Unlimited Legal Advice
Ask as many legal questions as you need throughout the year, without worrying about hourly fees or unexpected invoices.
Legal Support for Schools, Without the Traditional Hourly Bill.
Education+ Gives you unlimited access to our team of education solicitors and barristers, so you can get the right advice, exactly when you need it.
Specialist legal support designed exclusively for schools and academy trusts.
Responsive support that grows with your school or trust.
Legal Support Across Every Area Schools Face
Schools and trusts often need regular legal advice, but traditional hourly billing can make support feel reactive, unpredictable and hard to budget for. Education+ gives you specialist education solicitors, practical guidance and useful documents through a more accessible subscription-style model.
Everything Schools Need, All In One Place
Education+ brings together specialist legal advice, practical guidance and ongoing support into one fixed annual subscription. From day-to-day queries to complex legal challenges, you’ll have direct access to a team that understands education inside and out.
Ask as many legal questions as you need throughout the year, without worrying about hourly fees or unexpected invoices.
From disciplinaries and grievances to restructures and contracts, our specialists are here whenever employment issues arise.
Expert guidance on governance, academy conversion, company law and trustee responsibilities.
Practical legal advice covering safeguarding, exclusions, attendance, SEND and wider pupil-related issues.
Support with supplier agreements, procurement, contracts and commercial matters affecting your organisation.
Guidance on complaints handling, difficult parents, investigations and resolving sensitive situations confidently.
Stay informed with relevant legal updates, changing legislation and practical advice designed specifically for schools.
Every enquiry is handled by experienced education solicitors and barristers who understand how schools and trusts operate.
Expertise, Responsiveness and Affordability
We meet these priorities by providing you with unlimited access to legal advice from our team of education solicitors and barristers. When you need legal advice, we understand that you need it quickly. For this reason, HY acknowledges and assigns all requests for legal advice immediately and in most cases will have a response with you within a maximum of 24 hours.
HY Education is provided by our team of education solicitors with expertise across all legal areas that schools face from time to time. Whether you’re about to make the change to become an academy or you feel you could do with some help on employment law issues, our team of education solicitors are here for you. We work with a range of schools, from small primary schools to large multi academy trusts, so you can rest assured that we understand your needs.
Legal Issues Don’t Wait, Neither Should the Support You Get
Schools and trusts often need regular legal advice, but traditional hourly billing can make support feel reactive, unpredictable and hard to budget for. Education+ gives you specialist education solicitors, practical guidance and useful documents through a more accessible subscription-style model.
Everything You Need to Know About Education+
Have a question about how Education+ works? Here are some of the things schools and academy trusts most often ask us about the service.
Yes. Education+ gives your school or trust unlimited access to legal advice across the areas covered by the service, without being charged by the hour each time you contact us.
Education+ covers a broad range of legal matters affecting schools and academy trusts, including employment law, governance, safeguarding, academisation, complaints, contracts, SEND, pupil exclusions and health and safety.
We acknowledge and allocate requests for legal advice immediately. In most cases, you will receive a response within a maximum of 24 hours.
Your advice will come from HY Education’s specialist education solicitors and barristers. Our team works with schools, academies and multi-academy trusts, so the guidance you receive is grounded in the realities of the education sector.
Education+ is provided for a fixed annual cost, helping you budget more confidently and access support without worrying about additional hourly fees. Pricing will depend on the size and requirements of your organisation.
Trusted by Schools and Academy Trusts
Schools and academy trusts across the education sector choose HY Education for clear, responsive legal advice from specialists who understand the pressures, responsibilities and day-to-day realities of education. Our work has been recognised by The Legal 500 2026, while our 5/5 EdTech Impact score reflects the quality of the service and support our clients receive. Explore some of the organisations we work with and hear directly from the schools and trusts we support.
Find Out Whether Education+ Is Right for Your School
Every school and academy trust is different. Speak to our team about the legal support you need, how Education+ works and whether it could give your organisation a more responsive, predictable way to access specialist advice.
