Legal Article
12 Jan 2021
Last week, the education secretary Gavin Williamson stated that schools in England must continue to provide children with high-quality teaching despite the recent lockdown and school closures. The bulk of this education provision will need to be delivered by a mixture of remote teaching and in-person…
Education
Legal Article
07 Jan 2021
After the Christmas break period with schools reopening in January, unions including NEU and UNISON advised teachers not to attend the workplace and issued letters for their members to use when approaching their employers about this. In response to this advice, we advised our clients about the issues…
Education
Legal Article
18 Dec 2020
On 17 December 2020, the Government confirmed that all secondary schools and colleges in England will be able to test more of their staff and students, from the first week in January 2021. We understand that testing will be optional and will require student/ parent consent, however, it is strongly…
Education
Legal Article
11 Dec 2020
Tackle performance issues without delay Failing to address poor performance in accordance with the school's policy means that it becomes harder to substantiate a genuine concern at a later date. In addition, the employee may feel aggrieved and left wondering why the issue was not raised sooner…
Education
Legal Article
11 Dec 2020
As school's approach the end of the first term back, it is undoubtedly the case that the last 9 months have presented the most challenging circumstances for school leaders and staff; including the need to close at short notice in whole or in part, manage staff absences, re-order classrooms,…
Education
Legal Article
11 Dec 2020
What are the restrictions this festive period and how might we a manage staff conduct during this time? With the Christmas period looming, employers in the education sector should now have a mind to the ongoing restrictions coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic restrictions. With Christmas comes…
Education
Legal Article
11 Dec 2020
2020 has been a really tough year for everyone and nowhere can that said to be truer than in the education world. Faced with unprecedented challenges of closing schools and colleges almost completely (except for vulnerable and key worker pupils and students) for a number of months; re-opening and making…
Education
Legal Article
11 Dec 2020
The Employment Tribunal has recently rapped the knuckles of Jaguar Land Rover regarding the treatment of a non-binary or 'gender fluid' member of staff, highlighting an important development in discrimination law. In Taylor v Jaguar Land Rover the employee was employed as an engineer for the…
Education
Legal Article
11 Dec 2020
On 4 December 2020, a judgment was handed down from the High Court ordering a local authority to engage in mediation with the mother of a child in their care after a dispute arose over the mother seeking accompaniment by a lawyer for the mediation process. Though this case does not relate to an…
Education
Legal Article
27 Nov 2020
The cancellation of this year's GCSE and A-level exams gave Ofqual an unprecedented challenge in determining how grades should be awarded whilst providing the fairest means of enabling students to move on to further studies or employment. This unprecedented decision by Ofqual meant that…
Education
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