Birketts is a full service, UK Top 50 law firm with more than 500 lawyers and legal professionals in Bristol, Cambridge, Chelmsford, Ipswich, London, Norwich and Sevenoaks. We advise businesses, government and public sector organisations and individuals in the UK and internationally.

Our Education Team comprises experienced lawyers with specialist knowledge of the Independent Schools sector. The team provides a full service practice to independent schools, particularly in the areas of charities, employment, student issues, safeguarding and SEN, health and safety, construction, property, commercial and technology and debt recovery.

We are one of three firms appointed by the Department of Education to provide independent legal advisers to the Teaching Regulation Agency’s professional conduct panels. As a result, we have valuable insight into the working of the TRA and regularly advise professional conduct panels on key issues that arise, including safeguarding, the Prevent duty and all aspects of teacher misconduct.