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We are long-standing, trusted advisors to the education sector with in depth expertise, talent and experience, advising clients on the full range of their legal needs from commercial work through to claims.
We advise over 1000 education sector organisations including schools (both independent and maintained), academies, further education colleges, universities, local authorities, and insurers. Our practice covers many areas including special educational needs, disability discrimination, school admissions and school reorganisations.
Our specialist team are consistently ranked band 1 nationally by Chambers UK and Legal 500. We were awarded the Education Investor Award for Legal Advisors to Education Institutions in both 2011 and 2013 where the judges commented “Browne Jacobson have revolutionised service delivery and pioneered a new delivery model for schools and are at the cutting edge of thought leadership for the sector”. Our legal services have been given the Independent Academies Association’s Assured Services Quality Mark which was established in recognition of the need for education providers to buy from a reliable, safe source. Both the DfE and the Association of School & College Leaders support the IAAS Quality Mark.
Our Education Team is also the only one to be the Approved Law Firm Partner of all three of the National Governance Association (NGA), Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL) and the Independent Academies Association (IAA). We are one of only two legal firms appointed to handle claims covered by the Department for Education’s (DfE) Academies Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA).
They are excellent. Their general advice has been clearly presented, they are approachable and they have been very patient in answering queries. They find a way to make things happen to get you where you want to be.
Good not just with the law, but also empathetic to our aims. They are on the button, prompt and nice to deal with, which is an added bonus.
In the higher education arena we have successfully defended a number of universities against allegations of disability discrimination under the Equalities Act, including a recovery of the defence costs. We have also supported universities through their Stage 3 complaints process to ensure a consistent investigation and response to a discrimination complaint, which the university knew would most likely be pursued to the OIA and a civil claim.
Successfully defending a claim for failure to educate, in particular failing to assess a child’s special education needs adequately or at all, including a failure to seek specialist input at the appropriate time.
Head of Insurance and Public Risk