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Depending on the size and area of the location of the school you are operating in, a number of property issues will always arise in relation to the running of a school and legal advices may be required. Issues may include: Boundary issues, sales and purchases of property and sporting pitches, leases versus licences, easements, landlord and tenant issues, rental issues, letting of school buildings to local communities, planning issues for the extension and construction of schools, applying for National Lottery Grant Funding, security of tenure and title issues. This article examines some of these issues.

This article examines the requirements for foreign qualifications to be recognised by educational institutions and the interaction with the European Union Directive 2005/36/EC.

This article examines the problems faced by private schools when collecting their fees and the various ways in which debt collection is managed by private schools. The need for a coherent and up to date policy for the payment of fees is highlighted along with the importance for such a policy to be revised on a regular basis.

This article looks at the phenomenon of social networking and assesses the associated risks and benefits to school-going students. Current national and EU guidelines which have been established to monitor internet use among young people are examined and future trends in this area are also discussed.

Every school has the responsibility for educating, protecting, and guiding its pupils. However, where the pupils are also boarders, this responsibility is greatly increased. Schools offering boarding facilities must take significantly greater care and consideration for the welfare of their boarder pupils. The school becomes responsible not just for the safe daily education of the pupil but also steps in to a role of in loco parentis – a substitute parent to the pupil. This article explores some of the additional considerations for schools offering boarding facilities.