Sectors

Education

WorkNest’s Education Team offers schools expert Employment Law and HR support, handling complex issues like litigation, TUPE, restructuring, industrial action, safeguarding, and everyday matters like disciplinaries and grievances. Our team, including qualified solicitors and CIPD members, provides practical guidance on performance management, absence, union relations, and disputes.

Our four-pillar Health & Safety approach includes a General Risk Assessment covering Health and Safety Management, Facilities, Curriculum-related, and School-specific risks. With the SafetyNest QR code feature, staff can easily report safety actions for quick resolution, ensuring a safe, compliant environment.

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Specialist advice and support for education leaders

At WorkNest, we recognise that every organisation is different. But with specialist sector teams, you can benefit from the shared insight and expertise of our advisors, who support hundreds of other education establishments that will be facing similar challenges to you. 

Why choose us?

With years of experience supporting over 250 education organisations across nearly 600 sites, we understand the unique challenges facing the Education Sector. Here is how we can help:

  • Personalised relationships - Our team of named experts works closely with you, gaining a deep understanding of your institution’s needs and delivering a personalised service.
  • Practical, results-oriented solutions - We focus on delivering efficient and compliant outcomes that align with your goals.
  • Innovative technology integration - Tools like our real-time compliance and risk management platforms make managing operations straightforward and stress-free.
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Experts in Employment Law & HR

All of our specialist Employment Law Advisers from our dedicated Education Team have a strong background in the sector. They have an expert understanding of school leadership, governance and strategy and vast experience in taking even the best organisations to the next level.

Your named Employment Law Advisers will:

  • Specialist Advice - Access a dedicated team that provides solution-based advice on all types of matters concerning structural change, including large-scale restructuring and TUPE.
  • HR Tools - Our PeopleNest platform controls risk, reduces administration costs, and increases workforce productivity
  • Custom Documentation - Professionally drafted contracts, handbooks and policies that are legally compliant and align with best practices for education providers

With WorkNest, qualified support is just a phone call away. Whether you require strategic advice, step-by-step guidance through a specific issue, or just the reassurance of a second opinion, we will help take the hassle and uncertainty out of complex and time-consuming employee issues, allowing you to focus on maintaining and improving educational standards.

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Experts in Health & Safety

  • Managing risk, especially where children are involved, requires the expertise of an experienced health and safety professional. As an approved partner of the Institute of School Business Leadership, we are best placed to support you in creating a safe working environment.

Your dedicated Health & Safety Consultant will:

Alongside this we also provide:

  • Innovative Software - Our SafetyNest platform offers real-time visibility into compliance across multiple sites, featuring tools like QR codes for streamlined monitoring
  • Emergency Assistance - In the event of an incident, we provide hands-on support with investigations, regulatory liaison, and legal defence.

At WorkNest, we don’t believe in merely performing audits and handing back reports; we are committed to providing the best quality hands-on support and will work with you to implement practical solutions. Our comprehensive approach will allow you to confidently meet your legal obligations and protect those affected by your activities.

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24/7 unlimited support from your dedicated advisers

Whichever service you use, our highly qualified advice teams will form the bedrock of your relationship with WorkNest. You get named advisers, ensuring the support and advice you get remains consistent and from people who understand your business.

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Who you’ll be working with

“WorkNest supports our 280 staff members with Employment Law and Health & Safety and has provided quality management training too.”
Lisa BestHead of Service Delivery, Catalyst Choice
“Our relationship with WorkNest is more like a supportive partnership. They treat us like peers, and yet provide extraordinary support whenever we need it. Whether it is about the challenges of working through a pandemic or building a new HR strategy, the people at WorkNest have been kind, holding our hand when that was needed (and it was!) and skilled experts, providing guidance as we required it. We would not have managed through this last period without them, and I look forward to more of this cooperation ahead.”
Gus HoseinExecutive Director, Privacy International
"As Group HR Director, I take great stock in our relationship with WorkNest. They have always proven themselves to be very technically competent, up to date and relevant – they provide good, solid advice in a responsive way. “I fundamentally feel that it is a good relationship that is going to be very helpful for us for our long-term future."
Richard BerryGroup HR Director, The Culina Group
“Pineapple have worked with the team at WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) since 2003, and we have built a trusted partnership together. We particularly like WorkNest’s concise and practical advice concerning employment law/HR issues and also appreciate their totally supportive approach in all areas of health and safety.”
General ManagerPineapple Dance Studios
“As the company started to get larger, we knew we had to protect our employees and our contractors both onsite and in the offices. WorkNest is exactly what we needed to move the company forward.”
Joanne BeaverOperations Director, Beaverfit
“WorkNest (formerly HRSP) provided fantastic support with our recent staffing review. Christian sought to really understand our organisation, and offered clear advice throughout. He was consistently responsive and flexible, and provided a valuable sounding board in respect of some of the more challenging parts of the process. I look forward to continuing to work with WorkNest in the future.”
Celia McKeonChief Executive, The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT)
“What we recognised in WorkNest is the background that they have. They are able to supply knowledge and experience in a number of disciplines, which enables us to develop our business in a way that’s safe, to do it on time and with a quality to it.”
Debbie RainbowDirector of Human Resources and Health & Safety, Bluestone National Park Resort
“We moved our legal support to WorkNest (formerly Law at Work) having previously used a time and line law firm. It was important, though, that an all-inclusive fee structure did not come at the expense of quality. Thankfully we’ve been delighted with the service we’ve received from WorkNest.”
Chief ExecutiveWaverley Care
“We get a great deal of comfort and satisfaction knowing that we have support as and when we need it, in a decisive and responsive way.”
Richard BerryGroup HR Director, Culina Group
“WorkNest supports our 280 staff members with Employment Law and Health & Safety and has provided quality management training too.”
Lisa BestHead of Service Delivery, Catalyst Choice
“Our relationship with WorkNest is more like a supportive partnership. They treat us like peers, and yet provide extraordinary support whenever we need it. Whether it is about the challenges of working through a pandemic or building a new HR strategy, the people at WorkNest have been kind, holding our hand when that was needed (and it was!) and skilled experts, providing guidance as we required it. We would not have managed through this last period without them, and I look forward to more of this cooperation ahead.”
Gus HoseinExecutive Director, Privacy International
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