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Education
Education bodies are at the centre of many of our areas of practice and it is a sector we are proud to support. From complex legal arrangements to individuals' roles as governors or trustees, we are committed to every aspect of the education community.
We advise many schools, colleges, universities, education charities and academic and learned institutions. We understand the particular challenges faced in this specialist sector and the Education team has built up a detailed knowledge of the complexities involved.
Some of the areas in which we have been involved include:
- public benefit and independent schools
- new forms for state schools, such as Trust Schools and Academies
- admission arrangements and related issues of pupil discipline and exclusion
- land and estates matters
- construction and development projects
- facilities management arrangements
- governance, including trustees and senior management team relations
- parent contracts and relationships
- employee issues of every kind
- charity issues, including Charity Commission regulation
- discrimination
- funding arrangements
- contracts and innovative collaborations
Crucially, we recognise that education bodies should operate as businesses whilst always upholding their educational objectives. This means, as well as being an educational body you are likely also to be a property owner or developer, an employer, a charity, or a commercial contractor. In the commercial environment, you need access to employment, technology, regulatory and other specialist lawyers, all of which we can provide for you..
Every organisation is different, so we give you an individual service to tackle your specific needs. We can draw on our expertise in advising many long established education sector clients on issues ranging from constitutional and governance matters to premises and estates, employment and intellectual property rights.
We know you need someone you can talk to who understands your challenges. Our aim is to build trust and develop close relationships with our clients and we are proud to work with every one of them.
Our Education team is led by Clare Colacicchi and she would be very happy to talk to you about your work and challenges in the education field. To contact Clare simply send her an email or call 01604 233233.
For further information on the services we offer beyond our specialist Education team, please follow the relevant link below: