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Academies, MATs & Schools Lawyers

Academies, MATs & Schools

 

Specialist legal support for academies, multi academy trusts and schools

Successful academies, multi academy trusts and maintained schools need experienced legal advisers who understand the complexity of education law and best practice. We pride ourselves on providing quality advice across the full range of legal issues affecting the sector with transparency on fees, fixed rates and innovative legal solutions developed to help you to succeed.


Pragmatic legal support for senior leaders and governors

Academies and schools tell us that they want pragmatic legal support for their senior leaders and governors, to help them run thriving academies or schools that can deliver the best outcomes for their communities. We provide them with expert education lawyers who are always on hand to give practical solutions to problems and the confidence to react positively to opportunities.

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Trusted legal advisers to school leaders and trustees and governors

We are trusted legal advisers and friends to a great many CEOs, CFOs, Heads, School Business Managers, other executive leaders and Chairs of Trustees and Governors who rely on our proactive legal advice and 24/7 support. Every client relationship is managed by a partner who commits to knowing your academy trust or school's unique ethos and is supported by a large team of specialist education lawyers who all understand your perspective and have a genuine passion.


Free access to legal resources through OnStream

OnStream brings together a collection of resources, know-how and experience in one place. We also have details of all our fixed fee products designed with academies in mind and to provide you with peace of mind without having to reinvent the wheel. OnStream is designed to be your first port of call for all compliance related queries.

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Automate and simplify key compliance tasks

Under VWV Plus we offer a range of cost-effective solutions to help you resolve and manage your legal needs, manage compliance and implement best practice.

All of our offerings combine software with our legal knowledge and are designed to save you time and resource. Many of our VWV Plus products have been created to streamline processes in the main risk areas such as:

  • eLearning to offer staff training in key compliance areas and easily manage completion online together with the functionality to easily create your own in-house learning.
  • Policy Tracker to enable you to share an unlimited number of key documents or policies with staff, track online that they have been read and automate reminders.

  • Review - An online HR review system for your school that facilitates effective and timely staff appraisals.

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Fixed price legal solutions

Our experience of more than 20 years acting for the full range of education institutions nationally (including many academies, multi academy trusts and maintained schools) enables us to identify common legal issues and difficulties and means that we will never have to reinvent the wheel for you. Our tailored fixed price products and services, including our HR & Legal Services Retainer, provide you with cost effective and affordable legal solutions to give you confidence that you are one step ahead of regulatory compliance and able to manage risks and capitalise on opportunities effectively.


External endorsement of our special experts

We are proud of our top tier rankings in the recognised legal directories; Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 with many of our lawyers recognised as leaders in their field.  We are further the chosen legal partners for the Institute of School Business Leadership and ISBL and also work closely with Optimus. These affiliations are in recognition of the dedication to training and best practice advice that we provide in response to the continuously changing legal and regulatory demands faced by our clients.


Added value and keeping up to date

We think ahead for academies, MATs and schools to keep them up to date with the latest education law and best practice through our academies and schools law brief and by running comprehensive and practical training seminars and events. Bespoke INSET, Governors' and legal training for groups and schools associations is also available.


To discuss how our academies, multi academy trust and schools lawyers can help you, please contact Chloe Brunton on 0117 314 5301.

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Meet the Team

We provide academies with experienced education lawyers who are always on hand to give practical solutions to problems and the confidence to react positively to opportunities.

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Yvonne Spencer - Partner & Education Lawyer in London - VWV Law Firm
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