It is an interesting but challenging time for many of our educational clients and our multi-disciplinary team of experts have a strong track record of acting for:
- many well-known and successful schools within the independent and state sectors,
- further and higher education institutions; and
- a number of professional bodies within the education sector engaged in the production of specialist publications and the training and assessment of candidates for different levels of academic and professional competence.
We are witnessing how government policy and straitened times have forced unprecedented change on the sector and we have assisted many of our educational clients to navigate their way through the changes and have helped them to identify and pursue new opportunities.
Our school clients are requesting our assistance on a diverse range of innovative strategies, such as the ability to pursue international aims, the development of lucrative alternative income streams, and mergers and collaborations with others in order to achieve efficiencies and economies of scale without compromising the delivery of a first class education to their pupils. We provide support on a wide variety of issues including charity law and governance, employment law, property and construction matters, dispute resolution and data protection. We are also well placed to provide broader strategic advice and advise on commercial arrangements with third parties.
Our clients in the broader educational sector require legal assistance on a wide cross section of issues, including complex property transactions, planning and construction advice, HR, regulatory compliance, fund raising, charity law, investing in and protecting IP in the context of licences, spin offs and research projects. A number of these clients own well-known brands whose qualification certificates are highly valued internationally. These include vocational courses and assessments as well as more academic subjects, and increasingly sophisticated online products. We have longstanding expertise in, and experience of assisting these clients to compete in a very commercial world.
Meet the Team
- Call Sarah +44 (0)20 7203 5370
- Email Sarah
Our thinking
Sarah Rowley
Charities’ wrongs – can the law remedy them?
Sarah Rowley was recently quoted in The Times in an article focussing on the Oxfam GB case in Haiti.
The segregation of boys and girls in a mixed sex school
The segregation of boys and girls in a mixed sex school
Collaborative arrangements for schools: opportunities, innovation and navigating potential pitfalls
One of the key challenges facing schools is how to provide a first class education against a tide of rising costs.
Charity Connect: Our legacy workshop series
We will be hosting our first Charity Connect workshop which will cover a full spectrum of issues for your personal development.
Paul Henty
ICO Charities reminded of need to comply with Data Protection Act 1998
The Information Commissioner’s Office has fined charities the RSPCA and the British Heart Foundation £25,000 and £18,000 respectively
Independent Schools Programme: Senior Leadership Workshop
Our Education Team recently hosted an independent schools workshop in Guildford with a number of leaders of South East private schools.
Academy Conversions – Why Schools Need to Act Now
The announcement in the 2016 Budget that all state and maintained schools will become Academies has caused significant debate.