Specialised clerking services

Price starts at £565 for a 2.5 hour meeting, there is an additional  charge of £190 per hour for additional hours of the meeting

IRP support is free for Hackney maintained schools, price is available on request for all other schools and settings

Product Details

We offer specialised clerking to support: 

• Student Disciplinary panels / Exclusion panels
• Independent Review panels
• Complaints panels
• HR hearings
• Headteacher performance reviews
• Other bespoke requests

For student disciplinary or parental complaints panels/hearings, we provide: advice and guidance such as best practice exemplars for invitations, outcome letters, packs, orders of proceedings) to schools and governors; customised advice from clerk on procedural aspects during governor panel pre-meeting, and during and post-meeting; first draft of minutes and outcome letters.We will review case bundles and work closely with Chairs to advise on the integrity of the process, to ensure it will withstand further, external levels of scrutiny. We will liaise  with Local Authority Exclusions / SEND teams as appropriate.  Organising the meeting and issuing the final letter to all parties is normally performed by the School. 

For any HR/ staff grievance/ performance review meetings, we will provide high-calibre minutes, and work in partnership with HR colleagues to support as per their guidance; we will not provide HR advice for this type of hearings and normally will not draft the outcome letters. Organising the meeting and issuing the final letter to all parties is normally performed by the School. 

We produce high calibre formal minutes that are fully compliant and produce an accurate record of events and key decisions and transparency for scrutiny for stakeholders.

Testimonials

“The advice, multiple layered, was timely and accurate. Procedurally we were guided back to our policies and procedures for managing a complaint. Huge thanks to Madalina (Governor Services Manager) for her counsel which included an in-person discussion, proformas, and a draft letter with clear actionable guidance. Governors and complainant are happy with the outcome, and we can now proceed with managing the complaint on a secure footing. The service is highly recommended.”
Sue Davies, Link Governor for SEND, The Garden School, March 2026