Training in education law, guidance & policy
Understanding the needs of vulnerable young people
Education is the key to the future of vulnerable children and young people, as it provides the foundation for transforming their lives. Knowledge of the key legal educational rights and responsibilities is essential for all those working with them.
Who is the training aimed at?
All those interested in how education law, guidance, policy and practice affect vulnerable children and young people in:
- Regional partnerships
- Local Authorities
- Schools
What does this training cover?
Topics include:
- Looked after children and young people
- School admissions
- Special educational needs and disability
- Attendance and children not receiving education
- Behaviour and exclusions
- Bullying
These are covered from both a legal and practical perspective with stimulating discussions on delegates' own practice and problem cases. The detailed training pack is a useful reference manual for future daily practice.
What are the benefits?
Time is needed to keep up to date and understand the constantly changing and complex material in education law, guidance and policy.
Attending this training offers you a whistle stop tour through the maze to allow you to undertake your work with confidence and an understanding of relevant legal rights and responsibilities, and its application to every day practice.
Core Education training is:
- Useful
- Practical
- Flexible
- Accessible
- Stimulating
- Reasonably priced
- Conveniently located
- Tailored
- Legally accurate
Who delivers this training?
The training is run by Core Education, part of the FCA Group of Companies. FCA is the UK's largest independent fostering agency and the Education Service works with over 2500 looked after children, 125 Local Authorities and other education providers.
Training courses will be delivered by Ingrid Sutherland, a solicitor and education consultant with many years' experience in the education law training field.
Want to know more?
When?
We can deliver half day and full day training courses at a time and on a day to suit you.
Where?
If you have your own convenient venue, we can deliver our training there and save you costs. If not, we have access to a network of venues with flexible catering arrangements.
What?
We can customise our course delivery to meet your needs:
- Do you prefer one speaker on a single topic for the session, or two or three on different topics?
- Do you want everyone to attend the whole session or to have different groups for different areas?
- Would you rather have presentations followed by group work or more informal workshop arrangements?
For further information on this training, please contact Julie Cairns on 0800 622 6114 or write to Core Education, Field View, Brickhouse Lane, Stoke Prior, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, B60 4LX





