Education
Experts

We have an established team of qualified professionals with many years of experience working with schools, training providers and other education institutions. 

We are currently supporting many schools who are in the process of becoming academies and seeking alternative suppliers of support services or needing urgent support as they undergo major restructuring.

Education institutions have far reaching responsibilities when it comes to safeguarding the wellbeing of students and staff and specialist employment law knowledge is required so you can be sure you are totally legally compliant and in line with current best practice.

Key Service Features and Benefits

Our service offers:

• Unlimited 24/7 support for a fixed fee with no hidden charges providing peace of mind with budgeting for years to come.

• Your own named employment law adviser and health and safety professional.

• Drafting of all employment law and health and safety documentation including bespoke handbooks, contracts, policies and correspondence.

• Specialist assistance with TUPE .

• Risk assessments designed specifically for education and training establishments.

• Legal expenses insurance to protect you from the risks of Employment Tribunal costs and awards and the costs of defending health and safety prosecutions.

• Hands on approach to health and safety with regular visits to your premises helping you to complete your required actions.

• Acting as your legally required Competent Person for health and safety.

• Investigation of serious accidents, dealing with authorities and defending you against prosecutions.

• Reduced pressure, greater efficiency and confidence in decision making.

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What Our Clients Say About Us

"I have recommended Ellis Whittam to a number of schools. I don’t do this lightly."  Moira Griffiths-Parr, St Margaret's Church of England Academy. Read more.

“The service provided by Ellis Whittam is invaluable to us and is a great weight off our shoulders...”   Bursar, Fulham Prep School. Read more.

"Having this sort of expertise on hand gives us great peace of mind and being able to access it at a fixed fee rate is a real plus point where budgets are concerned.”   Vice Principal, West Cheshire College. Read more.

"Previously, we had used the services of other law firms for advice on various HR matters but we found working in this way to be inefficient as each time we had to start from scratch explaining who were are and how we work."  Brian Cheney, Senior Finance Manager, The Kingsley School. Read more.