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Legal update: Advocacy and school inclusion

    Features
  • 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.

Legal Update: Sexual harassment in schools

    Features
  • 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: Parent power in EHCPs

An important decision from the Upper Tribunal has upheld a holistic interpretation of section 9 of the Education Act 1996, the general principle that children will be educated in accordance with their parents’ wishes, with a duty on the local authority to specify the parent’s preferred school in a child’s education, health and care plan (EHCP) if it is considered suitable for their needs, offers “efficient” education and avoids unreasonable public expenditure.

Legal Update: Managing school attendance

Richard Oldershaw, lead adviser at Coram’s Child Law Advice Service, explains how schools and councils should monitor pupil attendance and home education arrangements and what to do when problems arise.

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.

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.

Assessing suitable education at home

    Other
  • Tuesday, October 29, 2019
    • | CYP Now
The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has reminded councils they must be clear with parents of home-schooled children whether home visits are routine or triggered by specific concerns.

Children missing education

    Other
  • Tuesday, February 26, 2019
    • | CYP Now
Growing concern over the number of "children missing education" has prompted calls for more support and oversight for home educators.

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.

Legal Update: Expanding the school census

    Features
  • 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.

SEN reforms: Fewer than one in five children transferred

    News
  • Thursday, May 26, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Fewer than one in five children with special educational needs (SEN) have been successfully transferred onto an education, health and care (EHC) plan as part of government efforts to transform the system, it has emerged.

Legal Update: Reforming alternative provision

    Other
  • Tuesday, April 26, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Kelly Reeve, senior legal consultant for the Child Law Advice Service, examines the recent proposals for reforming alternative provision and the impact this might have for children at risk of exclusion.

Legal Update: Blocked from higher education

    Other
  • Tuesday, January 5, 2016
    • | CYP Now
Kamena Dorling, head of policy and programmes at Coram Children's Legal Centre, explains why proposed changes to student support regulations are so significant for young people with immigration issues.

Legal Update: Guidance on pupil exclusions

    Other
  • Tuesday, November 10, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Can pupils be prevented from progressing from year 12 to year 13 at college if they do not achieve good grades? Kelly Reeve, team leader of the Child Law Advice Service, examines the applicable guidance.

Legal Update: Legal win over student finance

    Other
  • Tuesday, August 18, 2015
    • | CYP Now
The Supreme Court has ruled that the eligibility criteria for student loans are unjustifiably discriminatory, explains Anita Hurrell, legal and policy officer at Coram Children's Legal Centre.

Legal Update: Relationships and sex education

    Other
  • Monday, August 3, 2015
    • | CYP Now
Kirsten Anderson, research and policy manager at Coram Children's Legal Centre, examines the government's reluctance to make relationships and sex education statutory for pupils in primary and secondary schools.

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