case studies
Ensuring a school’s DPA compliance through practical
recommendations
A large secondary school’s governing body had concerns over
their compliance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act
(DPA) and required an audit evaluation of its working practices to
rectify any compliance issues.
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Successfully defending a judicial review of an admissions
appeal panel decision
A mother appealed to the admissions appeals panel following the
refusal of her son’s application for a place at a popular voluntary
aided secondary school. When the appeal failed the mother sought a
judicial review of the decision. We were instructed by the school
and the diocese (a named interested party) to defend the
proceedings.
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Advising a school on PFI construction legacy issues
the governing body of a community secondary school was
experiencing serious problems with their new premises and services
which had been procured by the local authority under the Private
Finance Initiative (PFI) framework. The school had only
recently been completed and opened for education and the Local
Authority were turning a blind eye to the problems.
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