When school feels too hard: A parent’s guide to emotionally based school avoidance
As a parent, one of your key responsibilities is ensuring your child gets a full-time, suitable education, usually by attending
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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.
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.
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.
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Our Team brings both professional expertise and lived experience to our work which provides an in-depth understanding of the issues facing schools and colleges in today’s complex landscape.
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:
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