‘Mother tells of academy that seemed to care more about its behaviour policy than her son’s education’
The Guardian, 20th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Parents across England and Wales have been fined about £24m for failing to send their children to school during the past three years, it has emerged.’
BBC News, 15th March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The head of the schools watchdog, Ofsted, has called for greater oversight of children who are being educated outside mainstream schools, describing the system in England as “unusually permissive”.’
The Guardian, 8th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘School inspectors have warned that there are hundreds of unregistered schools but that they have few powers to investigate or shut them down.’
BBC News, 27th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Concerns have been raised about child safety in unregistered schools, after a BBC investigation filmed a teacher appearing to strike a pupil’s head.’
BBC News, 26th February 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It’s not difficult to imagine what would happen if the government announced that it could not guarantee services for, say, something like diabetes. There would be an outcry, ministers would be hauled before parliament to answer questions and would face being skewered on Newsnight. And quite rightly so. In contrast, though, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) announced this week that it is abandoning the procurement process for education and discrimination law advice, leaving a question mark over the continued provision of these services. So far there has been little or no furore over this decision.”
Legal Action, February 2018
Source: www.lag.org.uk
‘Hundreds of hate crimes have been committed at or near schools and colleges in the last two years, most rooted in race and ethnicity, figures reveal.’
The Guardian, 29th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Britain’s biggest training provider successfully applied for a superinjunction that stopped official inspectors from passing on a critical report to the government, it has emerged.’
The Guardian, 16th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘An inquiry has been launched into the “serious failing” of appointing Toby Young to the board of the Office for Students without studying his long history of incendiary comments, the commissioner for public appointments has said.’
The Guardian, 11th January 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government must act to help up to 1,500 ultra Orthodox Jewish boys going to unregistered schools in the London borough of Hackney, says a report.’
BBC News, 5th January 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Following Ofsted winning a judgment against an Islamic co-education state school, Rosalind English talks to Rajkiran Barhey about measuring unlawful discrimination in cases where two groups of students are treated equally, but separately, by their school.’
Law Pod UK, 21st December 2017
Source: audioboom.com
‘Around the world, there are very few countries which allow schools to pick pupils on the basis of their faith. The UK is one of them.’
Rights Info, 18th December 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The First Tier Tribunal made a legal error in a case concerning which school a child with special needs should attend, but not one so serious that it required its decision to be set aside, an Upper Tribunal judge has ruled.’
Local Government Lawyer, 13th December 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘In three years, 5,500 sexual offences against pupils have been reported to police. Too often staff seem ill-equipped or unwilling to deal with the problem – now pressure is mounting for the government to take action.’
The Guardian, 12th December 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘I was recently instructed by Sterling & Law LLP in an EEA appeal against the refusal of permanent residence. The Appellant was a non-EEA national in a civil partnership with her wife, an EEA national. The Appellant sought to establish that she was entitled to permanent residence having lived in the UK in accordance with the EEA Regulations for five years.’
Drystone Chambers, 1st December 2017
Source: drystone.com
‘Durand Academy is a large school in Lambeth, serving a diverse community that has a high percentage of BAME families.’
Blackstone Chambers, 17th November 2017
Source: www.blackstonechambers.com
‘In September, we posted an item on the controversy over small girls wearing the hijab in British nurseries and primary schools. There were various reports (eg in The Sunday Times and the Evening Standard) that “Children as young as three are being allowed to wear the hijab in British nurseries and primary schools.” The ST reported that its own survey had found that a fifth of 800 primary schools, including Church of England schools, list the hijab as part of their uniform. The Department for Education said that uniform policies were for schools to decide, adding: “If a school decided to allow a pupil to wear a burqa, that would be up to the school.” ‘
Law & Religion UK, 20th November 2017
Source: www.lawandreligionuk.com
‘This consultation seeks views on significant revisions to ‘Working Together to Safeguard Children’ – the statutory guidance which sets out what is expected of organisations, individually and jointly, to safeguard and promote the welfare of children. These revisions are being made largely to reflect the legislative changes introduced through the Children and Social Work Act 2017.’
Department for Education, 25th October 2017
Source: consult.education.gov.uk
‘The Valuation Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by a student accommodation provider over the application of council tax exemptions to student flats.’
Local Government Lawyer, 25th October 2017
Source: localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘An Islamic faith school which has a policy of separating girls and boys has been told the rules are unlawful.’
RightsInfo, 13th October 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
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