Education Law Solicitors

At Harrison Drury, we support education providers with clear, practical legal advice across the issues that affect day-to-day operations, long-term planning and risk management.

Whether you are a nursery, maintained school, independent or private school, further education college, higher education provider or university, we help you move forward with clear options and practical next steps. Our team advises education clients across areas including property, employment, corporate, commercial, licensing, regulatory matters, dispute resolution and litigation, including property-related disputes.

Where a matter crosses into more than one area, we bring the right specialists together around one clear point of contact. That way, you are not left coordinating separate strands of advice while managing the pressures of a busy education environment.

Our focus on clear, dependable advice runs throughout the firm. Harrison Drury is recognised in independent legal directories including Chambers and Partners (UK) and The Legal 500 (UK), and the firm holds Lexcel, the Law Society’s practice management standard, giving added reassurance that you are in safe hands.

We make it possible to manage legal issues with clarity, confidence and control, so you can stay focused on the people, places and responsibilities at the heart of your organisation.

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We also work closely with other advisors in the sector such as accountants, banks and funders to provide education clients with holistic, proactive and commercially focused advice.

Our team includes leading individuals renowned nationally for their expertise and experience in advising education sector clients. The team has an extensive track record of advising private childcare providers including a number of well-known children’s nursery groups, in relation to the sale and purchase of nurseries. We also advise nurseries on a wide range of legal issues, including in relation to new leases, property purchases, employment contracts, HR matters, advice on terms and conditions with parents and suppliers and also regulatory matters.

In the further and higher education sectors, our specialist team work with senior leadership, management and in-house legal teams, advising both proactively and reactively to support clients, forming an extension of their teams to manage their complex and evolving property portfolios, deal with disputes, provide support and advice on employment and HR matters and advise and negotiate in relation to commercial contracts and arrangements with stakeholders and third party suppliers.