Atlanta Burgon analyses the impact of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on the education sector.
Atlanta Burgon analyses the impact of the Employment Rights Act 2025 on the education sector.
Invicta Law have explored some of the key reforms introduced by the Employment Rights Act 2025 throughout this series. Drawing on her experience advising schools and MATs, Atlanta Burgon highlights the areas likely to have the greatest practical impact on employers in the education sector.
Probation: making decisions sooner
Concerns about suitability for a role often emerge during the early stages of employment. In a school environment, these concerns may relate to classroom management, professional standards, safeguarding responsibilities, working relationships or a more general assessment of whether the individual is the right fit for the role.
Changes to unfair dismissal rights mean schools may have less time to assess performance and address concerns before greater employment protections apply. This places increased importance on effective probation management and communication with employees who are not performing as expected in the early stages.
Schools will need to identify concerns early, communicate them clearly and ensure appropriate support is in place during probation.
Where concerns remain unresolved, records showing what issues were identified, how they were communicated and what support was offered are likely to become increasingly important. For more information on this...
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