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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: 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: Kinship care and the Care Review

Alexandra Conroy Harris, legal consultant at CoramBAAF, explains how proposals in the Care Review to encourage more children to be placed in kinship care arrangements could have unintended consequences.

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: Migrant looked-after children

With one in 10 children in care being non-British, local authorities need to do more to identify and address their needs, says Marianne Lagrue, policy manager at Coram Children’s Legal Centre.