Anna has considerable experience of the education sector and has advised numerous leading independent day and boarding schools. Working closely with school Heads, Bursars, HR professionals and also Governors when the need arises, her advice spans pupil exclusion, parental complaints, school mergers, child protection and data protection, in addition to all manner of employee issues at every level of seniority.
Anna has spoken at numerous ISBA conferences, co-wrote and updates the employment law section of the ISBA bursars’ guide and has contributed to The Start of Term Bulletin. With a forward by leading education law expert Nigel Giffin QC, Anna has also written a comprehensive guide to pupil exclusion in the independent sector.
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Working closely with the client’s HR team and/or managing partners, Anna provides pragmatic support tailored to the client’s needs, whether that is a knowledgeable sounding board to call upon as required or a hands on, experienced partner with a team who can defend the largest of discrimination claims discreetly, proportionately and with good sense.
Anna has written a number of articles with a partnership specific focus and regularly speaks to managing partners and HR professionals on how issues such as age discrimination, retirement, sex discrimination and flexible working issues can have a particular impact in a partnership context.
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