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Draft transgender guidance for schools – the key points explained
Joanna Lada-Walicki
04.01.2024
This long awaited and delayed government draft transgender guidance for schools was finally published on 19 December 2023. It’s called…
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School not vicariously liable for sexual assault on a pupil
Joanna Lada-Walicki
22.11.2023
In MXX v A Secondary School (the School), the Court of Appeal has held that the School was not vicariously…
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Government announced measures to combat the increase in children vaping
Joanna Lada-Walicki
26.06.2023
Schools have noticed a significant increase in children vaping on school premises.
This has been concern among schools and parents…
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DfE publishes updated version of Keeping Children Safe in Education
Joanna Lada-Walicki
21.06.2023
Earlier this month, the DfE published an updated version of Keeping Children Safe In Education (KCSIE) and this will come…
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Teacher banned from profession after misgendering pupil
Joanna Lada-Walicki
19.06.2023
A professional misconduct panel of The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) has prohibited a maths teacher, Mr Joshua Sutcliffe, from teaching…
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Variation on vaccination – Approaches to sick pay post-pandemic
Joanna Lada-Walicki
22.02.2022
Joanna Lada-Walicki, an independent schools lawyer, sets out the potential pitfalls facing schools when offering reduced sick pay to unvaccinated employees. …
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Thinking twice: mandating Covid vaccines for school staff
Joanna Lada-Walicki
23.11.2021
Following the news that double Covid-19 vaccinations are to become mandatory for care home workers in England from the 11…
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Teacher Assessed Grades: Preparing for results day and grade appeals
Joanna Lada-Walicki
05.07.2021
Having completed the process of submitting their Teacher Assessed Grades (TAGs) for the 2021 summer exams, schools are now waiting…
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Unqualified prep-school teacher succeeds in claims for unfair dismissal and age discrimination and is awarded over £140,000 – Sue Allington v Grange Rose Hill School Limited (the School)
Joanna Lada-Walicki
10.03.2021
The School, an independent co-ed prep school for children aged 3-13 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent dismissed Sue Allington, aged 60,…
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Teacher-assessed grades this summer
Joanna Lada-Walicki
10.03.2021
For the second year running, responsibility falls on teachers to award exam grades to their students. After the fiasco of…
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