
Caroline Redhead
Partner
Business Education
Governance
Everyone involved in education is having to work through significant challenges. Governance advice helps clients with a range of day-to-day issues.
Whether it is the far-reaching implications of GDPR, complex safeguarding issues, or threats to funding and income, our multi-disciplined team has the experience and expertise to assist.
How we can help
- Support governing bodies with issues relating to governance and risk
- Support academies and multi-academy trusts with advice on their memorandum and articles of association, statutory books, company meetings, shareholder resolutions, appointment and removal of governors and governors’ duties (under company and charity law)
- Advise on organisational issues, including trustee/members’ meetings and questions of conflict of interest/duty
- Offer guidance on GDPR and Freedom of Information legislation
- Advise on governance and compliance issues relating to funding
- Advise on collaborative working with other institutions, including academy conversion, re-brokering or collaborative working where conversion is not appropriate.
More In This Section
- Overview
- Academy Conversions
- Academy Sponsorships and MATS
- Admissions and Admission Appeals
- Behaviour and Exclusions
- Child Protection and Safeguarding
- Employment and HR
- Forced Academisation and School Interventions
- School Collaborations
- Special Education Needs (SEN) and Disability
- Commercial Contracts
- Data Protection
- Governance
Get In Touch
Want to know more about Governance? Contact us to find out more.

Natalie Ruane
Head of Employment & HR

James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution

Sophie Allinson
Associate Solicitor

Julie Davis
Senior HR Consultant

Melanie Milne
Senior HR Consultant

Eleanor Morland
Senior HR Consultant

Louise Hanson
HR Consultant
Natalie Ruane
Head of Employment & HR
Natalie is a Partner and Head of Employment and HR team
James Johnston
Head of Dispute Resolution
James is a Partner and Head of the Dispute Resolution team
Sophie Allinson
Associate Solicitor
Sophie is an Associate Solicitor in Burnetts' Employment and HR team
Julie Davis
Senior HR Consultant
Julie is a Senior HR Consultant in Burnetts' Employment and HR team
Melanie Milne
Senior HR Consultant
Melanie is a Senior HR Consultant in Burnetts' Employment and HR team
Eleanor Morland
Senior HR Consultant
Eleanor is a Senior HR Consultant in Burnetts' Employment and HR team