Education: Institutions (Schools)
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 3
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01865 722106Chambers Review
Penningtons Manches Cooper offers extensive education support for independent schools. The team regularly advises clients on matters including SEN, safeguarding, employment and pension issues. The firm is also adept at handling allegations of misconduct, sexual assault and disability discrimination claims.
Strengths
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"Penningtons has an amazing employment and education overlap, which is great for school clients."
"Penningtons Manches Cooper's advice has been sound and they are proactive."
"I love Penningtons. Manches Cooper. They have a really good understanding of everything school-related."
"The firm have people with specific knowledge and experience bases."
"Penningtons has an amazing employment and education overlap, which is great for school clients."
"Penningtons Manches Cooper's advice has been sound and they are proactive."
"I love Penningtons. Manches Cooper. They have a really good understanding of everything school-related."
"The firm have people with specific knowledge and experience bases."
Notable Practitioners
Gemma Woodhouse is an employment lawyer based in Reading who has a noteworthy reputation for her work in the independent school sector. She leads the education team, assisting clients with both contentious and non-contentious work, including staff dismissals, workplace investigations and pensions issues.
"Gemma is an excellent solicitor who engenders a high degree of trust. She is pragmatic."
"She is clear, supportive and has a very strong understanding of the education sector and the law."
"Gemma Woodhouse is very hard-working and offers sound, practical advice. She draws on her employment law experience to give her clients holistic sound advice."
"Gemma has excellent sector knowledge and a wealth of experience."