TERMS AND CONDITIONS

WESTERN GHATS HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, Korome, WAYANAD

What these terms cover:

These are the Terms and Conditions on which we provide educational services.

Why you should read them?

Please read these terms carefully before you accept our offer of a place at the School for your child.

These terms tell you who we are and how and on what basis the School will provide educational services.

If you think there is a mistake in these terms, or if anything in these terms is unclear or you would like to have further explained to you, and
then please contact the Head to discuss.

1. Definitions
(a) Meanings of some words and phrases we use in these Terms and Conditions. In these Terms and Conditions some words and phrases have particular meanings and it is helpful to ensure certainty and consistency to have them defined. Such defined terms are set out below and when used in these Terms and Conditions they shall have the meaning given to them here.
"Acceptance Form" means the form provided by the School for parents to complete when accepting a place for their child at the School;
"Child" means a child of whatever age admitted by the School to be educated;
"Complaints Policy" means the School's procedure for handling complaints from parents, as amended from time to time for legal or other substantive reasons, or in order to assist the proper administration of the School. It does not form part of the contract between you and the School. A copy of the most up-to-date policy is on the School's website and is otherwise available from the School at any time upon request;
"Contract" has the meaning given in Clause 1(c) below;
"Deposit" means the amount set out and referred to as the deposit in the Acceptance Form (and that is separately set out in the Schedule of Fees);
"Fees" means the termly fees set out in the Schedule of Fees
"Head" means the person appointed by the Governors of the School to be responsible for (or to share in the responsibility for) the day-to-day running of the School, including anyone to whom such duties have been delegated;
"Schedule of Fees" means the published note of the School's prevailing fees notified to you from time to time and a copy of which remains available on the School's website and from the School at any time upon request;
"School Regulations" means the body of rules of the School as may be amended from time to time for legal, safety or other substantive reasons, or in order to assist the proper administration of the School. A copy of the then current version of the regulations is provided to each child on entry and is sent to parents with the Acceptance Form;
"Term" means a term of the School as notified to parents from time to time;
"a term's notice" means written notice given by both parents or one of the parents with the prior written consent of the other parent and in either case the prior written consent of any other person with parental responsibility where appropriate, before the first day of the term before the term to which the notice relates1;
"Terms and Conditions" means these Terms and Conditions as may be amended from time to time;
"We" or the "School" means the legal entity carrying on as the School as identified in Clause 1(b) below; and
"You" or the "parents" means each person who has signed the Acceptance Form as a parent of the child, or a person who with the School's expresses written consent replaces a person who has signed the Acceptance Form.
In these Terms and Conditions we sometimes provide illustrative examples to try and provide you with a better understanding of what we are referring to. We do this by using the words "for example", "includes”, or "including". When we do use these words, it means that the examples that are given are not exclusive or limiting examples of the matter in question.
We also use headings to introduce separate provisions. These headings are for ease of understanding only.

(b) Who we are. We are WESTERN GHATS Higher Secondary School in Korome, Wayanad District, and Kerala State, India.

(c) Our contract with you. The Letter of Offer, the Acceptance Form, the Schedule of Fees and these Terms and Conditions (as in each case may be varied from time to time) form the terms of an agreement (the "contract") between you and the School. It is not intended that the terms of this contract shall be enforceable by your child or by any other third party.

So if, for example, a term's notice is required to withdraw your child from an extra-curricular activity with effect from the start of the summer term (which is the term to which the notice relates) then a term's notice means you need to tell us in writing about the withdrawal, at the latest, before the first day of the spring term immediately before.

Notice Requirements:

(a) Notice to withdraw your child from the School. If you wish to withdraw your child from the School (other than at the normal leaving date at the end of Year), you must either give us a clear term's notice to that effect or pay to the School a term's fees in lieu of notice, at such rate as would have been charged for the final term of provision if a term's notice had been given. This means that if, for example, you wish to withdraw your child with effect from the start of the autumn term (i.e., at the start of an academic year) then you would need to tell us in writing that you wish to withdraw your child before the first day of the preceding summer term (i.e., the final term of the preceding academic year).

(b) When the relevant amount in lieu of notice must be paid. In cases, the appropriate sum in lieu of notice will become payable by you to us as a debt on the first day of the term which would have been the final term of provision if a term's notice had been given.

(c) Notice to withdraw your child from participating in an activity covered by a supplemental charge. If you wish to withdraw your child from an activity charged for as supplemental, you must either give a term's notice to that effect or pay to the School as a debt a term's charges for the activity in which your child has ceased to participate.

(d) Withdrawal part-way through a term does not reduce the amount you owe to the School. The School's affairs are organised on a termly basis and it is not possible for you to reduce the amount of fees or supplemental charges due, or to obtain a refund of fees or supplemental charges, by withdrawing your child or by your child's ceasing to participate in an activity part-way through a term.