Insights

The Employment Rights Bill has now cleared its final hurdles in the House of Commons, bringing Royal Assent within sight.

When it comes to managing contracts, schools often ask us: "Which contracts are the riskiest?" While one way to answer this is to identify contracts with the greatest potential financial or reputational impact, in practice there are certain types of agreements that schools frequently encounter issues with.

Subject access requests (SARs) continue to pose significant challenges for schools. They are often time-consuming, resource-intensive, and frequently linked to wider complaints or disputes. This article shares some practical tips to help schools manage SARs effectively.

The DfE is yet to issue the revised guidance despite promises that this would come in time for the new academic year. Gender questioning children will continue to enjoy the full protection of the Equality Act and here we provide some pointers to the duties of educational settings to these children and what to expect of the new guidance.

The DfE expects that all children, regardless of their circumstances or the type of educational settings they attend, should expect to receive the same high standards of education and support.

The Department for Education (DfE) has released an updated version of its statutory guidance on Children Missing Education (CME), on 8 September 2025, following a sector-wide consultation in 2023 on improving support for children missing in education. This is statutory guidance which all academy trusts and governing bodies must have regard to.