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
Our education specialists provide legal support for parents, schools, colleges and teachers.
Whether you’re a parent, teacher or leading a school or college, the education system can be complex and demanding. We’ll guide you with clear, compassionate advice and work alongside you at every stage, helping you resolve issues and move forward with confidence.
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 dedicated team of Legal Advisors: Machela Boampong, Madeleine Oakley-Bennett, Alexandra Kremer, Abigail Denman, and Charlotte Brown.
Our team combines professional expertise with lived experience, giving us a deep understanding of the challenges faced by parents, schools (maintained, academy, and independent), colleges, universities, local authorities, and other education-related organisations. We also work closely with individual teachers across all levels of education — from primary through to further and higher education.
Our education law solicitors provide advice for parents, schools and colleges including: SEND advice, EHC plans, school admissions appeals, challenging exclusions, independent review panel hearings, safeguarding issues, complaints to Ofsted, libel on social media, GDPR compliance and changes to school status.
A hard working and committed team with deep expertise in education law litigation, including disability rights law.
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The areas our education law solicitors can help you with include:
As a parent, one of your key responsibilities is ensuring your child gets a full-time, suitable education, usually by attending
It’s not uncommon for a child to express reluctance or even refusal about returning to school. As a parent, this
For many parents and carers of children with special educational needs or disabilities (“SEND”), understanding how to access the right
If your child has an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP), there are certain times when their plan must be
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