LegalizeThe Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2017
Made: 27th April 2017
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
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 2017 and comes into force on the day after the day it was made.
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
- (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).
SCHEDULE — Schools having a religious character
| (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 |
Signed
Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State
Lesley Jones — Deputy Director — Department for Education — 27th April 2017
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) 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.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1998 c. 31.
[^f00002]: S.I. 1998/2535, as amended by S.I. 2007/958. There are other amendments, but none is relevant.
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