Christopher Jones

Chris is a Senior Associate in the Education Team advising Trustees and Senior Teachers in Academy Trusts on a wide range of education law issues that impact on the operation of schools. He is an experienced trainer and regularly delivers seminars on complaints, exclusions and admissions. Increasingly his work involves the successful defence of claims in the First tier Tribunal (disability discrimination), resolving complex and vexatious parental complaints and challenging Local Authorities on their inappropriate placement of pupils with EHCPs. Chris advises Academies on the operational aspects of education law including: Admissions and admission appeals; Exclusions & Behaviour (including Head Teacher’s decision permanently exclude to Governor and Independent Review Panel stages, including complex incidents of sexual and physical assault and drugs); SEND (including responding to EHCP consultations and representation in the First tier Tribunal in disability discrimination cases); Equality Act duties and issues; Attendance (including removal from roll and education welfare); Policies; Family law issues and parental responsibility in a school context; Parental Complaints and referrals to the ESFA; School Leadership Support; Funding; As well as representing schools in the First Tier Tribunal, Chris also works with schools in responding to judicial review claims. · Stone King LLP