LegalizeThe Designation of Schools Having a Religious Character (England) Order 2018
Made: 10th July 2018
Coming into force in accordance with article 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 2018 and comes into force on the day after the day it was made.
Interpretation
2
In this Order “the relevant religious denomination” means the 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 religious denomination in relation to a school listed in column (1) of the Schedule is specified in relation to that school in column (3).
SCHEDULE — Schools having a religious character
| (1) Name and postcode of School | (2) Category of School | (3) Relevant religious denomination |
|---|---|---|
| Kirklees | ||
| Honley Church of England Voluntary Controlled Junior Infant and Nursery School HD9 6AU | Voluntary controlled | Church of England |
| Norfolk | ||
| Clover Hill Church of England VA Infant School & Nursery NR5 9AP | Voluntary aided | Church of England |
| Kelling CE Primary School NR25 7ED | Voluntary aided | Church of England |
| Walsingham CE VA Primary School NR22 6DU | Voluntary aided | Church of England |
| Peterborough | ||
| St. Michael CofE Primary School PE2 8SZ | Voluntary aided | Church of England |
Signed
Signed on behalf of the Secretary of State
Lesley Jones — Deputy Director — Department for Education — 10th July 2018
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, to which there are amendments not relevant to this Order.
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