Employment Insight - What does ‘living with Covid’ mean for employers?
3 March 2022
The government has announced the next phase of its response to Covid, ‘Living with Covid’. We take a closer…
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Ways to survive (Independent Insight)
19 January 2022
“While the independent sector has weathered much of the storm of Covid, challenges ahead may mean considering…
Education newsletter - Spring Term 2022 edition
6 January 2022
Welcome to the Spring 2022 edition of our newsletter for schools.
This time last year schools in England…
This time last year schools in England…
Maximising school fees debt recovery
6 January 2022
All fee-paying schools will have experienced some problem with school fees debts at one time or another. It may…
Conducting disciplinary and grievance investigations
6 January 2022
As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, conducting a grievance or disciplinary investigation is a task which…
Information law update
6 January 2022
The last year has seen the High Court handling a large number of data protection and privacy cases and two of…
HM Land Registry: The 2030 Goal of ‘Comprehensive Registration’
6 January 2022
If your school has unregistered land on-site or in your portfolio, perhaps 2022 is the year to consider…
Changes in sickness absence requirements
21 December 2021
Employees who are off sick between 10 December 2021 and 26 January 2022 can now self-certify their absence for…
Mental health and wellbeing in schools (Independent Insight)
3 September 2021
What should schools be doing to improve pupil resilience and emotional wellbeing?
Vicky Wilson reports in an…
Education newsletter - Autumn Term 2021 edition
19 August 2021
Welcome to the Autumn 2021 edition of our Education newsletter. We hope you have managed to enjoy a break over…
COVID-19 vaccination for 16-17 year olds – tackling the immediate issues
19 August 2021
COVID-19 vaccination for 16-17 year olds – tackling the immediate issues
The government has adopted the JCVI's…
Mental health and wellbeing in schools – a safeguarding perspective
19 August 2021
Mental health and wellbeing has been in the spotlight since the reopening of schools in March 2021 and there is…
The new Academy Trust Handbook 2021
19 August 2021
The Academy Trust Handbook 2021, which replaces the Academies Financial Handbook, comes into effect on 1…
Data Protection – Brexit fall-out
19 August 2021
We have three matters to report relating to the impact of Brexit and a CJEU (the Court of Justice of the…
Fire and rehire - is it lawful?
9 June 2021
When an employer wants to make a change to their employees' contracts, 'firing and re-hiring' has become the…
International Women’s Day 2021
8 March 2021
As part of International Women's Day we have some excellent articles from our experts aimed at helping women…
The IR35 regime will soon be upon us – are you prepared?
19 January 2021
It was a relief to many organisations and contractors that the new IR35 Regulations ("Regulations") which were…
Considering withdrawing from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme?
11 January 2021
Independent schools have been faced with a multitude of challenges as a result of the pandemic, from health and…
Education newsletter - Spring Term 2021 edition
8 January 2021
Welcome to the spring edition 2021 of our newsletter for schools.
If you require advice following the…
If you require advice following the…
Remote learning from 5 January 2021
6 January 2021
Further to the Government announcement yesterday evening which imposes another national lockdown, the immediate…
COVID-19 vaccinations, testing and Employment issues for schools
6 January 2021
The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval and start of a vaccine roll-out, which it…
Refusal to attend school on health and safety grounds
6 January 2021
Many schools will have been aware of the template letter being circulated by the Unions which staff could use…
Data protection Brexit update – boring but important!
6 January 2021
Although the UK left the EU at midnight on 31 January 2020, we didn't feel the impact of our departure because…
Internal investigations
6 January 2021
Internal investigations are important signifiers of how effective a school is in its sensitivity towards…
Updated Charity Governance Code 2020 – new equality, diversity and inclusion principle
6 January 2021
The Charity Governance Code sets out the principles of governance and standards of best practice which apply to…
Roundup of SEND issues
6 January 2021
The Autumn Term 2020 saw a number of SEND issues in the news and courts, ranging from the need to make…
KCSIE: Out-of-school guidance
6 January 2021
One of the most important pieces of statutory guidance for schools is 'Keeping Children Safe in Education'…
Vaccinations and testing in the workplace
7 December 2020
The country has seen light at the end of the tunnel with the approval last week of a vaccine, which it is hoped…
Video: Homeworking - the new reality
30 November 2020
This webinar was recorded on 26 November 2020.
In this video our Employment team discuss the challenges of…
The new Treasury Direction on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: what you need to know
17 November 2020
This article was updated on 18 November 2020.
Further to our previous update on the extension to furlough, the…
They think it’s all over…is it?
3 November 2020
Just a few hours before the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) was due to come to an end in favour of the…
Employers’ checklist: how should we prepare for the new immigration rules?
3 November 2020
As we approach the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020, businesses which currently employ, or plan…
What is the new ‘Australian’ style points based system?
3 November 2020
During the referendum campaign along with ‘Get Brexit Done’ what we heard a lot of was the introduction of new…
Schools team celebrate Chambers listing
27 October 2020
Congratulations to our Schools team who join some of the big legal players in the education sector by being…
Essential update on Academy Governance
16 October 2020
We have produced this update to highlight the recent DfE publications on Academy Governance - links to the…
Out with the old, in with the new
28 September 2020
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, has announced the replacement to the Coronavirus Job Retention…
Education newsletter Autumn Term 2020 edition
3 September 2020
Welcome back!
For some of you it will have been a short break over the summer before preparations for…
Education updates for the week ending 28 August 2020
3 September 2020
The Department for Education (DfE) issued a flurry of new and updated guidance at the end of last week. The…
Headline topics for schools
3 September 2020
We have collected some of the most important issues and recent headlines which schools should be aware of to…
Key changes to ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ in 2020
3 September 2020
The new KCSIE guidance was published on 1 September 2020 and is available here. Part 1 for all school staff is…
New Term Checklist
3 September 2020
Preparations for September 2020 were likely to have started earlier than usual as more pupils are welcomed back…
Government extends Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme until October
18 May 2020
Last week, the Chancellor announced that the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) will be extended until the…
Education newsletter Summer term 2020 edition
22 April 2020
Welcome to the summer edition of our newsletter for schools.
We are beginning a summer Term remotely, until…
Simple steps to effective school fees recovery
21 April 2020
The obligation to pay school fees is a contractual obligation: parents enter into a contract with a school to…
Relying on force majeure clauses
21 April 2020
As early as possible in your communications with parents about the service that can be provided during school…
Online contracts: Schools as commercial entities
21 April 2020
Question: When is a consumer not a consumer?
As individuals, many of us will have signed up to terms and…
Handling school panel processes with care
21 April 2020
Independent schools are expected to handle a number of internal processes by way of a panel review, for…
Summer 2020 exam grading system
21 April 2020
Following the announcement on 18 March 2020 that all GCSE and A-Level summer exams were cancelled, concerns…
Employment update for schools: Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
21 April 2020
As schools, and indeed all employers, have begun getting to grips with new ways of operating in these…
Employment changes from April
21 April 2020
The Government set out a number of changes to employment law in its Good Work Plan which was published at the…