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High Court rejects judicial review over permanent exclusion for persistent breaches of school behaviour policy – Local Government Lawyer

Posted November 19th, 2024 in disciplinary procedures, judicial review, news, school children, school exclusions by tracey

‘A High Court judge has rejected a judicial review claim over a decision by a school governing body’s disciplinary panel not to reinstate a teenage boy to his school following a permanent exclusion, which occurred as a result of “persistent breaches” of the school’s behaviour policy.’

Local Government Lawyer, 19th November 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Drivers fined for ignoring ‘school streets’ rules – BBC News

Posted November 12th, 2024 in fines, news, road safety, road traffic, school children by tracey

‘Nearly 3,000 fines have been given to motorists for continuing to ignore new traffic-free zones set up around schools in a part of Kent.’

BBC News, 12th November 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Former pupil restrained at school wins damages – BBC News

Posted November 11th, 2024 in damages, news, restraint, school children by tracey

‘A man found to have been repeatedly restrained and once detained for nearly five hours at his former school will receive £18,900 in damages.’

BBC news, 10th November 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Smoking to be banned outside schools and hospitals in England, but pubs get reprieve – The Guardian

Posted November 5th, 2024 in bills, health, hospitals, licensed premises, news, school children, smoking by tracey

‘Smoking is set to be banned outside schools and hospitals in England as part of a crackdown on one of the UK’s biggest killers and its most common cause of cancer.’

The Guardian, 5th November 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Private schools vote for legal action over VAT plans – BBC News

Posted November 1st, 2024 in education, government departments, human rights, judicial review, news, school children, taxation, teachers, VAT by tracey

‘A group representing 1,400 private schools will press ahead with plans for a legal challenge against the government’s introduction of VAT from January, the BBC can reveal.’

BBC News, 31st October 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Police reopen Wimbledon school crash investigation – BBC News

Posted October 24th, 2024 in accidents, bereavement, children, families, news, police, road traffic, school children, Uncategorized by tracey

‘The Metropolitan Police is to carry out a new investigation into the Wimbledon school crash in order to further examine a number of lines of inquiry.’

BBC News, 24th October 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Christian schools’ legal challenge against VAT on fees – BBC News

Posted October 21st, 2024 in Christianity, fees, news, school children, taxation, teachers, VAT by tracey

‘A independent faith school in Hampshire has launched a legal challenge against the government’s plans to introduce VAT on private school fees.’

BBC News, 21st October 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Obsessive’ schoolboy who attacked teacher and sleeping students with hammer jailed – The Independent

Posted October 21st, 2024 in assault, attempted murder, children, imprisonment, news, school children, sentencing, teachers, young offenders, young persons by tracey

‘A public schoolboy who attacked two students and a teacher with claw hammers while they slept at a boarding school in Devon has been jailed for life with a minimum of 12 years.’

The Independent, 19th October 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Fight begins to make mobile-free schools law – BBC News

Posted October 15th, 2024 in bills, education, internet, news, school children, telecommunications by tracey

‘Calls are growing to ban smartphones in schools in England by law, as education experts and unions back an MP’s attempt to push a new law through Parliament.’

BBC News, 15th October 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Ammanford school stabbing trial collapses as ‘compromised’ jury discharged – The Guardian

Posted October 10th, 2024 in attempted murder, juries, news, offensive weapons, school children, trials, Wales, young persons by sally

‘A jury that has been hearing the trial of a girl accused of stabbing two teachers and a fellow pupil at a school in south Wales has been discharged because of “a great irregularity”.’

The Guardian, 9th October 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

“Shocking” lack of urgency to trace children missing from education, Children’s Commissioner warns – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 26th, 2024 in local government, mental health, news, reports, school children, special educational needs, truancy by sally

‘The Children’s Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel De Souza, has warned that more than 11,500 children in England went missing from education over the course of one year, having “fallen off the radar” of their local authorities.’

Local Government Lawyer, 25th September 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

The inquisitorial jurisdiction of the First-Tier Tribunal (HESC) – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 23rd, 2024 in appeals, burden of proof, education, families, jurisdiction, local government, news, school children, tribunals by tracey

‘An Upper Tribunal judge has handed down an important ruling on the inquisitorial jurisdiction of the First-tier Tribunal (Health, Education and Social Care Chamber) in relation to EHCPs. Benjamin Harrison sets out the key points.’

Local Government Lawyer, 18th September 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

Grammar schools in England must publish details on entry tests, tribunal rules – The Guardian

Posted September 23rd, 2024 in disclosure, education, news, school admissions, school children, statistics by tracey

‘Grammar schools in England have been ordered to publish details about their admissions tests, which campaigners say will expose them to greater scrutiny and potential legal challenges.’

The Guardian, 21st September 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Parents fail in High Court challenge to permanent exclusion of child from school – Local Government Lawyer

Posted September 17th, 2024 in children, disciplinary procedures, education, families, local government, news, school children, school exclusions, sexual offences by tracey

‘The High Court has rejected a legal challenge brought by parents over a decision of the Governors Disciplinary Committee (GDC) of a school to uphold the decision of the headteacher to permanently exclude their child.’

Local Government Lawyer, 16th September 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

‘Too easy’ for abusers to tutor with 90 caught – BBC News

Posted September 6th, 2024 in child abuse, children, education, government departments, news, school children, sexual offences, teachers by sally

‘More than 90 private tutors in the UK have been convicted of sexual offences involving children over the past 20 years, the BBC has found.’

BBC News, 6th September 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

One-word Ofsted grades scrapped in England’s schools – BBC News

Posted September 2nd, 2024 in education, families, government departments, inquests, mental health, news, ombudsmen, school children, suicide, teachers by sally

‘One or two-word Ofsted inspection grades for England’s schools are being scrapped immediately.’

BBC News, 2nd September 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

‘Depraved’ stretch limo driver who raped and abused UK schoolgirls jailed – The Guardian

Posted August 19th, 2024 in child abuse, children, imprisonment, news, rape, school children, sentencing, sexual grooming, sexual offences by tracey

‘A “depraved” rapist who used a stretch limousine to abuse schoolgirls as young as 12 has been jailed for 24 years.’

The Guardian, 15th August 2024

Source: www.theguardian.com

Upper Tribunal allows appeal as it could not be inferred First TierTribunal had considered child’s view about appropriateness of local authority’s preferred school – Local Government Lawyer

Posted August 5th, 2024 in autism, local government, news, school admissions, school children, special educational needs by tracey

‘The Upper Tribunal has allowed an appeal made by the parents of a 7-year-old boy with autism, finding that a decision by the First-tier tribunal did not take the child’s negative feelings about the local authority preferred school into account, which was an error of law.’

Local Government Lawyer, 2nd August 2024

Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk

School reprimanded after using facial recognition technology to take canteen payments from pupils – The Independent

Posted July 24th, 2024 in data protection, facial mapping, news, school children by sally

‘A school has been reprimanded by the data protection regulator after using facial recognition technology (FRT) to take cashless canteen payments from pupils.’

The Independent, 23rd July 2024

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Head teacher suing parents over ‘harassment’ – BBC News

Posted July 23rd, 2024 in bullying, families, harassment, news, school children, teachers by tracey

‘A head teacher is suing the parents of two pupils over harassment claims.’

BBC News, 22nd July 2024

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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