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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