The Hawthorne's Free School, which was born out of the closures by Sefton Council of St Wilfrid's Catholic High School and St George of England Specialist Engineering College, could now be the subject of a legal challenge because the employment rights of a majority of staff remain unresolved.
Legally, because the new school is effectively an amalgamation of the two former schools, and will be based on the site of the former St George of England school, it is deemed to be a direct replacement for the closing schools and so the employment of staff is subject to Transfer of Undertakings Protection of Employment Regulations (TUPE).
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