LegalizeThe Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2011
Made: 18th October 2011
The Secretary of State for Education makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 69(3) and (4) and 138(7) of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998[^f00001]. In making this Order the Secretary of State has followed the procedure specified in the Religious Character of Schools (Designation Procedure) Regulations 1998[^f00002].
Citation
1
This Order may be cited as The Designation of Schools having a Religious Character (England) Order 2011.
Designation of schools
2
The schools listed in column (1) of the Schedule (all of which are voluntary schools, or are new schools that have temporary governing bodies and which will be voluntary schools when established) are hereby designated as schools having a religious character.
3
In relation to each designated school, the religion or religious denomination (or, as the case may be, each such religion or religious denomination) in accordance with whose tenets religious education is, or may be, required to be provided at the school is listed in column (3) of the Schedule.
SCHEDULE — Schools having a religious character
| (1) Name and Postcode of School | (2) Category of School | (3) Religion or Religious Denomination |
|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | ||
| The George Carey Church of England Primary School | Voluntary aided | Church of England |
| IG11 OFJ | ||
| Barnet | ||
| Edgware Jewish Primary School | Voluntary aided | Jewish |
| EN5 2EQ | ||
| Bracknell Forest | ||
| Jennett’s Park Church of England Primary School | Voluntary aided | Church of England |
| RG12 8EB | ||
| Birmingham | ||
| Harper Bell Adventist School | Voluntary aided | Seventh-Day Adventist |
| B12 0EJ | ||
| City of York | ||
| Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Roman Catholic Primary School | Voluntary aided | Roman Catholic |
| YO24 4JW | ||
| Kirklees | ||
| Whitechapel Church of England VC Primary School | Voluntary controlled | Church of England |
| BD19 3UE | ||
| Knowsley | ||
| Hope Catholic/Church of England Primary School | Voluntary aided | Roman Catholic/Church of England |
| L14 8UL | ||
| Lancashire | ||
| Preston Muslim Girls High School | Voluntary aided | Muslim |
| PR1 6QQ | ||
| Liverpool | ||
| St Teresa of Lisieux Catholic Primary School | Voluntary aided | Roman Catholic |
| L11 3BW | ||
| Oldham | ||
| The Blessed John Henry Newman Catholic College | Voluntary aided | Roman Catholic |
| 0L8 4ED | ||
| Stockport | ||
| St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Primary School | Voluntary aided | Roman Catholic |
| SK5 6BG | ||
| Surrey | ||
| Pewley Down Church of England Voluntary Aided Infant School | Voluntary aided | Church of England |
| GU1 3BT | ||
| Wandsworth | ||
| St John Bosco School | Voluntary aided | Roman Catholic |
| SW19 6QE | ||
| Warwickshire | ||
| St Marie’s Catholic Primary School | Voluntary aided | Roman Catholic |
| CV22 7AF |
Signed
David McVean — A Deputy Director in the — Department for Education — 18th October 2011
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Order designates the voluntary schools named in the Order 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.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1998 c.31. By virtue of S.I. 1999/672 the powers conferred by these provisions are exercisable by the Secretary of State only in relation to England.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1998/2535, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
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