Education Law Solicitors

Our specialist team has decades of experience dealing with all education issues and advises a full range of clients, including:

• Schools, colleges, nurseries and universities
• Parents and students
• Professionals working in education, including teachers, lecturers, professors, and bursars.

We also work in collaboration with professional associations, trade unions and examination boards, enabling us to advise our clients more effectively.

How our Education lawyers can support you

Parents/carers

Many children and young people experience difficulties during their education, and expert legal advice can make a real difference to a child’s education. If your child is experiencing difficulties, steps can be taken to resolve the issues you face. We keep your ongoing relationship with your school or college at the heart of our advice, and we are focused on finding a resolution that meets your needs and secures the outcomes you desire.

We can support you and your child with a wide variety of education issues:

• SEND (Special Education Needs and Disability)
• School admissions
• School exclusions
• Disputes with independent/public schools
• Children out of school
• Judicial review for individuals.

University students

Entering further education can be an expensive and time-consuming commitment. With your future career at stake, it is vital that you receive the education that you expected. When things go wrong, we can give you the specialist education advice that can make all the difference.

We can support you with:

• Student academic appeals
• Student disputes
• Discrimination claims
• Student visa routes.

Education professionals

We have extensive experience in upholding the rights of teachers, school leaders, lecturers, professors and support staff, who are facing challenging circumstances or unfair treatment from their employers.

Our team is experienced in supporting and advising on multiple issues, including:

• Misconduct/gross misconduct allegations
• Discrimination
• Redundancy
• Poor performance allegations
• Feelings of mistreatment
• TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)) transfers
• Professional misconduct proceedings
• Settlement agreements
• Pensions.

Education providers

We are highly experienced in supporting education providers with all employment and HR related issues, including:

• Employment law, including: Employment contracts, TUPE (Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)), dismissals, redundancies, discrimination, and Employment Tribunal claims
• School mergers and restructures
• Health and safety legislation
• Safeguarding
• Data protection
• Student Sponsor Licences
• Pensions.

Contact us

For further information on how we can support you or your institution, please either contact a member of our Education team directly, or submit an enquiry form.