Stone King
Solicitor - Education
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Solicitor – Education Team – Nationwide (Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds or Manchester)
About Stone King
Stone King is an ambitious and purpose-driven firm whose collaborative culture and core values reflect a commitment to doing the right thing for our clients, communities, and people. Our dedication to expertise in our specialist fields has earned us recognition as national leaders in education law, further education, and related sectors.
The firm brings together a passion for purposeful work, ingesting a progressive ethos into everything we do—through sustained expertise and a focus on client, community, and personal development.
The Opportunity
This is an exceptional opportunity for an Educational Solicitor to join our progressive, nationally renowned Education Team, working closely with state-funded schools and further education institutions.
Key Focus Areas
- Advise on pupil and parent-related issues including legal safeguarding, welfare, Equality Act matters, admissions and exclusions, complaints, and regulatory matters involving Ofsted and the Department for Education.
- Work across contentious and non-contentious matters, including trustee governance support and charity law.
- Gain broad experience in the strategic, regulatory, and commercial landscape affecting schools and colleges.
- Career Growth: Stone King’s Education Team is ranked Tier 1 by Chambers and Legal 500, offering in-house mentorship and exposure to high-profile cases.
Location & Working Arrangements
- Flexible hybrid working options available.
- Locations: Bath, Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds or Manchester.
Reasons to Join
- Unique Learning Opportunities: Work alongside multi-sector specialists, delivering training, webinars, and events.
- Purpose-Driven Culture: Embrace our firm-wide commitment to ethical excellence and career development.
- Supportive Environment: We value invested individual growth, guiding your evolution within the field.
- Diverse & Collaborative Culture: Fostered by a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as signatories to Mindful Business Charter, Race Fairness Commitment, and Age-Friendly Employer Pledge.
- Wellbeing Prioritised: Mindful of mental health, we are flexible with working arrangements to support work-life balance.
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Key Responsibilities
- Client-Centric Work: Manage individual caseloads, liaising directly with clients either on-site or remotely.
- Strategic Support: Offer board-level advice alongside our Charity and Sector Specialist teams.
- Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing: Contribute to Team events, firm-wide training sessions, and business development activities.
- Compliance & Quality: Adhere to Stone King’s standards, procedures and core values, attending Team and commercial meetings.
- Early Involvement in Complex Matters: Assist senior lawyers with regulatory investigations, tribunal claims, judicial reviews, and related high-profile cases.
- Continuing Professional Development: Proactively pursue CPD requirements within education law.
Essential Requirements
- Qualified Solicitor: NoFixed Post-Qualification Experience—career progression at all stages.
- Sector-Specific Experience: Demonstrated experience in advising schools or education sector clients.
- Strong Discipline and Commitment: Professional development mindset, prior handling of caseloads, and independent or team-based work.
- IT Proficiency: Familiarity with legal systems and Microsoft applications.
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Desirable Traits
- Passion for Business Development.
- Professional Attributes:
- Clear personal organisation skills, with ability to deliver patient-centric results within deadlines.
- Clear and influential communication skills.
- Adaptable to growing workload demands, with keen ability to assist team members.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Stone King champions diversity, designing roles to accommodate career progression and personal growth. Our policies reflect broader inclusion efforts:
- Disability-Friendly Recruitment: Stone King is a Disability Confident Employer and offers interviews based on minimum criteria adjusted for personalspecification needs.
- Flexible employment practices, committing accessibility in a relaxed interview setting.
Contact the Recruitment Team to discuss adjustments or supplementary information via: 📧 Recruitment@stoneking.co.uk 📞 +44 1225 326770
We are an equal opportunities employer, encompassing all protected characteristics and consisting of systematic nondiscrimination processes.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Profit Share Scheme
- Staff Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance Plan
- 4× Annual Salary Life Assurance
- 401(K)-style Pension Scheme
- 28 Core Holidays (in addition to UK legal holiday, including an additional day allocated for charity/Social Responsibility activities)
- Progressive Recruitment Process: Applications reviewed as submitted; ads may close early if filled, so early application is advised.
Closing Date: 17 July 2026
Recruitment Agencies please refrain from unsolicited applications. Collaboration will be on a case-by-case basis. Please do not send CVs directly.
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