‘Leicestershire County Council has defeated a High Court challenge brought by a 17-year-old, severely disabled girl over proposed changes to its school transport policies.’
Local Government Lawyer, 22nd July 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Parents at a Catholic primary school have launched legal action in an attempt to halt academisation after the local bishop said he wanted all Catholic schools in the diocese to convert and join a multi-academy trust (Mat).’
The Guardian, 9th July 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Birmingham City Council v Afsar and Others (2019) EWHC 1560 (QB) is a case about a protest which has been carried on outside a primary school. Warby J granted interim injunctions, on the basis that the Council was likely to succeed at trial in showing that restraint on the way that protests were being conducted was justified.’
Panopticon, 20th June 2019
Source: local-government-law.11kbw.com
‘Ben & Jerry’s ice cream adverts have been removed after they were placed on billboards within 100m of a primary school.’
Daily Telegraph, 19th June 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘What is the scope of a school’s duty to accommodate the religion of a parent whose children attend its schools? From September 2020, it will become mandatory for “relationship education” which includes lessons about LGBT relationships to be taught in English primary schools under the Children and Social Work Act 2017. According to a petition by Muslim parents in Birmingham, however, such teaching contradicts the Islamic faith, thereby violating their freedom of religion.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 4th June 2019
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Singer Kerry Katona has been fined £500 for failing to send one of her children to school.’
BBC News, 8th May 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A former leading prosecutor has been drafted in to mediate in a controversial dispute over the teaching of LGBT education in Birmingham schools. Nazir Afzal, the Crown Prosecution Service’s former lead on child sexual abuse, confirmed he had been asked by parents and Birmingham city council to help reach a resolution in the longstanding dispute.’
The Guardian, 6th May 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A mother has been ordered to pay Hertfordshire County Council costs of £5,245 after being held to have acted unreasonably over an appeal on her daughter’s schooling, a judgment published this week on Bailii has revealed.’
Local Government Lawyer, 1st May 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The mother of a seven-year-old boy is crowd funding a legal challenge against a council, claiming he was “forced to wear a fluorescent yellow bib at school so teachers and the children in the playground where aware, that he is autistic”.’
Local Government Lawyer, 8th April 2019
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A woman whose daughter tried to kill herself while in an isolation booth at an academy school is to take legal action against the government.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Allegations of abuse at a scandal-hit school were dismissed as “groundless”, a report leaked to the BBC has shown.’
BBC News, 2nd April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Teachers, NHS workers and police officers could be held accountable for failing to spot violent crime among young people under government plans announced on Monday.’
BBC News, 1st April 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New legislation to combat so-called ‘essay mills’ is overdue, an expert in universities law has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 13th March 2019
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A Birmingham primary school at the centre of a dispute with parents over lessons about LGBT rights has been cleared of any wrongdoing by Ofsted.’
The Guardian, 12th March 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘It is a parent’s duty to ensure that from the ages of 5-18 years old, their children are in full-time education and attend school or college regularly. Most parents, of course, want their children to attend school, to be happy to do so, and to benefit from what school offers. But that is evidently not the case for every child. In England and Wales, the offence of truancy is committed by parents or carers of school age children whose children have not attended school regularly. Surprisingly, it is a strict liability offence – Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 sets out a parental duty to secure the efficient education of children by ensuring the child’s regular attendance at school or otherwise. If the child fails to attend school regularly the parent is guilty of an offence. Under Subsection 444 (1) the offence is strict liability; the parent is guilty even if he did not know that the child has missed school. If, for example, the child was living with her grandmother and missed school, the child’s parents would be liable for prosecution for their child’s truancy, even if they did not know she was missing school. Under Subsection 444 (1A) there is a further offence if the parent knew about the child’s absence and failed to act.’
Restorative Justice, March 2019
Source: covrj.uk
‘A 15-year-old boy convicted of sexually assaulting a girl in a classroom has been allowed to stay at the same school as his victim.’
BBC News, 20th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘”Appropriate action” has been taken after convicted paedophile Rolf Harris entered the grounds of a school, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has said.’
BBC News, 11th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Ministry of Justice has launched an investigation after convicted paedophile Rolf Harris entered the grounds of a Berkshire primary school.’
BBC News, 6th February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris, who was jailed for sex assaults against children, walked onto the grounds of a primary school and waved at pupils.
The Ministry of Justice is now investigating whether the 88-year-old has breached his strict licence conditions.’
The Independent, 6th February 2019
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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