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This week, Downhills School’s judicial review failed when the High Court ruled that Michael Gove’s decision to convert the school an academy was rational.
Downhills were issued with an academy order after being put into ‘special measures’ following an Ofsted inspection.
There are limited circumstances in which a school is eligible for intervention. These include where a school has been put into special measures or requires significant improvement following an Ofsted inspection or where the school has failed to comply with a warning notice issued by the Local Authority (LA).
The LA decides whether to issue a warning notice but there is a risk that, where a school is not performing well, the Government may put pressure on the LA to do so, to allow intervention. Appeal against a warning notice and judicial review are options for a school and the court will decide each case individually.
Downhills’ case was decided on its facts and does not mean that all schools below floor targets are will be subject to intervention.
The recent case of R (on the application of A Parent) v Governing Body of XYZ School [2022] EWHC 1146 (Admin) provides some welcome and reassuring guidance to governing boards on the exclusion reconsideration process.
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With 19 HR experts now supporting over 500 schools and trusts across the country, in this edition of 60 seconds we sit down with Emma Hughes, who leads the team, to discuss what this significant milestone means to her.
In order to reduce the risk of potential breaches, schools should follow this Health and Safety Executive guidance.
A ResPublica report highlighted that asbestos continues to be the UK’s number one occupational killer, with nurses and teachers 3 to 5 times more likely to develop mesothelioma than the general UK population. The House of Commons Work & Pensions Select Committee is investigating how the HSE manages the continued presence of asbestos in buildings.
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