Education leaders face constant challenges with cost-management, pressure to deliver results, staffing difficulties, and navigating requests from parents. Our education solicitors will support you and your organisation on all aspects education law, including advice on SEND issues, EHC Plans, safeguarding, discrimination, reputational management, local authority and OFSTED complaints.
Our education team is recognised within the Legal 500 and is led by Victoria Kerr. She has over 25 years of legal experience across children’s law, through family, social care and education. She has clerked Independent Review Panels, undertaken Judicial Reviews and other Administrative Law matters.
She leads a committed team of Legal Advisors: Machela Boampong, Madeleine Oakley-Bennett, Alexandra Kremer, Abigail Denman, and Charlotte Brown.
Tees represents schools (maintained, academies and independent schools), colleges, universities, local authorities and other educational organisations, as well as individual teachers at all levels from primary to further and higher education.
We understand the needs of education providers and will work hard to meet all your objectives. While schools face many common issues, we approach each client on an individual basis and act accordingly.
Tees is a Top-Tier Legal 500 firm with a multi-disciplinary team who can help you with all aspects related to business borrowing and other financial products. We have an in-house team of independent financial advisers who work closely with our legal teams to ensure joined-up first rate service. Our legal and financial specialists collaborate to deliver a cohesive and high-quality service, ensuring your business protection planning and implementation needs are fully met.
The public law team at Tees is highly approachable and composed of dedicated professionals who consistently go above and beyond to deliver exceptional results for their clients
Our legal experts support education providers through many challenging situations including:
After more than a decade, the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB) is set to return, and it could reshape how schools across England...
As a parent, one of your key responsibilities is ensuring your child gets a full-time, suitable education, usually by attending school regularly. But what...
It’s not uncommon for a child to express reluctance or even refusal about returning to school. As a parent, this can be distressing and...
For many parents and carers of children with special educational needs or disabilities (“SEND”), understanding how to access the right support can feel overwhelming....
When a child with an Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) moves to a new stage of education, the law requires that their plan...
The school year has only just begun, however, if you have a child in Year 6, there is no doubt that you’ll already be...
The wizarding world is returning, not just to our screens, but in a landmark move, to the classroom. Warner Bros.’ £1 billion redevelopment of...
Understanding the behaviours associated with Autism, as well as implementing reasonable adjustments, is essential for helping those with Autism thrive in the workplace and...
We are delighted to announce that Victoria Kerr, a highly experienced Education Law Solicitor, has joined the Tees Education Law team. With over 25...
The law states that ahead of a child moving between key phases of education their Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) must be reviewed...
When a child is unable to attend school, the situation is never straightforward. In a recent case, parents found themselves facing a prosecution despite...
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