We believe the right to education is a fundamental human right and the North East Law Centre has a commitment to ensuring that those on the margins of society are supported to enforce their rights.
Our Education Law Service
We offer specialist education law advice to the people of Newcastle and the surrounding areas. Areas of advice include:
- School admission appeals
- Exclusion appeals
- Appeals relating to home-school transport
- Complaints to the Local Government Ombudsman or Education Funding Agency
This is a growing service, which is funded by AB Charitable Trust and the Community Foundation Wellesley to help us meet the increasing demand. Although the service is primarily targeted at people on low income, we do accept enquiries from anyone irrespective of their status or situation in order to determine how best to support or direct them.
Availability of our Education Law service:
We offer one-off advice and may be able to offer full legal assistance, dependent on our capacity.
Appointments are booked in advance and are offered on a first come first served basis. Usually, we offer telephone appointments first. Please call us on 0191 230 4777 or email reception@nelawcentre.co.uk if you would like one. At the earliest opportunity it is useful for us to know your child’s name and permanent address, the school in question and also to see a copy of the decision letter issued by the school or local authority.
Issues we aren't able to cover:
Please note, we are currently unable to provide advice on Special Educational Needs (SEN) legal matters including:
- Statements of special educational need
- Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans
- Appeals to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)
Education Law Advice Line
We also run our Education Law telephone advice line a on a Tuesday afternoon between 1:00pm and 2:00pm - this is available on 0191 230 4777.
*Please note that our advice lines do get busy and are subject to capacity.
Projects in this area:
Other sources of Education Law advice:
If you are looking for advice in this area, please see below for further information. If you need specific legal advice, you can also contact a private solicitor:
To find out more about these services or to make an appointment, please get in touch.
- Speak to one of our team 0191 230 4777
- E-mail us at reception@nelawcentre.co.uk