The Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2010

Made: 31st March 2010

In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) (Independent Schools) (England) Regulations 2003[^f00003].

Citation

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This Order may be cited as the Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (Independent Schools) (England) Order 2010.

Interpretation

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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

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• (1) The 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).

SCHEDULE — Schools having a religious character

Signed

P S A Jones — A Deputy Director in the — Department for Children, Schools and Families — 31st March 2010

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order designates the named independent schools 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 S.I. 2004/2262).

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1998 c. 31.

[^f00002]: Section 124B was inserted by the Independent Schools (Employment of Teachers in Schools with a Religious Character) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2037).

[^f00003]: S.I. 2003/2314, as amended by S.I. 2004/2262.