Why is the system for awarding exam grades different in 2020? With many Schools and Colleges closing in March 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic (“Covid 19”) and the consequential…
The Legal Aid Agency has changed the way that education law and discrimination law advice will be delivered after 1st September 2019. The scope of Education Law advice under the…
Infant classes and the limited right of appeal With infant class places being allocated across the country today, many parents will be consoling themselves in the knowledge that they have…
The Upper Tribunal has widened the scope for potential disability discrimination cases relating to exclusions by removing the exemption of pupils who have “a tendency to physical abuse”. In C…
The Upper Tribunal reminded Local Authorities of the need to make EHC plans suitably specific. In B-M and B-M v Oxfordshire County Council (SEN) [2018] UKUT 35 (AAC) HS/3005/2017 the…
The powers of the First Tier Tribunal were extended from 3rd April 2018 as part of a 2 year national trial. The extended powers enable the Tribunal to make non-binding…
What is a Managed Move A managed move is a voluntary agreement between schools, a pupil and their parents that the pupil will be educated at a new school rather…
SECONDARY SCHOOL TRANSFERS - 6th April 2018 With many pupils and parents today receiving details of the school where they have been offered a place, Phil Storey, Education Law…
On 14 March 2018, the Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of head teacher, for failing to disclose a relationship with person convicted of a sexual offence. In Reilly v Sandwell…
On Saturday 29th April 2017 staff from Bailey Wright & Co Solicitors packed shopping at M & S in Merry Hill on behalf of the firm's nominated charity, YoungMinds. YoungMinds is…