A school in the maintained school sector can convert to independent academy status under the Academies Act 2010. Conversion arises once a conversion order is made by the...
Accidents happen in schools Children are often injured without any fault on the part of any person. They are by definition young and inexperienced. Equally, they cannot...
This Practice Note considers the Building Schools for the Future government scheme the current Priority School Building Programme. It also looks at the construction...
Education law treats different categories of school in different ways. The management systems of the school, its funding and the procedures for opening, closing or...
From: [insert child's previous forename and surname] To: [insert child's new forename and surname] This change of name Deed is made the [insert date and month] 20[insert...
Children's surnames at registration A child's birth must be registered within 42 days of birth. It is the duty of the mother and father of the child to register the...
This document provides general guidance regarding changing a child’s name. Your family lawyer will be able to provide specific advice based on your circumstances. Who can...
It has been Government policy for centuries to encourage charitable giving. Tax relief plays a key role in this policy. Charities (defined as either corporate bodies with...
Charities can adopt a variety of different legal forms or structures. A charity’s governing documents will depend on the form or structure adopted. In addition, a...
The requirements for reporting and accounting by charities are set out in sections 130–176, Part 8 Charity Accounts, Reports and Returns of the Charities Act 2011 (CA...
The main rights that a child has in school are: • the right to an education, and • the right to receive the level of care and protection which a reasonable parent would...
Produced in partnership with Dechert LLP This Agreement is made on [date] Parties 1 [insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number...
The Education Act 1996 (EA 1996) imposes criminal liability on a parent who fails to ensure that his child receives regular education. All the offences created by the EA...
General If there are concerns that a child is not being properly educated, but these are part of a wider picture of a child who is more generally suffering (or at risk of...
This Lexis®PSL Local Government future developments tracker is intended to be used to track key upcoming developments of interest to Education lawyers covering the entire...
EHC assessments and the contents of EHC plans The Children and Families Act 2014 (CFA 2014) replaced the system of ‘statutory assessment’ under the Education Act 1996 (EA...
The public sector equality duty Under the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/353, particular duties are imposed on...
The offences of failing to secure regular attendance at school The Education Act 1996 (EA 1996) imposes criminal liability on a parent who fails to ensure that their...
This Practice Note applies in England only. There are no free schools in Wales. Although the Academies Act 2010 (AcA 2010) does apply in Wales, the provisions for the...
Unlike maintained schools, academies and free schools are funded directly by the Department for Education (DfE) and not by or via the local authority for the area in...
Higher education institutions (HEIs) have long had a wide range of public law duties incorporated into statute or funding requirements that must be adhered to in addition...
The UK higher education (HE) sector has been slow to adopt the sort of standardised contractual documentation that has been commonplace in other education sub-sectors for...
FORTHCOMING CHANGE: From 3 April 2018, the Special Educational Needs and Disability (First-tier Tribunal Recommendations Power) Regulations 2017, SI 2017/1306 will come...
What does effective governance mean in the public sector? The function of governance is to ensure that an organisation or partnership fulfils its overall purpose,...
This Practice Note summarises the insolvency regime introduced by the Technical and Further Education Act 2017 (TAFEA 2017), the Further Education Bodies (Insolvency)...
Three types of academy Most of the state-funded secondary schools in England are now academies. The Department for Education (DfE) regularly publishes a spreadsheet...