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High Court challenge lodged over £121m Institute of Teaching
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May 13, 2022
Parents take legal action against Welsh Government over compulsory sex education
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Apr 25, 2022
DfE could face legal action over Institute of Teaching contract
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Apr 22, 2022
How to legally challenge an Ofsted inspection outcome
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Apr 7, 2022
School where girl was strip-searched faces legal action
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Mar 27, 2022
Legal victory over DfE on Equality Impact Assessments
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Mar 7, 2022
DfE cancels 19 academy orders after legal challenge
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Mar 1, 2022
DfE being sued for millions by training provider
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Feb 25, 2022
Scotland: Abertay University legal battle student Lisa Keogh to stand for Alba Party
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Feb 16, 2022
DfE ‘pauses’ diocese academy drive after legal challenge
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Feb 15, 2022
Ireland: Academic sues Trinity over ‘broken salary promises’
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Feb 13, 2022
Martyn Percy: Oxford settled Christ Church row to save millions
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Feb 12, 2022
Bristol student tells court she faced ‘intimidation’ from trans rights activists
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Feb 8, 2022
Raquel Rosario-Sánchez sues Bristol University over ‘bullying’ by transgender activists
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Feb 8, 2022
Suicide girl’s parents take school to High Court over years of bullying
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Jan 31, 2022
Ireland: Non-EU students protest over ‘discriminatory’ amnesty for undocumented immigrants
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Jan 29, 2022
If you make pupils wear masks, we’ll get the lawyers involved, parents warn headteachers
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Jan 21, 2022
Supreme Court ends Durand Academy land dispute
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Jan 21, 2022
Owner of defunct awarding body demands Ofqual repays £115,000 fine
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Jan 21, 2022
Justice: FE Week campaign wins £1.5m relief for victims of loan scandal
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Jan 7, 2022
Mums face court as they refuse to send kids to school amid surging Covid rates
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Jan 4, 2022
Hundreds of schools join legal action over SIMS contract
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Dec 16, 2021
400 schools sign up to take collective action against SIMS
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Dec 16, 2021
Law student successfully sues landlord over university accommodation
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Dec 15, 2021
Law student, 19, sues landlord and wins first case
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Dec 14, 2021
Law student takes on landlord and wins case
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Dec 13, 2021
Law student uses revision textbooks to sue landlord over 'unfit' university halls
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Dec 12, 2021
Students should sue their striking lecturers
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Dec 4, 2021
Council facing legal action over mandatory attendance rule
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Nov 28, 2021
Council threatened with legal action over Covid-19 school attendance rules
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Nov 23, 2021
Software supplier takes legal action against second trust
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Nov 20, 2021
Ofsted boost for school in ‘David and Goliath’ court battle against academisation
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Nov 5, 2021
UK academics begin legal action to halt proposed cuts to pensions
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Nov 1, 2021
Open University professor ‘shunned’ for ‘transphobic’ views set to take legal action
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Oct 19, 2021
Christian parents to sue the Government over school's transgender policies
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Oct 14, 2021
Schoolboy’s parents sue over Church of England school’s gender-neutral rules
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Oct 14, 2021
Safeguarding failures exposed in trust’s failed High Court challenge
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Oct 8, 2021
Parents threaten to sue school if kids given Covid jabs without parental consent
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Oct 8, 2021
Powys parents pledge legal action to stop school closure
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Oct 7, 2021
DfE and provider locked in legal battle over terminated contracts
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Sep 24, 2021
Gillick competence: What schools need to know
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Sep 23, 2021
Anti-vaxxers share letter threatening schools with legal action over Covid jabs given without parental consent
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Sep 15, 2021
Heads threatened with legal action over Covid jabs
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Sep 14, 2021
£20m fine and 3 years in prison: how pressure groups are threatening schools over Covid jabs
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Sep 13, 2021
Heads receive threatening letters from groups opposed to Covid jabs in schools
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Sep 13, 2021
Schools hit with legal threats over on-site Covid jabs
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Sep 13, 2021
Nearly half against allowing extremists to sue universities for no-platforming
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Sep 13, 2021
Gavin Williamson could face legal action for forcing vulnerable kids back to school
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Sep 10, 2021
Parents take Somerset County Council to court over schools change
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Aug 27, 2021
Academic sues university for discrimination after being sacked for ‘racist’ tweet
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Aug 17, 2021
Trust threatens High Court action after second termination notice
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Aug 11, 2021
Walsall primary school wins 'landmark ruling' over academy order
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Jul 23, 2021
West Midlands primary school wins appeal against academy status
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Jul 23, 2021
NAHT comments on High Court ruling that Secretary of State’s decision on academy order was ‘irrational’
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Jul 23, 2021
Primary school victory in DfE academy high court battle
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Jul 23, 2021
Williamson’s ‘irrational’ refusal to revoke academy order quashed by High Court
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Jul 23, 2021
Teachers face legal threats from parents over exams as schools brace for appeals
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Jul 13, 2021
Parents are already contacting lawyers getting ready to sue ahead of this year's expected A-level grades row
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May 30, 2021
Parents in UK prepare for legal action over A-level results
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May 30, 2021
Theatre academic in legal challenge over disputed PhD thesis
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May 28, 2021
Families to sue over ‘wrong’ marks given by teachers
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May 23, 2021
Art students seek to take university to court over ‘heartbreaking’ clearout
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May 20, 2021
TikTok faces legal challenge from former children’s commissioner
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Apr 21, 2021
University threatened with legal action from Indian student facing deportation
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Apr 14, 2021
School sex abuse claims unlikely to go to court, says ex-prosecutor
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Mar 31, 2021
Furious parents are threatening to launch legal action to force ministers to get rid of masks from the classroom
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Mar 23, 2021
School that told Muslim girl her skirt was too short admit they were wrong
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Mar 17, 2021
Muslim schoolgirl told to wear shorter skirt receives apology as legal action dropped
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Mar 16, 2021
School drops legal action after Muslim girl told her skirt was too long
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Mar 16, 2021
Education Secretary faces legal challenge over face masks in the classroom
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Mar 12, 2021
Academy trust will take battle to keep school to the High Court
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Feb 26, 2021
Teachers vote to 'prosecute' over work-related stress
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Feb 23, 2021
Teaching union tells First Minister it's not safe to re-open schools
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Feb 19, 2021
I was bullied for standing up for free speech at university – now I'm suing
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Feb 17, 2021
Mother launches High Court challenge over claims council is trying to force children to go to school
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Feb 16, 2021
Parent condemns barrister over 'stroppy teenager of colour' tweet
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Jan 26, 2021
The never-ending saga: Durand takes fight to Supreme Court
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Jan 15, 2021
School threatens legal action after Muslim girl told skirt is ‘too long’
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Jan 12, 2021
Teachers take legal action as chaos grips England's schools plan
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Jan 2, 2021
Covid fears spark revolt by unions over return to school in England
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Jan 2, 2021
Back-to-school plans in chaos as unions launch legal action
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Jan 2, 2021
Heads' Covid school safety legal challenge
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Jan 2, 2021
Covid chaos underlines folly of DfE threats to teachers
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Dec 23, 2020
Is the DfE ‘hiding’ school Covid attendance data?
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Dec 22, 2020
Law report: Claim against university had to be brought in the county court
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Dec 22, 2020
Victoria Lambert: Over-promising on schools has to stop
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Dec 21, 2020
Schools 'won't be sued' if they don't carry out testing, says minister in leaked MPs' briefing
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Dec 19, 2020
Council backs school closures despite DfE legal threats
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Dec 16, 2020
The DfE risks a long dark legacy by threatening schools
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Dec 16, 2020
Gavin Williamson is wrong about schools — again | Alice Thomson
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Dec 16, 2020
Row over school closures in London rumbles on amid threats of legal action
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Dec 15, 2020
London councils back down on closing schools early for Christmas
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Dec 15, 2020
Heads angry after two councils forced to back down over Covid school closures
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Dec 15, 2020
NEU comment on Greenwich Council
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Dec 15, 2020
Greenwich council backs down on shutting schools in face of government legal action
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Dec 15, 2020
Chaos for parents as London borough reopens schools 2 days before Xmas break after Government threatened legal action
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Dec 15, 2020
More heads face legal threat over closures
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Dec 15, 2020
Legality of DfE 'keep schools open' demand questioned
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Dec 15, 2020
Greenwich revokes school closure plans after DfE legal threat
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Dec 15, 2020
ASCL comment on Greenwich announcement
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Dec 15, 2020
Greenwich to keep schools open after Gavin Williamson threatens legal action
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Dec 15, 2020
Gavin Williamson forces Greenwich schools to reopen despite ‘exponential growth’ in Covid-19 cases
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Dec 15, 2020
Greenwich backs down over school closures after Government legal action threat
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Dec 15, 2020
Are schools closing? Greenwich Council leader in u-turn over threat of legal action
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Dec 15, 2020
Council backs down on closing schools after DfE order
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Dec 15, 2020
Greenwich schools to stay open in coronavirus U-turn after legal threat by the government
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Dec 15, 2020
Greenwich backs down over school closures after legal threat leaves ‘no choice’
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Dec 15, 2020
London schools ordered to stay open by Government as rogue councils threatened with legal action
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Dec 15, 2020
Dissent in Tory ranks over demand for schools to stay open as government threatens councils with legal action
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Dec 15, 2020
Schools in Greenwich ordered to reopen as Gavin Williamson pens furious letter to council
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Dec 14, 2020
Government launches legal action against Greenwich school closures
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Dec 14, 2020
Covid-19: Greenwich Council ordered to keep schools open
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Dec 14, 2020
Gavin Williamson tells council to keep schools open or face legal action
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Dec 14, 2020
Greenwich schools face legal challenge from Gavin Williamson to keep schools open
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Dec 14, 2020
Royal London Borough of Greenwich temporary continuity direction
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Dec 14, 2020
There will be a reckoning for DfE's bully boy tactics
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Dec 14, 2020
Government orders London schools to stay open and slaps rogue Labour council leaders with a legal notice forcing them to keep classes running
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Dec 14, 2020
Williamson orders Greenwich council to withdraw early closure request
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Dec 14, 2020
Government starts legal proceedings against council over school closures
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Dec 14, 2020
DfE orders council to back down and keep schools open
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Dec 14, 2020
Government threatens rogue London councils with legal action forcing them to keep schools open for the rest of term
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Dec 14, 2020
DfE threatens councils with emergency legislation to keep schools open
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Dec 14, 2020
Lawyers challenge International Baccalaureate results
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Dec 14, 2020
Minister threatens headteacher over pre-Christmas online lessons
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Dec 13, 2020
Schools wanting to close early before Christmas to curb Covid could face legal action
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Dec 12, 2020
Covid: DfE legal threat to schools an 'insult' to heads
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Dec 12, 2020
Fury as schools face being sued if they close early for Christmas
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Dec 12, 2020
Schools could face legal action if they switch to online classes before Christmas
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Dec 12, 2020
Schools could be sued if they don't stay open in build up to Christmas
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Dec 12, 2020
Schools that try to close early before Christmas face being sued by the government
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Dec 12, 2020
Court of Appeal throws out Durand’s compensation claim for leisure centre land
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Dec 10, 2020
Girl, 14, takes on police over pupils’ right to free speech
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Dec 4, 2020
Scotland: Legal threat to top state school Jordanhill over its ‘unfair’ admission rules
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Dec 3, 2020
Angry parents plan legal action against Jordanhill School
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Dec 2, 2020
Law firm ‘inundated’ with calls from students unhappy with tuition fees amid Covid disruption
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Nov 27, 2020
University of London cleaners win 10-year outsourcing battle
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Nov 3, 2020
Christ Church Dean wins legal victory as he launches a counter-attack against College
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Oct 27, 2020
School could face legal action after pupil is excluded for failing to wear face mask
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Oct 25, 2020
The government must support students stuck in Covid nightmare at universities
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Oct 24, 2020
UK academics: opening of universities was illegal
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Oct 24, 2020
UCU issues legal challenge over Westminster government's decision to ignore SAGE advice
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Oct 24, 2020
Trust embroiled in £2m contract legal row amid move to the cloud
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Oct 9, 2020
Lawyers offer free help to freshers fighting campus lockdowns
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Sep 28, 2020
School sacked me for opposing sex education, claims Christian
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Sep 21, 2020
Scotland: Glasgow School of Art insurers take fire security firm to court
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Sep 18, 2020
Teachers could sue Gavin Williamson over test and trace failures
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Sep 16, 2020
Teachers tell parents in England to ignore 'baseless' letters on face masks
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Sep 4, 2020
Legal challenge possible over IB results
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Sep 3, 2020
Universities fear legal reprisals for asking students to defer
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Sep 1, 2020
Universities could face legal action from A-level students
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Aug 19, 2020
A-level grading: legal threat to universities wrestling with extra offers
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Aug 19, 2020
Manchester Mayor reaffirms legal threat after grading U-turn excludes BTEC results
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Aug 17, 2020
A-level student launches legal bid against Ofqual
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Aug 16, 2020
Parents and students set for court battle over A-level results
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Aug 16, 2020
From all Bs to Es – the pupils leading the A-level results legal challenge
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Aug 16, 2020
A levels: Manchester mayor considers legal challenge
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Aug 14, 2020
A-level results legal challenge set to launch
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Aug 14, 2020
The Office for Students loses in court – with major implications for the sector
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Aug 14, 2020
Legal action threat over A-level results fiasco
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Aug 14, 2020
Legal action threat over A-level results fiasco
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Aug 14, 2020
Downgraded A-level students urged to join possible legal action
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Aug 13, 2020
Sturgeon crisis: SNP could face legal challenge following ‘ludicrous’ exam results process
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Aug 6, 2020
Headteachers could face legal action for 'absurdly' making pupils wear face masks
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Jul 30, 2020
Headteachers could be sued for 'irrationally' forcing pupils to wear face masks when schools reopen fully
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Jul 29, 2020
Schools which force pupils to wear face masks could face legal action for acting in an 'absurd' manner
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Jul 28, 2020
Nurseries face court for charging fees during coronavirus lockdown
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Jul 28, 2020
Parents sue 'negligent' Bristol University after daughter's suicide
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Jul 20, 2020
Parents sue Bristol University for neglect after daughter’s suicide
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Jul 20, 2020
Parents of student who killed herself launch legal action against University of Bristol
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Jul 20, 2020
Parents sue university for neglect after daughter’s suicide
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Jul 20, 2020
High Court judge slams pricey legal rows as RSC’s academy conversion ruled unlawful
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Lady Lumley’s School spent £100k in bid to hide claims of racism
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‘Inadequate’ school named after losing £100k legal challenge to gag Ofsted
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Ofsted: Private school fined thousands for breaking new pupil ban
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Coronavirus: Court action threatened over school meal vouchers
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Parents fight in court over whether children should return to school in England
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AELP statement regarding legal advice on Cabinet Office guidance PPN 02/20
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AELP drops Covid-19 supplier relief legal challenge
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Three mums want to take legal action against Government claiming school closures may breach children’s human rights
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Jun 1, 2020
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School reopening: Union warns of legal action on staff safety
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May 31, 2020
Coronavirus: Unions says infected staff could sue headteachers
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May 21, 2020
Minister refuses to rule out legal action against councils which fail to reopen schools on June 1
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May 18, 2020
Revealed: Edenred sued government over tender-free contract
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BBC's Naga Munchetty stunned by teachers union threat to sue school heads for reopening
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May 15, 2020
Time to get back to class: Row between teachers and unions explodes
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May 15, 2020
Teachers' union threatens to sue school chiefs if staff are put at risk
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Education Secretary Gavin Williamson demands unions ‘do their duty’ as they threaten to sue if staff are put at risk
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Legal threat over removal of protections for children in care during outbreak
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Families sue UK government over 'little or no education' for their children
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Nurseries consider legal action over rejected insurance claims
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Down’s Syndrome student wins compensation after school sent letter to parents detailing violent behaviour
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May 4, 2020
Girl launches changing room privacy case
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AELP turns to lawyers after minister claims apprenticeship providers ineligible for supplier relief
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Coronavirus: Gavin Williamson set to face legal challenge amid claims children are being denied right to education during lockdown
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Apr 21, 2020
College loses £91k after ending the wait for a favourable Nigerian exchange rate
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Coronavirus: Legal action for online learning equality
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Former superhead may be stripped of knighthood
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Former superhead suing for £200k over claims ‘excessive workload’ damaged his health
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Troubled HS2 college spent £73K on failed Ofsted legal challenge
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Parents are threatening schools with legal action for refusing to allow their child a place amid 'key workers' row
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Education Department threatened with legal action over coronavirus
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Coronavirus: Mother launches emergency legal challenge against government’s decision to keep schools open
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Students like me feel we have no choice but to sue our striking universities
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Feb 28, 2020
Christ Church dean Martyn Percy’s fight to cost Oxford millions
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Crisis hit HS2 college hires lawyers to gag Ofsted
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School branded 'inadequate' over Islamic leaflet launches legal challenge
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Jan 23, 2020
Go vegan to avoid threat of legal action, schools told
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Teachers start pension age legal battle
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Ireland: RTÉ undercover footage ‘crucial to crèche prosecution case’
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School launches legal challenge saying ‘inadequate’ grade over gaming is ‘nonsensical’
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Dec 2, 2019
Have you had a legal battle with your council over SEN funding?
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LGBT protest school head hopes court victory will help other schools
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Nov 29, 2019
Ban could see protests against LGBT+ lessons spread across UK, campaigners warn
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Nov 28, 2019
Protests over LGBT lessons at Birmingham school permanently banned
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High Court judge bans protesters from outside primary school in LGBT teaching row
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LGBT teaching row: Birmingham primary school protests permanently banned
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Demonstrations banned in LGBT school row
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Anti-LGBT teaching protesters claim 'white' bias after school gates ban upheld
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Anti-LGBT protesters banned by judge from campaigning against lessons at Birmingham school
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Nov 26, 2019
LGBT primary teaching protests permanently banned
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Birmingham anti-LGBT school protesters had 'misinterpreted' teachings, judge says
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Anti-LGBT teaching protests outside Birmingham school permanently banned
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Anti-LGBT teaching protesters get permanent school gates ban
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Imam falsely accused teachers of being paedophiles during 'hateful Islamist extremism' protests against LGBT equality lessons
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High Court grants permanent exclusion zone at school in LGBT teaching row
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Nov 26, 2019
Protests against LGBT+ lessons permanently banned from outside Birmingham primary school
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Artist ready to sue university over trans rights speech ban
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Nov 25, 2019
Government testing agency pays Pearson £3m (but won’t say why)
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Nov 22, 2019
College lowers expectations over £1.4m legal battle with Nigeria
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Student to take university to court after being 'kicked out for views on halal meat'
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Student, 33, vows to take his fight to sue University of South Wales for £200,000 to the High Court
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Student has paid thousands of pounds trying to sue a university over his grade
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University considers legal action against mole claiming lecturers 'indoctrinate' students with 'far-left' ideology
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Oct 19, 2019
Council asks judge to ban LGBT lessons protesters from near school
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Oct 18, 2019
Judge adjourns decision on LGBT equality teaching row exclusion zone
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Oct 18, 2019
DfE's testing agency pays £3m to settle mystery legal dispute
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Charity launches legal action over NCS dispute
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Oct 15, 2019
Court bid to stop LGBT lesson protests at Birmingham school starts
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Oct 14, 2019
Bright Tribe investigation referred to fraud police
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Oct 8, 2019
Sector reacts to SEND campaign court defeat
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Families lose landmark SEND case against Government
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Parents of children with special needs lose High Court fight against government over funding ‘crisis’
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SEND campaigners lose High Court case against government funding cuts
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High Court to rule on challenge over special educational needs funding
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Ireland: Lecturer sexually harassed by students wins €10,000
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Sep 27, 2019
Private schools consider legal action against abolition move
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Oxford professor launches legal fight after he was 'forced' to retire aged 69
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Sep 11, 2019
Parents win funding to mount legal challenge over school closure
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Aug 19, 2019
Ex-student sues Cambridge University over harassment complaint
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Student suing Cambridge over pressure to drop sex pest complaint
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Durand Education Trust in legal battle with DfE after refusing to hand over assets for free
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Aug 9, 2019
Ireland: Maximum compensation of €84,000 paid to 13 school abuse victims
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Atheist parents launch legal action over Christian school assemblies ‘indoctrinating’ their children
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Oxfordshire parents' court challenge over Christian assemblies
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MAT faces High Court battle over Christian assemblies
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Parents launch court action over Christian school assemblies
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Couple fight to make school hold non-believers’ assembly
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Atheist parents take primary school to court as they say assembly prayers breach children’s human rights
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Testing of four-year-olds facing family action over fears it will ‘harm’ pupils
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Jul 23, 2019
Government to face high court legal challenge against Reception baseline
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Baseline ‘harm’ fears to be heard by High Court
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Jul 22, 2019
Court rejects legal bid to stop closure of children's centres
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Tighten rules on parental consultation before academy conversion, DfE told
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Jul 12, 2019
DfE facing legal action after ‘insulting’ £100 offer to would-be teachers it wrongly failed
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Jun 28, 2019
Sam Carlisle: Why are SEND parents having to sue the government?
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Jun 28, 2019
Trust seeks legal advice after council claims parents are 'fearful' of 'tough love' approach
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Jun 27, 2019
Children with learning disabilities can achieve anything, if only government would support them
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‘Genuine crisis’ in funding for children with special educational needs risks ‘blighting their lives forever’, High Court hears
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Jun 27, 2019
Why court case could force SEND funding rethink
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Jun 26, 2019
Families take ministers to court over special needs education
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Jun 26, 2019
‘Education is a right’: Parents of children with special needs launch legal fight to get government to fund school places
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High Court told of 'genuine crisis' in special educational needs funding
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Families take government to court over special needs
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Government in High Court over special needs funding
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SEND funding crisis prompts High Court judicial review
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Jun 25, 2019
Government to face High Court judge over SEND funding
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Crisis in special educational needs drives parents to court
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Jun 23, 2019
Anti-equality protests must be stopped by the end of term
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Jun 18, 2019
Teacher from health scare schools’ campus threatens legal action
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Jun 13, 2019
Standing firm against 'horrific’ LGBT protests
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Jun 12, 2019
Birmingham anti-LGBT protesters banned from school by injunction
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Jun 11, 2019
Ban on LGBT protests at school gates remains in place
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Jun 10, 2019
Birmingham school LGBT protests 'probably harassment'
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Jun 10, 2019
Headteacher 'happy' after judge bars 'awful' LGBT protests from school gates
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Jun 10, 2019
Headteacher 'very happy' after judge bars 'awful' Birmingham LGBT protests from school gates
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Jun 10, 2019
Birmingham school LGBT row: Trial date set over protests
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Judge set to make ruling on interim injunction barring LGBT teaching protesters
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Jun 10, 2019
Two students to sue Warwick University over WhatsApp rape threat scandal
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Jun 7, 2019
Uni of Southampton forced to pay £2.5million to economist who claims he was discriminated against
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Jun 7, 2019
More graduates could make financial claims after former student receives £61k over ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree
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Jun 3, 2019
Former CEO taking legal action against trust that ‘forced’ his resignation
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Anglia Ruskin graduate wins £61,000 over her ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree
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Jun 3, 2019
Graduate wins £61k payout from university over 'Mickey Mouse degree'
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Jun 2, 2019
Graduate receives £61,000 over 'Mickey Mouse degree' claim
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Graduate gets £60k payout over 'false advertising' claim
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Jun 2, 2019
Protestors may be allowed back to LGBT-row school
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'Crusader' jailed for teacher stalking and school arson
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May 31, 2019
LGBT lessons: Birmingham council wins injunction blocking protests outside school
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May 31, 2019
Anti-abortion society approved by Aberdeen University following legal action over ‘discrimination’
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May 20, 2019
Parents of student who died in suicide over anxiety attacks to sue Bristol University
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Britain's strictest headteacher calls for abusive parents to be prosecuted
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Apr 30, 2019
UK exam papers to be micro-chipped to prevent online leaks in landmark move
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Apr 24, 2019
A-level exam thief faces prosecution
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Criminal charges possible over leaks of A-level maths papers
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Apr 23, 2019
A-level maths leak referred by police to prosecutors
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A-level Edexcel maths paper leak referred to prosecutors
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Edexcel maths A-level paper leaks referred to prosecutors
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Edexcel maths paper leaks referred to prosecutors
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Apr 23, 2019
School budgets wasted on lawyers, says union president
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Apr 19, 2019
Parents plan legal action over new tests for four-year-olds
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Apr 16, 2019
SEND: Families lose court challenge over funding
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Apr 12, 2019
Scotland: Crowdfunding appeal launched for legal challenge to school music fees
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Apr 4, 2019
DfE faces legal action over pupil isolation booths
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Mother of autistic girl who tried to take own life in school isolation booth threatens to sue government
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Apr 3, 2019
DfE faces legal action over ‘confusing’ guidance on isolation booths
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Mother sues over daughter's suicide attempt in school isolation booth
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Apr 3, 2019
Minister says 'ambulance chasers' have no place in EHCP appeals
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Mar 28, 2019
High Court backs Surrey Council over SEND funding challenge
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Mar 19, 2019
Ofsted director brands legal challenges ‘colossal waste of money’, tells schools to ‘bring it on’
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Mar 19, 2019
Wales: Suspended Swansea University lecturer to pursue legal action over 'extensive breach of trust'
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Mar 18, 2019
Parents lose High Court challenge over SEND funding
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Mar 15, 2019
DfE paid £1m to settle Hadlow Group’s legal case
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Mar 15, 2019
Landmark judicial review into SEND funding given go-ahead
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Mar 4, 2019
Government set for High Court showdown over legality of SEND funding cuts
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Mar 4, 2019
Legal disputes between parents over where to send their child to school is on the rise, leading family lawyer says
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Mar 1, 2019
Is a criminal investigation into 3aaa about to begin?
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Feb 26, 2019
School cleaner stuffed stolen iPads down trousers
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Feb 25, 2019
Parents lobbying for new law on pupil restraint consider judicial review
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Pupils ‘hurt every day’ by school restraint methods
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Feb 25, 2019
Twice as many mothers prosecuted for their children's truancy than fathers, figures show
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Feb 20, 2019
Jean McCormick: Judge lambasts trial of teacher who grabbed unruly pupil
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Feb 20, 2019
Disgraced superhead cannot appeal over £1.4m in unlawful bonuses
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Feb 18, 2019
Legal action prompts academy to consider isolation unit criticisms
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Jan 30, 2019
Steiner school plans legal challenge against critical Ofsted report
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Jan 25, 2019
Steiner state school in Bristol launches legal action against Ofsted
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Jan 24, 2019
Steiner free school vows to fight ‘inadequate’ Ofsted rating in court
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Jan 24, 2019
Rise in legal challenges to Ofsted reports
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Jan 23, 2019
College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state unblocks staff access to FE Week
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Jan 23, 2019
Ofqual fine and legal costs land an awarding organisation with a six-figure bill
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Jan 18, 2019
College hiding principal’s expenses ‘skirting with possible criminal offence’
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Jan 18, 2019
Six-figure settlement by academy trust angers union
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Jan 18, 2019
Universities imposing library bans on students who fail to pay rent could face legal action
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Jan 16, 2019
Highbury College in £1.4m legal battle with Nigerian state
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Jan 11, 2019
DfE faces legal action over 'misleading' safeguarding guidance
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Jan 9, 2019
Prosecutions of parents for their child's truancy soar to 20,000 a year after a ban on term-time holidays
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Jan 9, 2019
School that banned pupils from talking threatens to sue mum for slamming ‘power hungry’ teachers on Facebook
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Jan 8, 2019
Kidzrus nursery group faces legal challenge to name
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Jan 8, 2019
Statement on Court of Appeal judgment: Durand Academy Trust -v- Ofsted
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Dec 21, 2018
Ofsted wins appeal over quashed Durand inspection report
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Dec 21, 2018
The £700,000 Ofsted report
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Dec 21, 2018
The damning Ofsted report Durand tried to quash
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Ofsted wins Court of Appeal case against Durand Academy
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Dec 21, 2018
Ofsted wins appeal against Durand Academy High Court ruling
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Dec 21, 2018
Parents take government to court over SEND funding cuts
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Dec 19, 2018
3aaa police enquiries continue as DfE ‘has not yet completed its work’
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Dec 14, 2018
Council prosecuted parents after pupil, 15, couldn't attend classes due to anxiety
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Dec 12, 2018
Pupil brings legal action against school's isolation units
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Dec 11, 2018
Scotland: Schools told to cater for vegans or risk court
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Dec 7, 2018
Scottish schools and hospitals ‘obliged’ to provide vegan food, MSPs told
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Dec 6, 2018
ICO warns schools after head fined for unlawfully obtaining pupils’ personal data
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Dec 5, 2018
Parents of girl abused by boys win payout
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Nov 22, 2018
Parents of girl, six, who was sexually abused by fellow pupils given payout
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Nov 21, 2018
London parent threatens to sue school for trying to 'indoctrinate' son with 'gay pride parade'
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Nov 21, 2018
Payout over schoolboys' sex assaults on girl, 6
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Nov 21, 2018
Christian parents sue London primary school over 'Gay Pride Parade' after son was forced to take part in an event 'that goes against their beliefs'
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Nov 21, 2018
Legal threat over South Norwood primary school’s pride parade
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Nov 21, 2018
Christian parent threatens legal action over school's 'gay pride parade'
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Nov 20, 2018
Government agency warns tutoring companies they are flouting the law
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Nov 16, 2018
Private schools now taking out legal insurance for teachers amid rise in legal action from parents
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Nov 10, 2018
I never gave up, says school cleaner who prompted back-pay case
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Nov 1, 2018
Theresa May hints at crackdown on parents and kids who bully teachers online
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Oct 31, 2018
Teacher accused of plane sex will not face retrial
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Oct 17, 2018
Teacher accused of having sex on plane with pupil will NOT face retrial
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Parents head to High Court over special needs cuts
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Oct 2, 2018
Government faces legal challenge over SEND funding cuts
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Sep 30, 2018
Parents seek legal action against government over ‘national crisis’ of special needs cuts
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Sep 26, 2018
Using the law to tackle essay mills
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Sep 26, 2018
'Trojan Horse' hearings against teachers and governor cost £1.27m
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Aug 17, 2018
Schools will find it harder to exclude children with special needs after landmark ruling
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Aug 14, 2018
Legal ruling gives SEND pupils greater protection against exclusion
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Aug 14, 2018
DfE court loss gives SEND pupils exclusion protection
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Aug 14, 2018
DfE loses landmark legal challenge on exclusions of pupils with autism
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Aug 14, 2018
Exam boards launch legal challenge over government's flagship T-level qualifications
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Jul 18, 2018
Deaf boy, 12, fights for his right to take GCSE in sign language and is set to sue government for discrimination
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Jul 11, 2018
Parent bids to fund judicial review of school uniform guidance
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Jul 9, 2018
Legal challenge over exclusion of 13-year-old autistic pupil
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Jul 3, 2018
SEND school exclusion practice faces legal challenge
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Jul 3, 2018
Yorkshire boys found guilty of plotting Columbine-style school attack
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May 25, 2018
Students go to court over university strikes
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May 17, 2018
Ofsted WILL prosecute illegal schools, and 5 other things we learned at education committee
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May 1, 2018
Group litigation orders – separating fact from fiction
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Apr 30, 2018
Why I’m joining the class-action lawsuit over our lecturers striking | Milan Vaskovic
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Apr 27, 2018
The Bright Tribe Files: Northumberland council takes legal action
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Apr 26, 2018
Mother begins legal fight to cut student loan rates
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Apr 26, 2018
Students take court action over hours lost during strike
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Apr 24, 2018
Students to sue universities over strikes
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Apr 24, 2018
Students are suing universities over lost teaching time due to strikes
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Apr 23, 2018
Daily roundup 16 April: Legal action, YOI disturbance, and fake marriage breakdowns
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Apr 16, 2018
Families crowdfund legal action against special needs budget cuts
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Apr 13, 2018
USA: Trump University settlement now final as objector drops appeal
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Apr 9, 2018
Three senior Team Wearside staff jailed for £460,000 fraud
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Mar 28, 2018
Why I’m suing over my dream internship
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Mar 27, 2018
'Breaking Bad' student drugs gang to be sentenced
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Mar 21, 2018
Manchester University students made £800,000 in bitcoin selling drugs on dark web
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Mar 21, 2018
A woman is suing her university for providing a 'Micky Mouse degree' - if she wins it will set a dangerous precedent
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Mar 16, 2018
Winchester pupil Nicholas Elger ‘tried to kill’ when he firebombed M3
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Mar 13, 2018
Graduate sues university for £60,000 over ‘Mickey Mouse’ business degree
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Mar 12, 2018
Graduate to sue university over ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree
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Mar 11, 2018
Graduate, 29, sues university for £60,000 over 'Mickey Mouse' degree because it hasn't helped her land job
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Mar 11, 2018
Graduate, 29, sues Anglia Ruskin University for £60,000 over her ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree in international business strategy
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Mar 11, 2018
Free school threatens legal action over closure plan
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Mar 8, 2018
Teacher who suffered years of 'horrendous' bullying at hands of headmistress from hell sues for £700,000 damages
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Mar 8, 2018
Ex-teacher sues for £700k after headmistress bullying ordeal
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Mar 8, 2018
Ministers drop move over mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse
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Mar 6, 2018
Teachers will not have to report abuse suspicions
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Mar 6, 2018
Tories ditch plan to jail teachers who fail to report child abuse in new U-turn
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Mar 5, 2018
U-turn over plan to jail teachers for failing to report child abuse concerns
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Mar 5, 2018
Government rejects case for mandatory reporting
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Mar 5, 2018
Principal's harassment ordeal by pupil's parent
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Feb 22, 2018
Teacher blackmailed by former student into handing over £10,000
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Feb 21, 2018
Striking lecturers could be held responsible for student failures
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Feb 20, 2018
Blackmailed teacher gave boy £10,000
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Feb 20, 2018
Dad ordered to pay £600 for taking child out of school for a week's holiday without permission
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Feb 20, 2018
Daily roundup 16 February: Year-round meals, public sector poverty, and spending habits
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Feb 16, 2018
USA: Minority parents sue over racial quotas at magnet schools
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Feb 15, 2018
Government faces second judicial review over pupil data collection
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Feb 15, 2018
Fresh fears over legal threat to Scottish headteachers
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Feb 15, 2018
Parents of West End Matilda star Lilian Hardy 'face legal action in row over 12-year-old's home schooling'
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Feb 14, 2018
Council threaten court action against parents of Matilda child star, 12, for schooling her at home
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Feb 13, 2018
Parents of Matilda stage star in council home schooling row
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Feb 13, 2018
Girls school holds off negative Ofsted report with legal threats
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Feb 9, 2018
Head fined for cocaine possession and drink-driving struggled with school pressures
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Feb 8, 2018
Graduate loses bid to sue Oxford University over failure to get a first
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Feb 8, 2018
Graduate Faiz Siddiqui loses £1m claim against Oxford for failure to get a first
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Feb 8, 2018
Unhappy students warned about dangers of suing universities
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Feb 7, 2018
Graduate loses bid to sue Oxford over 2:1 degree
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Feb 7, 2018
Scholarship boy Rhys Brown sues his school, Lancing College in Sussex, for £650,000
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Feb 7, 2018
Maths teacher who organised wrestling sessions for pupils loses ban appeal
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Feb 2, 2018
Ministers funding Learndirect ‘knew of Ofsted criticism’
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Jan 18, 2018
Judges explain backing for coroner's decision not to call pupils at murdered teacher Ann Maguire's inquest
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Jan 17, 2018
Learndirect ‘blocked critical report to keep funding’
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Jan 17, 2018
UK training body took out superinjunction to block critical report
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Jan 16, 2018
Super injunction meant Learndirect gagged Ofsted from speaking to ESFA
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Jan 15, 2018
Local authorities collecting sensitive pupil data without consent
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Jan 9, 2018
Mosques launch legal challenge against an council’s bid to ban halal meat in schools
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Dec 22, 2017
Ban on unstunned halal meat in Lancashire schools is put on hold
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Dec 22, 2017
Former student sentenced for cyber attack on the Janet Network
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Dec 20, 2017
Teacher sues school after he was sacked for calling transgender boy a ‘girl’
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Dec 10, 2017
Scotland: Legal threat to University of Aberdeen over dormant South Korea campus
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Dec 7, 2017
SEND: Payout for boy given 'unsuitable' home education
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Dec 6, 2017
Peer-on-peer abuse guidance to tackle why pupils display 'harmful sexual behaviour'
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Dec 6, 2017
143 former Ulster University employees win compensation after "sham" redundancy process
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Dec 5, 2017
Jewish nursery teacher Zelda de Groen sacked for living in sin wins legal fight
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Dec 5, 2017
Salford mother Nicola Newns fined over sick son’s school absence
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Dec 5, 2017
Mum cleared after being threatened with jail for taking son out of class 20 times when he suffered same severe asthma attacks that killed brother months earlier
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Dec 4, 2017
Court victory for teacher at Jewish nursery sacked for living with boyfriend
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Dec 4, 2017
Unmarried teacher sacked because she was ‘living in sin’ with her boyfriend
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Dec 4, 2017
Council to refer WCAT to police over finance concerns
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Nov 23, 2017
Faiz Siddiqui sues Oxford over ‘inadequate’ 2:1 degree
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Nov 22, 2017
Teacher ‘lost two jobs over rape acquittal’
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Nov 22, 2017
Scotland: MSP Andy Wightman and George Watson’s College escalate bullying row
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Nov 22, 2017
University support staff launch landmark case over pay and conditions
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Nov 21, 2017
The rules on outsourced working are rigged. But today there’s a fightback | Aditya Chakrabortty
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Nov 21, 2017
Government faces legal action on pupil nationality data
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Nov 20, 2017
School threatens to sue parents after they used Facebook to accuse teachers of failing to stop bullying
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Nov 17, 2017
Edge Hill's former dean of education convicted of fraud
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Oct 20, 2017
Single-sex schools help to tackle stereotypes, claims Ofsted chief
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Oct 16, 2017
Statement on Al-Hijrah school judgement
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Oct 13, 2017
Landmark sex segregation ruling raises ‘serious questions’ for future of faith schools, warns expert
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Oct 13, 2017
Birmingham Islamic faith school guilty of sex discrimination
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Oct 13, 2017
Ofsted wins school gender segregation appeal
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Oct 13, 2017
Ofsted wins sex discrimination appeal
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Oct 13, 2017
Islamic school's gender segregation is unlawful, court of appeal rules
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Oct 13, 2017
Scots teachers could face court under new Named Person plan
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Sep 20, 2017
Greening could face legal action over failure to protect raped pupils
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Sep 15, 2017
DfE given legal ultimatum over botched adult education budget tender
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Sep 15, 2017
Ofsted lodges last-minute appeal against High Court’s Durand Academy ruling
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Sep 11, 2017
Parents may sue over boy pupil allowed to wear dress
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Sep 11, 2017
Training providers join forces to challenge Justine Greening in court
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Sep 8, 2017
Trial begins: Former Welsh footballer and three others accused of £5 million FE fraud
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Sep 7, 2017
Why parents are hiring lawyers to fight their cases with schools
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Sep 7, 2017
Two men plead guilty following Serious Fraud Office investigation into Luis Michael Training
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Sep 6, 2017
Calls for inquiry into grammar school that 'unlawfully' excluded students
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Sep 4, 2017
Grammar school says students told to leave due to poor grades can return due to threat of judicial review
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Sep 4, 2017
More London sixth-form schools face threat of legal cases for exclusion
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Aug 31, 2017
St Olave’s grammar school is tip of iceberg in a system all about delivering results | Letters
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Aug 31, 2017
Ejecting students in middle of A levels breaks law, St Olave’s grammar school is told
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Aug 31, 2017
School sued for ‘not letting sixth formers with low grades take A-levels
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Aug 30, 2017
Grammar facing legal challenge for forcing lower achievers off A-level courses
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Aug 30, 2017
Small school sixth form judicial review costs taxpayer £76,000
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Aug 21, 2017
DfE’s decision to defend small school sixth form cost £76,000 in fees
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Aug 21, 2017
Durand's court victory over Ofsted 'threatens academies programme'
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Aug 18, 2017
Ex-Wales footballer among 6 facing trial next month on FE fraud charges
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Aug 17, 2017
'Inadequate' Learndirect stopped from taking new apprentices
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Aug 17, 2017
Ofsted inspection report for Learndirect finally published
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Aug 17, 2017
DfE confirms special treatment will be given to Learndirect
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Aug 15, 2017
Injunction lifted on critical Ofsted report
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Aug 15, 2017
Academy spends £300,000 to get the High Court to quash Ofsted report that said the school was 'inadequate'
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Aug 15, 2017
Learndirect faces collapse after trying to suppress Ofsted report
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Aug 15, 2017
Learndirect faces collapse after privatised firm's failed bid to suppress damning report
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Aug 14, 2017
Learndirect branded inadequate in Ofsted report it tried to suppress
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Aug 14, 2017
Schools should be able to challenge Ofsted inspectors if their conclusions are 'defective', high court judge says
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Aug 14, 2017
Rejected appeal application looks like the beginning of the end for Learndirect
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Aug 14, 2017
High Court ruling threatens Ofsted’s ability to publish negative reports
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Aug 14, 2017
Arrogant Ofsted tried to destroy us, says head of academy after legal victory
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Aug 14, 2017
Students sue Oxford University amid claims of mental health discrimination
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Aug 8, 2017
Oxford sued for ‘mishandling’ special needs
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Aug 8, 2017
Students sue Oxford for discrimination amid surge in mental health claims against universities
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Aug 7, 2017
In the news: 28 July 2017
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Jul 28, 2017
Durand blocked critical Ofsted report to ‘keep EFA at bay’, court told
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Jul 26, 2017
Government’s new crackdown on illegally low wages for apprentices
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Jul 25, 2017
Muslim mother takes legal action against school over face veil ban
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Jul 21, 2017
Jo Johnson seeks university contracts to let students sue
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Jul 21, 2017
Students will be able to sue universities which flout contracts on teaching hours and standards under tough new government plans designed to lift standards
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Jul 20, 2017
Universities face influx of lawsuits from students, as ministers plan to introduce new 'contract'
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Jul 20, 2017
University contracts could help students sue if tuition is poor
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Jul 20, 2017
LSE students set to sue uni over ‘pest-infested, mouldy’ flats that left one resident ‘needing surgery’
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Jul 17, 2017
Four former teachers at top private school charged with historic child sex offences
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Jul 13, 2017
Hungary: EU gives Hungary a month to revise education law or face court
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Jul 13, 2017
School segregation 'a kind of apartheid', Appeal Court hears
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Jul 11, 2017
Court lifts ban on naming faith school in segregation case
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Jul 10, 2017
Arrests made after Edexcel A level maths exam question is leaked on social media
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Jun 30, 2017
Father taken to court over a term-time Disney World holiday says he should have just paid the £60 fine
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Jun 26, 2017
School holidays row: Isle of Wight man loses legal fight over daughter's absence
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Jun 23, 2017
Taxpayers' £140,000 bill to hound dad who refused to pay £60 fine for taking his daughter on a term-time break
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Jun 23, 2017
School holiday case cost six teachers’ pay
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Jun 23, 2017
Taxpayers forked out nearly £140,000 on term-time holiday court battles, figures show
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Jun 23, 2017
NUT preps for legal action against ‘grammar streams’
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Apr 14, 2017
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