EDUAID UK was officially formed in 2025, however the concept began in 2017 after helping various groups of parents in Norfolk. 

One of which was a child with SEND, who was in danger of being placed on a manage move from their primary school which would have caused upheaval to the family and the child’s education. EDUAID UK provided intervention and helped the child’s family to be provided with the correct support which their child needed. Their child was then able to stay in the school they wanted to be in. 

The founder of EDUAID UK, Tom Mitchell, has over 20 years’ experience in the Education sector including holding posts of middle manager positions. 

He was also associated with various Teacher Unions holding a National Executive Level. 

EDUAID UK was set up to help and guide Parents, Carers & Pupils who are facing disputes with their education providers such as SEND issues, EHCP issues, Bullying, Exclusions etc.

We also realise the need to provide support, help and guidance to Teaching staff and School Support staff who are also facing disputes in their workplace. 

Our goal is to offer this support at an affordable price with honesty and integrity at the focus point of our support.  
 

Tom Mitchell was a teacher at Taverham High School for eight years, with a previous seven years experience in both Norfolk and London. He himself was involved in a workplace dispute with Taverham High School, for which in most part represented himself. 

He was suspended in May 2021 and then dismissed in May 2022 but continued his teaching career.

The Judge at an Interim Relief hearing held in June 2022 stated:

“32. For the purposes of this application, I do not propose to go through each of the documents relied upon by the claimant to say whether I find that it is likely that the claimant will show that he made separate disclosures each qualifying as protected disclosures at the final hearing. This will ultimately be a matter of fact for the final hearing to determine. 

33. Rather than go through each document containing alleged protected disclosure(s), some of which are long documents containing many assertions, I propose to deal with the application by carrying out a summary assessment of these documents taken as a whole. On doing so, I consider that the claimant will be likely to be able to show that the information he provided, in at least one of the various documents relied upon, tended to show in his reasonable belief that the health and safety of pupils and teachers may be adversely affected if the Covid-19 pandemic was not managed appropriately and proper ventilation was in place. 

34. It is clear that these were not disclosures which were being made by the claimant in his personal interest. I have regard to the guidance of Underhill LJ in Chesterton Global Limited & Another v Nurmohamed 2017 IRLR 837 as to when a disclosure is in the public interest. I consider it likely that the claimant will persuade a tribunal that he had a genuine and reasonable belief that the information he was giving was in the public interest, given that he was discussing the Covid-19 procedures adopted by a school. 

35. My summary view, therefore, is that the claimant does have a pretty good chance of succeeding in showing that he made a public interest disclosure. 
 

39. Therefore, the claimant’s application for interim relief is refused and these 
matters should be properly tested a full hearing"
 

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