Education Law Experts are excited to be growing! In March 2025, Emily Toyne joined our dedicated team and has already made a remarkable impact internally and to the families we work with. With over a decade of experience as an education law advocate, Emily is highly skilled in handling SEND Tribunal appeals. More recently, we’re thrilled to welcome Georgia and Jessica Wake, two skilled professionals with extensive experience in education law and SEND tribunal appeals. Although no longer practising, both qualified as solicitors specialising in Education Law achieving successful results for hundreds of families fighting battles over SEND provision and cutbacks.

To mark the 15th anniversary of the Equality Act 2010, Sarah Woosey joined colleagues at Doughty Street Chambers for a special webinar reflecting on its impact within the education sector.
This guide is intended to provide families with useful information as to steps they can take to challenge a decision if their child is not allocated a place at a suitable or preferred school.

Sarah Woosey, Director at Education Law Experts, participated in Portakabin’s ‘Creating Inclusive Learning Environments’ conference in York on 1 July 2025. The event brought together school leaders and other educational professionals to explore strategies for fostering inclusive, accessible, and supportive educational settings.

Getting your child’s school place, whether primary or secondary, can be a very exciting time for both parents and children alike. However, it is not uncommon for some families to experience extreme disappointment and distress when the decisions are not what they were hoping for.

This guide is intended to provide families with useful information as to steps they can take to challenge a decision if their child is not allocated a place at a suitable or preferred school.

Although the phrase ‘phase transfer’ technically applies to all children in education, the law sets out specific requirements for those children with an Education, Health and Care plan (EHCP) for when they transfer.

Autism is a disability which impacts a person’s ability to communicate and interact with others. More than one in 100 people are considered to be on the autism spectrum and there are around 700,000 diagnosed autistic adults and children in the UK.

Having your child excluded from school is stressful. Unfortunately, it can often come as a surprise and parents can understandably be daunted by the prospect of having to either challenge an exclusion or secure a new school place for their child.