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Navigating Employment Law in Restructuring & Workforce Change

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Wed 4 February 2026

14:00 - 15:00

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Join us for our third webinar in our Driving School Success series. These webinars will provide accessible, high-quality CPD focused on effective operations and strategic decision-making to help schools and trusts thrive.

In an era of tightening budgets, shifting workforce demands and ongoing legal reform, school leaders and HR professionals need clear, practical employment law guidance when considering organisational change. Join Craig Vincent and Penny Walters from Stone King LLP, who have considerable HR experience working in the Education Sector, for a focused webinar on key legal, practical and strategic considerations when restructuring your workforce.

This webinar will help you make confident, compliant decisions in the face of workforce challenges.

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Craig Vincent

Partner (Non-Legal) & Head of HR Consultancy Services, Stone King LLP

Craig is Head of HR Consultancy services and leads on all aspects of business development for the HR Consultancy team including speaking at regional and national events. He is a people-focussed HR professional with specialist knowledge in recruitment, talent management, people strategy and workforce design, and has extensive experience of working with clients from all sectors and holds specialist knowledge in education and charity. Craig is a people-focussed HR professional with specialist knowledge in recruitment, talent management, people strategy and workforce design, Craig also provides advice on complex HR issues as they arise including absence management, disciplinary, capability, grievance, TUPE, restructure and redundancy. Craig has extensive experience of working with clients from all sectors and holds specialist knowledge in education.

Penny Walters

Principal HR Consultant, Stone King LLP

Penny has been with Stone King since October 2018 and brings three decades of HR experience, specialising in the education sector. A Chartered Member of the CIPD and an ACAS-accredited workplace mediator, Penny works mainly with academy trusts and charities across the north of England, advising on sensitive and complex people matters including employee relations, TUPE, restructures and redundancies, performance and capability, sickness absence, equality and safeguarding issues.

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