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Free English classes for au pairs

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Libra · 30/05/2007 12:28

Dear au pair 'employers'

I have lurked on your threads for some months now since we have decided to bite the bullet and have an au pair from August.

We have now (hopefully) found a nice German girl who we have agreed a contract with.

So far, from my lurking, I have used mumsnetters' interview questions, contract details and lots of other useful ideas about finding an au pair. (The Great Aupair site was a god send!) However, I have a question: There are quite a few mentions of free English classes.
I can not find out any more about these. The local college offers part-time English classes and our au pair is going to go there, but there is no mention of any classes that are free for au pairs. Am I looking in the wrong place?

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Libra · 30/05/2007 13:35

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Nightynight · 30/05/2007 13:42

Free english courses are offered at our local college of further education. They are not full time, around 4-6 hours per week iirc. They are free for anyone with a valid visa, or european citizen, so that would include au pairs.

Libra · 30/05/2007 13:46

Thanks Nightynight. It is odd because our local college, whilst offering part-time English language courses, makes no mention of the possibility of them being free. Is your college in England? Maybe it is because I am in Scotland and we have different policies up here.
Is anyone in Scotland and has seen such free classes?

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Nightynight · 30/05/2007 13:57

Id phone them and ask. It could quite likely be different in Scotland.

Libra · 30/05/2007 14:14

Yes, I will have to do that.
Anyone from Scotland with any experience of au pairs?

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