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Katie Michelon

Katie is a Partner in the education team at Browne Jacobson. She advises schools and academies on a wide range of education law issues including safeguarding, exclusions, admissions, governance and parental complaints. She leads the firm's practice on school intervention and inspection, delivering strategic advice to schools and academies who may be vulnerable to formal intervention measures from their local authority or the Secretary of State and supporting schools with challenging Ofsted inspections. Katie has also advised schools and academy trusts across the country on academy conversions under the Academies Act 2010. She now focuses largely on group and specialist projects, working with a number of multi-academy trusts on their expansion, including academy merger and re-brokerage projects. Katie also regularly delivers training and webinars to school leaders on education law matters.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2009

Education

  • University of Manchester
  • Nottingham Law School

2 Contributions by Katie Michelon

Ofsted inspections and interventions: legal framework, schools causing concern, special measures, academy conversion, and complaints and judicial review in England
PRACTICE NOTES
Ofsted inspections and interventions: legal framework, schools causing concern, special measures, academy conversion, and complaints and judicial review in England
This Practice Note outlines the statutory bases for Ofsted’s administrative framework and fields of activity, the cadence and character of school inspections in particular, the distinct categories of inadequate schools in England, and the actions that a local authority may need to take under the Education and Inspections Act 2006 (EIA 2006) if one of its schools is deemed inadequate. Ofsted Ofsted is a non-departmental public body funded by government, working in England and led by His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills (HMCI). The bulk of Ofsted’s powers and responsibilities sit in Part 1 of the Education Act 2005 (EA 2005), while the overarching functions and duties of His Majesty’s Chief Inspector are specified in EIA 2006, ss 116–119. In line with EIA 2006, Sch 12, these functions can be delegated lawfully. Ofsted inspectors (HMIs) are accountable to a senior HMI. This Practice Note focuses on arrangements in England specifically and not elsewhere. The inspectorate for education and training in Wales is Estyn. For more detail about Estyn in Wales, see Practice Note: Regulation and inspection of maintained schools (primary, secondary, all-age and special schools) and pupil referral units and local government education services by Estyn...
Local Government
Safeguarding in Schools: statutory duties, safer recruitment, inter-agency co-operation, allegations handling, Prevent, FGM and host families under Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together (England)
PRACTICE NOTES
Safeguarding in Schools: statutory duties, safer recruitment, inter-agency co-operation, allegations handling, Prevent, FGM and host families under Keeping Children Safe in Education and Working Together (England)
STOP PRESS: This Practice Note is being reviewed to reflect recent updates to statutory guidance. The 2025 version of ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ took effect from September 2025. This statutory guidance sets out the legal duties schools and colleges must follow to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under 18 in education settings. See: LNB News 09/07/2025 33. The 2026 version of ‘Working together to safeguard children in education’ was published on 18 March 2026. This statutory framework sets out the legislation relevant to safeguarding and should be read alongside the statutory guidance. See: LNB News 19/03/2026 30. What is safeguarding in education? Safeguarding has a broad meaning within the education sector. Statutory guidance for schools and colleges, ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ (known as ‘KCS’), defines safeguarding as: providing help and support to meet children’s needs as soon as they arise (children are defined as under 18 years of age) protecting children from maltreatment, whether at home, elsewhere, or online preventing impairment of children’s mental and physical health or development ensuring that children grow up in...
Local Government
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