The Diocese of Oxford (Educational Endowments) (Harpsden Church of England School) Order 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/795 |
| Year | 2017 |
2017 No. 795
EDUCATION, ENGLAND
The Diocese of Oxford (Educational Endowments) (Harpsden Church of England School) Order 2017
Made 11thJuly 2017
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
WHEREAS —
(1) the first endowment of the educational foundation known as Harpsden Church of England School in the county of Oxfordshire (“the foundation”), comprised in a Deed dated 23th July 1857 and made between (1) John Fowden Hodges, (2) Reverend Francis Knyvett Leighton, Rector of the Parish of Harpsden, and (3) William Henry Workman, Churchwarden of the Parish of Harpsden (“the Deed”), has been shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State for Education (“the Secretary of State”) to have been held in connection with the provision of religious education in accordance with the tenets of the Church of England at a voluntary school, the premises of which have ceased to be used for the purposes of such a school (the “First Endowment”);
(2) the second endowment of the foundation, comprised of certain land acquired by adverse possession, has also been shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of State to have been held in connection with the provision of religious education in accordance with the tenets of the Church of England at a voluntary school, the premises of which have ceased to be used for the purposes of such a school (the “Second Endowment”);
(3) the former school premises of the voluntary school consisting of the land of which the First Endowment and Second Endowment were comprised have been sold and the portion of the net proceeds of sale of the former school premises attributable to the Second Endowment amount to the sum of £130,824.50. The said sum of £130,824.50 and any income derived from those assets before the coming into force of this Order represent the assets of the Second Endowment and are held on deposit at CCLA Investment Management Limited;
(4) an application for an order making new provision as to the use of the Second Endowment has been made to the Secretary of State by the Oxford Diocesan Board of Education, and that body appears to her to be the appropriate authority of the Church of England for the purpose;
(5) Diocesan Trustees (Oxford) Limited is the trustee of the foundation;
(6) notice of the proposed Order and of the right of persons interested to make representations on it has been given in the manner required by section 555(2) and (3) of the Education Act 1996(1);
(7) representations made on the proposed order by persons interested have been taken into account.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EDUCATION makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 554 and 556 of the Education Act 1996(2).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Diocese of Oxford (Educational Endowments) (Harpsden Church of...
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