Education Law

Our Education team is comprised of lawyers and consultants from across our firm, who are used to working with Welsh schools and further and higher education providers. We’re specialists in the devolved education system in Wales, and can advise in the medium of Welsh, too.

We understand that your priority is to achieve the highest possible positive impact for your pupils and students. That’s why ours is to make sure your staff, leaders, governors and board members have all the information and training they need to focus on their primary role.

We can deliver training on:

Schools

Sessions aimed at Head Teachers, senior leaders and bursars/HR Directors, Additional Learning Needs Co-ordinators:

• Legal considerations in relation to online learning
• Admissions and exclusion issues for schools
• Intervention
• Inspection
• Additional learning needs update
• Dealing with learners with mental health issues
• Complaints’ handling
• Legal issues relating to school trips/insurance
• DBS checks, safeguarding and data protection
• GDPR

Further/Higher Education

Sessions aimed at Principals, Deputy or Vice Principals, Estates Managers, HR Directors, senior leaders, Student services, Student support teams:

• Contract law refresher
• Legal considerations in relation to online learning
• Consumer protection in a post-Covid world
• Additional learning needs update
• Link between the student and accommodation contract – issues at play
• Dealing with learners with mental health issues
• Complaints’ handling
• DBS checks, safeguarding and data protection.
• The new Commission for Tertiary Education and Research
• GDPR