Katie Michelon

Katie is a Partner in the education team at Browne Jacobson. She advises schools and academies on a wide range of education law issues including safeguarding, exclusions, admissions, governance and parental complaints. She leads the firm's practice on school intervention and inspection, delivering strategic advice to schools and academies who may be vulnerable to formal intervention measures from their local authority or the Secretary of State and supporting schools with challenging Ofsted inspections. Katie has also advised schools and academy trusts across the country on academy conversions under the Academies Act 2010. She now focuses largely on group and specialist projects, working with a number of multi-academy trusts on their expansion, including academy merger and re-brokerage projects. Katie also regularly delivers training and webinars to school leaders on education law matters.