case studies
“Legal proofing” an ambitious school reorganisation
project
Our client, a London borough, required advice in relation to a
borough-wide school reorganisation project, which involved the
amendment of transfer ages within its school system. Advice was
required on all aspects of the proposed reorganisation – from
initial consultation through to issuing of the statutory
notices.
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Managing risk and the appeals process following an admission
policy problem
A local authority identified a problem with the way they had
applied their own admission criteria used to allocate school
places. The problem centred on the inconsistent methods used to
calculate the distance from a child’s home to their school of
choice meaning some children could have been refused a place at a
school to which they were entitled. Once the issue had been
identified the local authority instructed us to urgently advise on
the legal and practical steps required to ensure all applications
were dealt with fairly and to minimise the risk of a successful
legal challenge ahead of the new term starting.
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