Get the best experience in our app Enjoy offline reading, category favourites, and instant updates - right from your pocket. Download the App Maybe later Home Archived Legal advice for teachers Back Legal advice for teachers Legal advice for teachers from Anita Chopra, partner at Match Solicitors. Subjects covered include the law on school trips, stress at work, child protection and plagiarism 1st July 2009, 1:00am Tes Editorial Share Legal advice for teachers https://www.tes.com/magazine/archive/legal-advice-teachers Copy Link August 2009:The law on . School lunches (21 August, 2009)The law on . After-school clubs (14 August, 2009)The law on . Collective worship in schools (7 August, 2009)July 2009:The law on . Racist incidents (31 July, 2009)The law on . Term-time absence (24 July, 2009)The law on . Overseas trips (17 July, 2009)The law on . Applying sunscreen (10 July, 2009)The law on . Plagiarism (3 July, 2009)June 2009:The law on . Referrals to the GTC (26 June, 2009)The law on . Taking photographs (19 June,2009)The law on . Child protection (12 June, 2009)The law on . Internal disciplinary hearings (5 June, 2009)May 2009:The law on . Stress at work (29 May, 2009)The law on . School trips (22 May, 2009)The law on . New legislation (15 May 2009)The law on . Special needs (8 May, 2009)The law on . Previous convictions (1 May, 2009)April 2009:The law on . Grievance procedures (24 April, 2009)The law on . Smoking (17 April, 2009)The law on . Admissions hearings (10 April, 2009)The law on . Banning parents (3 April, 2009)March 2009:The law on . Parental complaints (27 March, 2009)The law on . Exclusions from school (20 March, 2009)The law on . Bullying (13 March, 2009)The law on . Confiscating property (6 March, 2009)February 2009:The law on . Disability discrimination (27 February, 2009)The law on . Reasonable force (20 February, 2009)The law on . Internet use (13 February, 2009)The law on . Data protection (6 February, 2009) Want to keep reading for free? Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. Register Log in Register with Tes and you can read five free articles every month, plus you'll have access to our range of award-winning newsletters. More information Keep reading for just £4.90 per month /per month for 12 months You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters Subscribe now You've reached your limit of free articles this month. Subscribe for £4.90 per month for three months and get: Unlimited access to all Tes magazine content Exclusive subscriber-only stories Award-winning email newsletters More information Read more Teacher interview questions: what will I be asked? Tes Editorial • 10th October 2025 Sats week: key test dates for 2026 Tes Editorial • 1st October 2025 5 top Tes articles for school leaders Tes Editorial • 19th August 2025 5 top Tes articles on the science of learning Tes Editorial • 12th August 2025 Recent Most read Most shared What my ‘hidden’ trauma taught me about belonging in schools Analysis 25 March 2026 International schools must embrace their role as agents of change Leadership 25 March 2026 Why consistency is key for schools in times of crisis Leadership 25 March 2026 Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum Teaching & Learning 4 March 2026 Why early years settings need to reduce noise and ‘visual clutter’ News 20 March 2026 How this school group is using AI to reimagine primary teaching Analysis 23 March 2026 Top schools ‘shutting out’ disadvantaged students with SEND News 24 March 2026 Parent contact is ‘unmanageable’, say nearly a fifth of teachers News 24 March 2026 The subtitles myth: why children don’t learn to read from TV Teaching & Learning 24 March 2026