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11 KBW: Articles & Books in Education

11 KBW is a set of barristers' chambers in the Temple whose areas of expertise include public, administrative and commercial law. This section of the site provides a collection of articles and papers on education law written by members of chambers.

Additional Support Needs Tribunals for Scotland

Under the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Acts 2004 and 2009 Scottish education authorities may draw up Co-ordinated Support Plans (CSPs) for children and young people who have "additional support needs". Additional Support Needs Tribunals hear appeals made by parents and young people on certain matters relating to such plans. The site's content includes information on the complaints procedure, annual reports, links to legislation, and a decisions database.

Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

The Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) is responsible for the regulation of all qualifications (except NVQs, for which Ofqual is responsible) in Northern Ireland. Documents on the site include annual reports 2004-2005 onwards.

Department for Education

The Department for Education (DfE) is responsible for education and children's services in England. It was formed on 12 May 2010, replacing the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). Some information was transferred on 23 April 2013 to the GOV.UK web site, but this separate DfE site remains available for the present. It includes current consultation documents, reports and other publications, and a section devoted to news and speeches. Under "Leadership and governance" within the Schools section there is a guide to the legal responsibilites of school governors (also accessible on the GOV.UK site).

Department for Education: Governors' Guide to the Law

This section of the Department for Education web site includes a guide to the law for school governors, downloadable in pdf and Word versions. The current version of the guide states the law as at 1 March 2012, and also includes notes of proposed changes.

European Commission: Education and Culture

The web site of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture includes information about current projects and initiatives, with links to relevant documents, information about publications, the Directorate-General's periodical The Magazine 2006 onwards, and details of recent public consultations.

General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland

The General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI) was set up under the Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 as the self-regulating professional body for the teaching profession in Northern Ireland. It maintains a register of teachers in Northern Ireland which is searchable online. Documents on the site include the Code of Values and Professional Practice.

General Teaching Council for Scotland

The General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) was set up under the Teaching Council (Scotland) Act 1965 as the regulatory body for the teaching profession in Scotland. It maintains a register, searchable online, of teachers who are eligible to teach in public sector schools in Scotland. Also on the site are details of the complaints procedure, and documents which include professional standards, rules, codes of practice and standing orders.

General Teaching Council for Wales

The General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) was set up under the Teaching and Higher Education Act 1998 as the self-regulating professional body for the teaching profession in Wales. It maintains a register of qualified teachers in Wales which is searchable online. Site content also includes the Statement of Professional Values and Practice and other regulatory documents, information on GTCW's disciplinary procedures and rules, and brief details of recent disciplinary hearing outcomes.

Govan Law Centre: Education Law Unit

Govan Law Centre's Education Law Unit is a legal resource aimed at anyone who advises either children with special educational needs or their parents in Scotland. The web site includes recent education and education law news, including details of recent cases, a variety of education law articles and Scottish Executive Education Department guidance documents, and information about the unit's work and services. There is also a link to the Additional Support Needs website, which deals with the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004.

Independent Complaints Adjudication Service for Ofsted

The Independent Complaints Adjudication Service for Ofsted (ICASO) provides a review service for complainants who remain dissatisfied after exhausting the internal complaints procedures of Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills). The web site includes information about the process and how to apply, and annual reports 2011 onwards.

Office of the Independent Adjudicator

The Office of the Independent Adjudicator (OIA) has operated an independent complaints scheme for students in higher education in England and Wales since 2004, when it replaced the previous visitatorial system for higher education institutions. The site has the Rules of the scheme, forms, guidance both for students and for higher education institutions, recent decisions and annual reports.

Office of the Schools Adjudicator

The OSA deals with certain kinds of dispute relating to school admission arrangements and the organisation of schools. Its web site includes decisions February 2011 onwards, with a link (on the "OSA Publications" page within "About the Office") to decisions and judicial reviews of decisions 2000 to January 2011 on an archived site, and access to a selection of publications including annual reports 2001 onwards.

Ofqual

Ofqual (the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation) was established in April 2008 as the regulator of qualifications, examinations and tests in England. It is also responsible for the regulation of National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) in Northern Ireland. The site's "How we regulate" section sets out Ofqual's regulatory aims and includes guidance and other documents.

Ofsted

Ofsted (the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills) inspects education and training for learners of all ages in England except those in higher education institutes and universities. Since 1 April 2007 it has also been responsible for the registration, regulation and inspection of children's social care in England. All of its inspection reports are published on the site. Other sections provide news, forms and guidance, consultations, statistics, and annual reports 1992-93 onwards.

OxCHEPS: Law of Higher Education Online Casebook

OxCHEPS is the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies. This section of its web site is intended to accompany The Law of Higher Education by Dennis Farringdon and David Palfreyman (OUP). It provides analysis of cases relating to higher education, with particular emphasis on the relationship between higher education institutions and their students. Links are provided to full text judgments of most of the cases mentioned. The compilers are Stephen Glasper and David Palfreyman, Director of OxCHEPS.

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal

The First-tier Tribunal (Special Educational Needs and Disability) hears appeals from parents of children with special educational needs against decisions made by English local authorities about their children's education. Established originally in September 1994 as the Special Educational Needs Tribunal, it has since 3 November 2008 formed part of the First-tier Tribunal's Health, Education and Social Care Chamber. This section of the Justice portal site includes forms, guidance, and links to legislation. A searchable database of decisions currently covers October 2000 to July 2006, with full text available for most.

Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales

A separate devolved Special Educational Needs Tribunal for Wales (SENTW) came into being in September 2003. Its web site has contact details and information aimed primarily at parents in Wales whose children have special educational needs.

UK Home Education Law

This is the legal page of UK Home Education, a site advocating home education, setting out the relevant law. The site states that it has been checked for legal accuracy by a team of home educating lawyers.


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