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Legal Update: Sexual harassment in schools

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  • Tuesday, August 30, 2022
  • | CYP Now
Richard Oldershaw, legal adviser at Coram’s Child Law Advice Service, outlines statutory guidance revisions on safeguarding in education and their impact on how schools should tackle inappropriate sexual behaviour.

Legal Update: Expanding the school census

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  • Tuesday, September 27, 2016
  • | CYP Now
New guidance on the collection of school census data should not affect any child's right to access compulsory education, writes Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

School exclusions guidance

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  • Monday, February 20, 2012
  • | CYP Now
Kate Harvey, education adviser at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the potential impact of the proposed new exclusions guidance on pupils in England with special educational needs

Legal Update: School attendance and holidays

Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, looks at the rules around school attendance and taking holidays in term time in light of a Supreme Court ruling.

School admissions framework: Legal update

The current primary school admissions process continues to lead to poorer outcomes for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children, says Richard Oldershaw of the Child Law Advice Service.

Legal Update: Rights over exclusions

Machela Boampong, senior paralegal at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, and Dr Simon Gallacher, a freelance education research and policy adviser, on an analysis of school exclusions in North Kensington in London.

Legal update: Advocacy and school inclusion

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  • Tuesday, September 26, 2023
  • | CYP Now
Dr Anna Harris, clinical psychologist at Coram’s Creative Therapies team and Qaisar Sheikh, head of education law at Coram Children’s Legal Centre, outline an approach to tackling school exclusion.