School Admissions

A school I work with has offered to 'find a seat' for our younger one. Should I take it?

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My company runs programmes in several schools, and one of the principals I deal with knows we're looking at options for our younger son for next June. On a call last week she said, kindly and quite openly, that she'd find a seat if we applied. No money involved, nothing like that. The school is decent and close enough. But I'd be a parent there and also a vendor, and I'm not sure how I'd raise a concern about a teacher, or how my next contract would look. My partner says I'm overthinking a favour anyone would take. Has anyone been in a similar spot?

6 comments

  • citrus_compass_5721

    I'd take it 🙂 Everyone uses whatever connection they have for admissions, and you're not paying anybody. The vendor part will sort itself out. If the school is good, the rest is noise.

    • moss_pigeon_2505

      'It will sort itself out' is a big assumption. What happens the first time she disagrees with this principal in a contract meeting while her son is in the school?

  • breezy_paper_4500

    if he'd get in anyway without the favour, it's not really a favour. if not, that's your answer 😄

  • violet_puzzle_8221

    would you be ok with other parents knowing how he got in. that's my test for these things

  • jade_badminton_4919

    we're in the same lkg hunt. if i had this i'd take it and keep work separate. but i'm not the one with a contract on the line

    • fern_drum_2888

      Keeping work separate is harder than it sounds once you're in the parents' WhatsApp group and someone works out who you are 🙂

  • linen_trail_6151

    i'd separate them. apply through the normal process, thank the principal and say you'd like it done the usual way. if he gets in, he got in

    • moss_pigeon_2505

      Yes. And put it in writing that you declined the offer. Memories change when contracts come up for renewal.

  • sunny_kite_4025

    I run a similar business. A school we work with once offered the same. I said no and kept them as a client. Easier sleep.

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