Education
The team provides a full range of advice to local authorities, academies and maintained schools covering all aspects of education law including admissions and exclusions. The team also has particular expertise in Special Educational Needs and disability discrimination matters.
We have extensive experience in advising on matters within the education sector and have close relationships with our clients to provide a client focused, practical based advice service to meet their needs.
The area of work covered by the team includes:
- advice on parental disputes, complaints and managing aggressive and challenging parents
- advice on governor's powers and process including federations
- representing academies and schools in disability discrimination claims
- advice and representation to local authorities on appeals in the special educational needs tribunal in respect of Education, Health and Care Plans
- administration and clerking services for both school admission appeals and exclusion reviews
We work closely with colleagues within other teams in Legal Services Lincolnshire to ensure access to highly specialised advice on matters including commercial disputes, property related matters and information governance issues to ensure a full service to academies and schools.
