Education Legal Advice for Parents

Our education law solicitors provide a range of education law advice for parents including: SEND advice, EHC plans, school admissions appeals, challenging exclusions and independent review panel hearings.

Practical, compassionate support for families facing education challenges

Supporting families to secure the right education for their child

Finding your way through the education maze to get what your child needs, can feel like an uphill struggle. We’re here to guide and support you, to help you get the best possible outcome for your child.

We act for many parents and families seeking provision for children and young people with SEND and for children who find school a struggle. We help parents of children who have been excluded from school or refuse to attend.

Victoria Kerr, has over 25 years of legal experience across children’s law, from private parental disputes, social care and education. She leads a committed team of legal advisors: Machela Boampong, Madeleine Oakley-Bennett, Alexandra Kremer, Abigail Denman, and Charlotte Brown. Many of our team are SEND parents themselves, or have personal experience of SEND, bringing both professional expertise and lived understanding to our work. The Team offer a committed and pragmatic approach to education law, to achieve the best possible results in a timely fashion and without incurring unnecessary costs.

The practice has great experience and expertise in tribunals relating to SEN issues. Their understanding of customer's needs are insightful and hugely appreciated.

Examples of recent education law cases

  • Judicial Review – refusal to convene a Governors’ Disciplinary Committee, leading to challenge of a Local Authority and Department for Education
  • prosecution under Section 444 EA96 – failure to ensure a child’s attendance at school
  • particularly complex sexual assault case involving a vulnerable child attending special school
  • damages arising from exposure of children to pornography or oversexualised behaviour at school
  • failure to supervise and breach of contract – PGCE Student
  • failure to supervise – PhD student
  • school transport challenge.

Our education law services

We can help with:

  • Special Educational Needs (SEN) and disability issues relating to education
  • obtaining or challenging provision under an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), including tribunal appeals
  • supporting you at independent review panel hearings
  • supporting you to take a decision to judicial review
  • admissions appeals
  • challenging exclusions
  • safeguarding concerns
  • discrimination in educational settings
  • breaches of contract by independent schools
  • disputes regarding student loans
  • Represent you in prosecutions brought by Local Authorities for offences under the Education Act 1996. Examples of recent education law cases

We’re here to help

If you’ve tried to sort out a problem with your child’s school yourself and not managed to get anywhere, give us a call for a confidential discussion about how we can help. You’ll find us friendly and easy to talk to.

If you’d like to meet one of our partnership disputes experts for a confidential, no obligation chat, please get in touch.

We have offices across Cambridgeshire, Essex and Hertfordshire, but we can help you wherever you are in England and Wales.

Our legal services are authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

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If you’d like to meet one of our experts for a confidential, no obligation chat, please get in touch.