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A contract law specialist outlines how schools can avoid legal headaches when it comes to the thorny issue of signing for external services

A busy legal year awaits for education, with many issues bubbling away that need to be on the radar – as Jean Boyle, an employment lawyer with Stone King, outlines

Schools must remember they have plenty of power when it comes to wrangling with suppliers on EdTech contracts, says James Browning

Knowing how to assess a digital incident when it affects a pupil, a member of staff or your school is key to staying on the right side of the law. Holly Powell-Jones breaks the process down into a simple colour-coded scheme

Four years ago, legislation was introduced to force schools to give FE providers access to students to discuss technical and vocational routes – but some are still not complying. Kate Parker asks an expert what school leaders need to do to fulfil their legal duty

Despite being education’s most important asset, teachers’ welfare is often neglected by policymakers – an oversight that new government guidelines aim to address. But schools also have a duty to ensure that they create a supportive environment for staff, says Gary Wilkie, who explains how he is making the charter work across his multi-academy trust

A guide to how the DfE plans to move towards a ‘hard’ national funding formula in the coming years

The planned changes to the way that schools support newly qualified teachers will call for a ‘major cultural shift’, finds Helen Amass, who talks to experts about how to prepare for the incoming statutory requirements

We all know that the coronavirus has made the job of teaching a lot trickier, but all those remote lessons, Covid tests and teacher-assessed grades also bring with them complications relating to data protection legislation. Legal expert Daljit Kaur explains what heads need to know in order to ensure compliance

With the implementation of the ECF due later this year, there are several important questions for leaders to be considering

With 47 per cent of heads talking of leaving, the government may be about to reap what it has sown, says James Bowen

While the vast majority of people will get vaccinated against Covid-19, a sizeable minority will choose not to, and that may bring problems for school leaders. John Morgan explores what role schools may be forced to play in the vaccination roll out over the coming months and discovers that empathy and understanding may be key to navigating this complex issue