maintained schools

Whether you are a community school, voluntary aided or controlled, a foundation school or a grammar school, the availability of independent, high quality and cost effective legal advice will be key to successfully managing the competing themes involved in the delivery of education and skills whilst achieving legal and regulatory compliance.

We advise a full range of organisations within the education sector, including numerous maintained schools. We understand how maintained schools work, and their changing relationship with local authorities and provide clear, practical and realistic advice.

  • our clients - numerous community, voluntary aided, foundation and grammar schools all over the country
  • our reputation – recognised as one of the top five education law firms in the country by Chambers UK
  • our team - our three office network means easy access to the whole of England and Wales
  • our experience - advising on admissions, exclusions, special educational needs and disability equality, employment, property, commercial contracts, information management, dispute resolution and governance
  • training - we regularly provide bespoke training for staff and governors on all aspects of the law affecting maintained schools and are retained by the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust as legal training consultants

Result: committed legal partners focused on understanding and supporting your school; effective delivery of your educational and business objectives through resolution of complex issues

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Mark Blois
Partner and Head of Education
0115 976 6087
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Dominic Swift
Partner and Head of Public sector and Property
0161 242 1303
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Dai Durbridge
Partner
0115 976 6578
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Helen Badger
Associate
0121 237 4554
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Katie Michelon
Solicitor
0115 976 6189
 

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