14 Sep 2021
On 07 September 2021, the Information Commissioner's Office published an enforcement notice against First Choice Selection Services Ltd for failing to comply with a subject access request made during the course of employment tribunal proceedings. Background An individual originally…
Education
07 Sep 2021
Following concerns across the Education sector, on Friday 20 August, the Government announced that schools will receive up to 300,000 CO2 monitors to assess air flow and in particular, stale air around school buildings, backed by a £25 million Government investment. This appears to have been…
Education
24 Aug 2021
Section 123 of the Equality Act 2010 deals with the relevant time limits for discrimination claims under the Equality Act. This essentially gives a three month time frame within which relevant claims must be raised with the important caveat that conduct extending over a period is to be treated as done…
Education
28 Jul 2021
As readers will know, Ofsted was asked by the UK government to carry out a rapid review of sexual abuse handling in schools and colleges following mounting concerns about student and staff welfare, highlighted by large-scale disclosures on the 'Everyone's Invited' website. Ofsted…
Education
01 Jul 2021
The rules around international travel and restrictions are constantly changing, with returning to the UK from some countries currently at the time of writing this article, legally requiring a 10 day quarantine upon return to the UK. In the education sector, maintaining continuity of education for…
Education
22 Jun 2021
Teacher Assessed Grades and Requests for Information The ICO has recently published guidance for schools regarding what information they should publish proactively in order to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) - ICO's blog on its information rights work | ICO. Public…
Education
18 Jun 2021
Disputes over school uniform policies and the enforcement of them are common, controversial and usually gain unwanted publicity. It is therefore important for a school to know what legal considerations it must take into account when formulating their uniform policies and also how best to resolve a…
Education
18 Jun 2021
Mr D Rodgers v Leeds Laser Cutting Ltd: 1803829/2020 Mr Rodgers brought a claim against his ex-employer for automatically unfair dismissal having been dismissed after refusing to attend the workplace over Covid concerns. The claimant did not have two years' continuous service at the…
Education
18 Jun 2021
The ICO has recently published guidance for schools regarding what information they should publish proactively in order to comply with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) - ICO's blog on its information rights work | ICO . Public authorities (such as maintained schools and academies)…
Education
18 May 2021
Our education team regularly run free, Q&A sessions via Zoom which gives attendees the opportunity to ask any questions that may be relevant to them at the time. Please see below a summary of some of the questions that we have been asked most recently and our responses. How long should a phased…
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