Solicitor/Senior Solicitor (Education Law)

Job Title - Solicitor/Senior Solicitor (Education Law)

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 35 hours per week (but part-time minimum 21 hours per week will be considered)

Salary - Our salary range for this role is £31,000 to £51,000 per annum, dependant on experience and supervisory responsibilities.

We would be open to considering consultancy arrangements. The post holder will also benefit from eligibility for our bonus scheme.

Location - London or Colchester, depending on the preference of the successful candidate.

About Coram

Coram is the UK’s oldest children’s charity founded by Thomas Coram in London helping vulnerable children and young people since 1739. Today, the Coram group helps more than one million children, young people, families and professionals every year by providing access to the skills and opportunities they need to thrive.

One of the nine members of the Coram group, Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC) is the UK’s specialist centre for children’s rights in education, immigration, community care and family law, and provides significant international legal systems consultancy. The centre is located on the Coram Campus in central London with a base in Colchester. We champion access to justice through information and advice, legal practice and representation, policy and strategic litigation.

Our Legal Practice

Unit provides advice and representation primarily under legal aid contract. Our Policy and Practice Change team promotes practice change through training and capacity building to professionals and secures systems change through research, policy and advocacy.

About the role

We have an exciting new opportunity for up to two solicitors/ senior solicitors specialising in education law to work within our Education Law team.

We are looking for committed, passionate and experienced education solicitors who are able to provide high quality and empathetic legal advice, assistance and representation to families and young people. The successful candidate will be able to manage a diverse education and discrimination law caseload, with a focus on special educational needs and disability Tribunal appeals.

Applicants for the role need to be a qualified solicitor with experience of education law casework and ideally meet the Legal Aid supervisor standards or working towards becoming a Legal Aid supervisor.

We are committed to the wellbeing of our staff. Staff have access to Coram’s wellbeing package and are well supported with access to training, supportive line management and benefit from being part of a wider collaborative legal practice team.

The role is based in our offices in either London or Colchester. Hybrid working is adopted for most staff (dependent on experience) and can be discussed with line manager.

We will consider requests for part-time working.

Closing date: Wednesday 13th May 2026 at 5pm

Interview date: Week commencing the 18th May 2026

Coram is an equal opportunities employer and we believe a diverse workforce enables us to improve the services to the children and families we help. We are genuinely committed to encouraging candidates from all sections of the community we seek to support. This includes those from global majority ethnic backgrounds, those that identify as LGBQT+, those with disabilities, those with lived experience of care, those with neuro-diversity, and those from other groups who are underrepresented at Coram.

If applicants feel comfortable, we would encourage them to draw on lived experience as well as professional experience in their personal statement as part of their application.

We are committed to the safeguarding of children and where appropriate will require the successful applicant to undertake a check from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Registered Charity No. 281222.

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