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Court of Appeal rules on exclusions once again
The Court of Appeal delivered its third exclusion decision this year at the end of October. This marks unprecedented activity in exclusion case law - no other Court of Appeal exclusion cases have emerged since the law changed in 2011, writes Philip Wood.
Faith-based oversubscription criteria
The High Court recently upheld faith-based oversubscription criteria in school admissions arrangements. Laura Berman and Michael Brotherton explain why.
Discrimination arising from disability: did a school discriminate against a pupil when it excluded her?
When the First-tier Tribunal found that a school had discriminated against a pupil for excluding her, it fell to the Upper Tribunal on appeal to consider if the legal test for a claim of discrimination arising from a disability had been applied correctly. Alexandra Addington analyses the judgment.
SEND and pupils absent due to health needs
Philip Wood explains the duties on schools and local authorities in relation to pupils who cannot attend school because of significant SEND or health needs.
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Jonathan Bourne of Damar Training sets out why in-house council teams and law firms should embrace apprenticeships.
How hair strand testing should be instructed for family court proceedings
For years, FTS, a drug, alcohol and DNA lab in Yorkshire, has been advocating for an end to the use of Society of Hair Testing (SoHT)…
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Public Sector Insights – Disability discrimination in education
Trish D’Souza, a Legal Director in the Education sector, and Jo Corbett-Simmons, a Legal Director in our Commercial Litigation team, delivered a session for schools, local authorities and academy trusts on Disability discrimination – how to recognise potential claims.
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