I've seen some threads on this previously. In terms of our situation then we obtained a place for our daughter last year when she was 6 months. We are now having to move away from the area to be closer to family - which was unforeseen at the time. We've not applied to any other schools in the area and we only ever intended on sending our daughter to this particular school. We paid a £1200 deposit which the school says is non refundable now despite the fact that we have not taken the place (she is 20 months old) and we are giving 20 months notice of not taking the place. Its a well regarded school with a waitlist so I have no doubts it will fill the place.
My question is do we have any leg to stand on asking for the deposit back? I know there is all the "non-refundable" text etc - but the aim of these clauses is to deter gaming of the system - something we aren't doing as we are moving away unexpectedly.. Any thoughts/advice please?
Thanks!
Join our Primary Education forum to discuss starting school and helping your child get the most out of it.
Primary education
Question - 20 month old daughter not taking place at private school as we are moving out of London - is there anyway we can ask for our deposit back?
AlicePalace99 · 31/01/2018 11:15
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
This reply has been deleted
Message withdrawn at poster's request.
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.