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Ian has successfully represented a number of trainee teachers at NQT induction appeals before the General Teaching Council, and provides training on the new framework for NQT and teacher conduct appeals.
Other areas of work include exclusion appeals and special needs tribunals, pupil discipline, governors, school finance & property, free schools and academies, SEN & disability, awards & grants, and Ombudsman complaints.
Ian appears regularly on BBC TV & radio and in the national press to comment about school appeals and the admissions system.
Ian also undertakes a wide range of other direct access work (usually for a fixed fee), as well as accepting instructions from solicitors. This includes providing advice, drafting documents and attending hearings at all levels of courts, tribunals and appeal panels.
As a school governor, Ian has hands-on experience of many of the issues facing governing
bodies and can give practical legal advice to schools, local authorities, Diocesan
bodies and parents.
ADVICE - HEARINGS - DRAFTING - TRAINING
For advice or representation at your hearing
Contact Ian Jones (email preferred):
legal@education-barrister.com
Tel: 07771 961 962 Fax: 0116 312 0180
Advice can be provided urgently if required, but please note that Ian Jones does not provide a free legal advice service and will require a signed contract and payment before undertaking any work. Click here to pay by bank transfer, credit/debit card via Paypal, or by cheque.
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Main local appeal venues:
Ian Jones attends appeal hearings across England & Wales, including:
Within the London area, appeal venues include:
Harrow, Uxbridge, Hounslow, Staines, Slough, Windsor, Wembley, Ealing, Richmond, Kingston upon Thames, Hammersmith, Barnet, Hatfield, Finchley, Muswell Hill, Islington, Westminster, Sutton, Croydon, Bromley, Camden, Hackney, Greenwich, Lewisham, Woolwich, Dartford, Barking, Romford, Hertford, Harlow, Luton, Stevenage
Education Law Advice
Ian Jones is a barrister with over 15 years’ experience, and specialises in all aspects of education law.
Ian has attended hundreds of admission appeal hearings on behalf of parents, schools and as legal advisor (clerk) to the appeal panel. Ian provides training on the appeals process to panel members, school governors and legal advisors.
Ian Jones
Education Barrister
Education-
SCHOOL APPEALS
School Admissions - School Exclusions
Appeal Panel Training
Special Educational Needs (SEN)
Primary - Secondary - Grammar - Sixth Form
Free Schools - Academies
TEACHER APPEALS
GTCE Appeals
Teacher Conduct Hearing Panels
NQT Induction Appeals
Internal Disciplinary & Performance hearings
SCHOOL GOVERNANCE
School Finance & Property
Policies & Procedures
Staff Employment
Conversion to Academy
Establishment of Free Schools
Specialist Advice to Governing Bodies
FREE SCHOOLS & ACADEMIES
Setting up - Conversion
Transfer of land & property - Staffing
Policies & Procedures - Admissions
Specialist in Education Law