matters under sections 58 to 60 of the Act.