“Thousands of students could see their GCSE English grades increased retrospectively through a high court case beginning on Tuesday in which an alliance of schools, councils and pupils will argue that exam boards and the government’s qualifications watchdog acted illegally in changing grade boundaries midway through the 2012 exams season.”
The Guardian, 11th December 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“England’s exams regulator Ofqual has told the Education Secretary Michael Gove it has concerns over some of the changes he is bringing in to England’s exams system.”
BBC News, 5th December 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The privately-owned College of Law has been granted university status and will be renamed ‘The University of Law’, it has announced.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th November 2012
Source: www.out-law.com
Various Claimants v Catholic Child Welfare Society and others: [2012] UKSC 56; [2012] WLR (D) 335
“A lay Catholic teaching order whose brother members were assigned by it to teach at various schools was jointly vicariously liable with the school management body for acts of physical and sexual abuse committed by the brothers while employed by the school management body at a residential school.”
WLR Daily, 21st November 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“Alex Verdan QC of 4 Paper Buildings reviews important recent developments relating to private children law.”
Family Law week, 22nd November 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
“A Catholic teaching institute is liable for alleged physical and sexual abuse at a former boys’ school, the Supreme Court has ruled.”
BBC News, 21st November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The publication or endorsement of text books by exam boards has been questioned by England’s exams watchdog Ofqual.”
BBC News, 7th November 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A high court judge has ordered an urgent hearing of a legal challenge over the summer’s GCSE English controversy mounted by an alliance of pupils, schools and councils.”
The Guardian, 6th November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Bilston is the latest institution to have its licence to sponsor overseas students withdrawn.”
The Guardian, 2nd November 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Karwan Eskerie, barrister, of 1 Crown Office Row considers Munby J’s judgment in Re G (Children) where the court had to decide between the ultra orthodox Jewish parents’ conflicting wishes for their child’s education.”
Family Law Week, 21st October 2012
Source: www.familylawweek.com
In re G (Children: Religious upbringing) [2012] EWCA Civ 1233; [2012] WLR (D) 265
“In a case in which a marriage had irretrievably broken down, and the parents were unable to agree as to the precise religious nature of their children’s future education, care was required in looking to the welfare of the children and weighing up the relevant factors.”
WLR Daily, 4th October 2012
Source: www.iclr.co.uk
“What is happiness? If you thought this most philosophical inquiry was beyond the remit of the judicial system then you should read this case.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th October 2012
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The days are gone when fathers held exclusive power over their children’s education, a judge ruled yesterday in rejecting the objections of an ultra-orthodox Jewish father to his ex-wife’s choice of schools for their children.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Tribunal rulings against academies excluding special educational needs pupils must be backed up by changes to the law.”
The Guardian, 22nd August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“There have been many interesting developments in Welsh education law over the
last 12 months or so, and two significant changes on the horizon. This paper covers
the following subjects:-
(1) Recent school re-organisation cases
(2) Special educational needs update
(3) Article 6 and discipline of school staff
(4) School Standards and Organisation (Wales) Bill
(5) Consultation on changes to the special educational needs regime.”
Full story (PDF)
11 KBW, 17th August 2012
Source: www.11kbw.com
“One of the government’s flagship academy schools has lost a legal challenge over its refusal to admit a number of children with special educational needs.”
The Guardian, 20th August 2012
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Academies are independent, non-fee-paying schools funded by the Secretary of State. For special educational needs (SEN) purposes, although Academies are deemed to be mainstream schools (see the Education Act 1996, s.316(4)(b)(iii)), they are not subject to the duties in relation to SEN that maintained schools (as defined in s.312(5)) are. That gap is, however, (at least partially) plugged by the terms of the Funding Agreement between the Secretary of State and the Academy Trust. Indeed, in relation to Academies created since the Academies Act 2010, s.1(7) of the 2010 Act requires the Funding Agreement to impose ‘SEN obligations’ (i.e. the obligations under Chapter 1 of Part IV of the 1996 Act) on the Academy.”
Education Law Blog, 11th July 2012
Source: www.education11kbw.com
“Education Secretary Michael Gove has lost a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.”
BBC News, 17th May 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Head teachers are threatening legal action over school inspection judgements they consider to be ‘flawed’.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th May 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A number of local authorities are planning to take advantage of new government powers to increase pupil numbers in good schools in order to expand the number of academically selective places in grammar schools, it was revealed in the Daily Telegraph online this month.”
Hardwicke Chambers, 24th April 2012
Source: www.hardwicke.co.uk
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