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Challenges running a school, college or university

Running a school, college or university comprises an extraordinary range of challenges: navigating a complex web of regulations and legislation while balancing the needs of students, parents, staff, and governors, as well as the local authority and Ofsted.

How DAS can help

Legal advice helpline

With your DAS Commercial Legal Expenses Insurance cover, you are entitled to unlimited telephone commercial legal advice on any legal issue affecting your school, college or university.

Obtaining legal advice as early as possible may often prevent a problem from escalating into something more serious. In this short video, Simon Roberts introduces how the legal advice helpline can help your organisation manage a range of legal problems.

Call 0117 934 2116

Advice helplines – useful numbers

  • Claims helpline – 0117 934 2116
    Following a discussion on the legal advice helpline, if you then require legal representation, please contact the DAS Claims helpline.
  • Tax advice helpline – 0117 934 2116
    Advice on any taxation issue relating to your school, college or university.
  • Counselling service – 0117 934 2121
    A service to help your employees when dealing with a variety of issues.
  • Business assistance helpline – 0117 934 2116
    Helping you obtain an emergency contractor to secure your property. All costs of assistance provided are your responsibility.

Employment manual

Get access to a comprehensive guide to employment rules and regulations from our Employment Manual. It is a day-to-day guide to best employment practice in the most common areas of human resources and personnel management.

You can access information on matters such as drafting employment contracts, recruitment, redundancy, and establishing disciplinary, grievance and absence procedures.

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DAS Businesslaw

Included in your policy is access to DAS Businesslaw. DAS Businesslaw contains a range of regularly updated business and legal guides, document builders, interactive checklists and videos that can help you with the day-to-day running of your school, as well as helping you to manage its exposure to legal risk.

Visit www.dasbusinesslaw.co.uk and register by using code DASBZUR100​.

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About DAS Law

If you require legal assistance, your DAS Commercial Legal Expenses Insurance cover will direct you to an expert from a panel of law firms that are regularly audited for their expertise and service standards.

DAS Law takes on a high number of employment-related legal issues arising from education organisations, including unfair dismissals, whistleblowing and multi-discrimination cases.

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