We understand that the education landscape is ever changing and that educational institutions are operating in a challenging environment. That is why it is important to have dedicated, experienced and trusted lawyers to work by your side.

It is the mission of the Education Team at Birkett Long to deliver high quality, practical, accessible, straightforward and prompt specialist advice. We have years of experience in advising and assisting a range of educational institutions from across the country, ranging from standalone nurseries to universities. Our reputation stems from decades of providing legal services to educational institutions.

We offer a number of different retainer and other services to the education sector. Key to our offering is flexibility and choice – whilst we set out in this brochure a number of pre-made options, we will always listen to those who wish to engage our services so that we can provide the service offering that is the right fit for them.

Our complete package solution for all your legal and HR requirements is the BL Education Legal and HR Support Service retainer. It is a fixed fee annual support service which provides our clients with immediate access to specialist advice when it is needed. It is a support mechanism for all the key stakeholders within educational institutions and its purpose is to support you with all legal queries, no matter how big or small they may be.

We appreciate that staff are very important to educational institutions and that employment and HR issues can impact on the motivation, efficiency, and effectiveness of staff. That is why all our BL Educational Legal and HR Support Service clients have direct access to a specialist Education Employment Solicitor who understands the regulatory framework that applies to educational institutions (for example the restrictions in the Academy Trust Handbook relating to settlement agreements and the requirements of the “Keeping Children Safe in Education” statutory guidance relating to safe recruitment) and can provide advice on a range of HR and employment law issues that arise in the context of your educational institution.

Alongside our complete package solution retainer offering, we have devised three separate standalone retainer solutions for those not looking for an all-encompassing retainer product, each specifically designed with educational institutions in mind: BL Educational Legal, BL Education HR Core and BL Education HR Flexi. Our legal retainer provides you with access to our dedicated Education Team and our standalone HR retainers provide you with access to an Education Employment Solicitor whose sole focus and responsibility is providing employment law and HR advice and services to those in the education sector. Our support to those in the education sector is not limited to retainer products. We offer a range of bespoke legal services to our clients, including:

• Training
• HR consultancy
• Data Protection Quickcall Service
• Academy conversions and school transfers
• Governance reviews
• SENCo support quick call service

What is most important to the Education Team at Birkett Long is that clients trust us to provide them with the right legal advice, delivered in a timely fashion and with empathy and reassurance when dealing with what are often difficult and sensitive situations. Should you wish to discuss anything please do get in touch.

We also offer a choice of two BL Education Legal and HR Support Service retainers, which can be found here.