Summer School Advisory Services
1 Introduction
1.1 Terms and conditions: These terms and conditions together with the completed Application / Booking Form are the basis of a legally binding contract between the Parent and the Company for the provision of the Summer School Advice services.
2 Terminology
2.1 Application / Booking Form: means the application / booking form for Parents to use when booking a Course for the Student.
2.2 The Company or We or Us: means Pippa’s Guardians Limited as now or in the future constituted (and any successor). The Company is constituted as a limited liability company.
2.3 Summer School (Course) Provider: means the Summer School holiday course delivered by
1) A host school or:
2) Delivered by an external third party within a host school.
The Summer School (Course) provider is not Pippa’s Guardians Limited. Pippa’s Guardians Limited is the Summer School (Course) Advisor.
2.4 The Summer School (Course) Advisor : Pippa’s Guardians Limited advises parents and students regarding summer school programs in the UK. Pippa’s Guardians Limited takes no responsibility for any errors in course administration (not limited to travel, course dates and times) once agreed between the parent and the Summer School (Course) Provider.
2.5 The Course Fees: means the fees for the Course as specified by the Summer School (Course). Please note Pippa’s Guardians Limited does not have any authority to set course fees or reduce course fee. Course fee is set by the Summer School (Course) Provider.
- 6 The Course Leader: means the Leader of the Summer School Course appointed by the host school or third party Summer School (Course) Provider.
2.7 The Deposit: means the deposit payable by the Parents when booking the Summer School Course. Deposits are paid directly to the Summer School (Course) provider unless prior arrangement with Pippa’s Guardians Limited.
2.8 The Parent or You: means the parent or legal guardian of the student and who has submitted the completed application / booking form.
2.9 The Student: means the person named on the Application / Booking form for whom a place on a Course has been confirmed by the Company.
3 Application / Booking a Place on a Course
3.1 Application / Booking: The Parent may book a place on the Course for the Student by completing the Application / Booking Form and submitting this to the Summer School (Course) Provider together with the Deposit.
3.2 Consideration of application / booking: An application / booking will only be considered by the Summer School (Course) Provider if the Application / Booking Form is fully completed, and the Deposit paid.
3.3 Availability: Places on the Course are subject to availability. If a place is not available it is at the discretion of the Summer School (Course) Provider to refund the deposit. Pippa’s Guardians Limited has not involvement in this matter.
3.4 Equality: The Company welcomes students from many different ethnic groups and backgrounds. We will do all that is reasonable to ensure that the Company’s culture, policies and procedures are made accessible to students who have disabilities and to comply with Our legal and moral responsibilities under equality legislation in order to accommodate the needs of applicants and students who have disabilities for which, after reasonable adjustments, We can cater adequately. The Company’s policies can be accessed on its website www.pippasguardians.co.uk.
4 Fees and Cancellation : Please refer to the Summer School (Course) providers Terms and Conditions.
Pippa’s Guardians Limited does not have any control over fees or cancellation decisions made by the Summer School (Course) provider.
4.1 Payment of the Course Fees: Please refer to the course providers T&C’s
4.2 Pocket money: The Parent shall provide the Student with pocket money in the applicable amounts suggested in 4.1.10 or 4.2.10 above for use while participating on the Course.
4.3 Refund or waiver: Summer School fees will not be refunded or waived by Pippa’s Guardians Limited regardless of circumstances.
4.4 Immigration: It shall be the Parents’ responsibility to ensure that the student has at all relevant flight and course dates and times and the appropriate immigration permission to enter the United Kingdom to study on the selected Summer School Course.
Pippa’s Guardians Limited will not be responsible for any student arriving in the UK without the appropriate immigration permission.
4.5 Non-payment of Course Fees: Pippa’s Guardians Limited takes no responsibility for Course Fees are not paid when due.
4.6 Cancellation rights: You can always end your advisory service with us. Your rights to end this consultation process is at your discretion.
4.7 Pippa’s Guardians Limited takes no responsibility if a student has committed a serious breach of discipline or behaviour or otherwise acted in a manner that is likely to cause injury to another, damage to property or damage to the reputation of the Company or is otherwise likely to disrupt the provision of educational services to other students.
4.8 Pippa’s Guardians Limited takes no responsibility when a parents provides untrue, misleading or incomplete information to the Summer School (course) provider.
4.9 Pippa’s Guardians Limited takes no responsibility if the student does not have the appropriate immigration permission to stay in the United Kingdom and to study on the Course.
5 Education and welfare
5.1 Provision of education: Pippa’s Guardians Limited will exercise reasonable care and skill in providing Summer School (course) advisory service for the student but cannot guarantee that s/he will achieve his / her desired results.
5.2 Complaints: Any question, concern or complaint about the pastoral care or safety of the student or any educational issue or other matter connected to the Summer School (course) provider must be notified to the Course provider as soon as practicable.
5.4 Medical Information: Parents must provide the Summer School (Course) provider with accurate medical information regarding the student. Failure to disclose to the Summer School (Course) Advisor and Summer School (Course) provider may result in course cancellation.
5.5 Insurance: The Parent is responsible for any other insurance including insurance of the student’s personal property whilst attending the Course or on the way to and from the Course location or any activity away from the Course location.
Pippa’s Guardians limited is not responsible for any uninsured students.
7 General contractual matters
7.1 Data Protection: We use the information collected about You and the Student to fulfil Our statutory duties. Our privacy notice, which contains further information about how We use personal data can be found here: https://www.pippasguardians.co.uk/uk-guardianship/our-policies/pippas-guardians-data-protection-and-privacy-policy/. Please read this carefully. If the Student is aged 12 or over then You must ensure that s/he has read this as well
7.2 Consumer rights: Care has been taken to use plain language in these terms and conditions and to explain its provisions. If any words alone or in combination infringe the consumer rights laws or any other provision of law, they shall be treated as severable and shall be replaced with words which give as near the original meaning as may be fair.
7.3 Information for Parents: We provide parents of students and prospective students with information about the Company, the Course and the educational services We provide in good faith. This information may be contained in the Course brochure, website or other promotional literature or in statements made by staff, but such information does not form part of this agreement. You acknowledge that are not entitled to rely on, and have not relied on, such information I when deciding whether to enter into this agreement unless You have sought and received specific confirmation from the Summer School (course) advisor that the information is accurate before submitting a completed application / booking form to the Summer School (Course) provider.
7.4 Third party rights: Only the Company and the Parent are parties to this agreement. The Student or any third party is not a party to it. No person other than a party to this agreement shall have any rights to enforce any term of this agreement.
7.5 Interpretation: These terms and conditions supersede those previously in force and will be construed as a whole. Headings, unless required to make sense of the immediate context, are for ease of reading only and are not otherwise part of the terms and conditions.
7.6 Jurisdiction: This agreement and any dispute or claim (including non-contractual disputes or claims) arising out of or in connection with it or its subject matter or formation is governed by and construed in accordance with the law of England and Wales and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of England and Wales.
By using this service, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not wish to be bound by these Terms you should not use this service.