19. Withdrawals

19

WITHDRAWALS

We do not like to lose any students but we understand that sometimes it is necessary to withdraw your child from school. If you would like to discuss changing schools, in the first instance, we suggest you speak with your child’s Head of House. If you require references to be written for your child, parents should inform the Vice Principal Pastoral, Mr. Crispian Waterman, for support in this process.

The school will support applications to other schools by completing an NLCS Jeju Standard Student Reference Form (SSRF) which is acceptable to all UK and US high schools. We do not support applications through third party agencies or sites such as SAO/SSAT or Gateway to Prep Schools. References or recommendations (the SSRF) will be passed onto the destination school, not to student, parent or third parties.

Parents should give the school at least a week of notice to prepare this information and bear in mind that during school holidays, more time may be needed.

parents need to complete the Parent Portal form ‘Request to support an application to another school/s’.

Parents should give the School a week to complete the process of preparing and sending the documentation to destination schools.

Parents should not contact subject teachers directly.

Please do not expect documentation to be made at short notice; this places support staff and faculty in a difficult position and can lead to mistakes.

Any questions relating to process can be directed to the Student Records Officer. Any questions relating to content that pertain to your child can be directed at the respective Head of House.

Once parents have a confirmed withdrawal date for the child they should inform Mr. Toby Waterson with the details of the last day of school, destination school and motive for the move. The school will ask for an Exit Survey to be completed.

There are forms on the iSAMS Parent Portal that should be used to request support for applications to other schools and to confirm withdrawal of your child from NLCS Jeju. Please note: we require a term’s notice (at least) should you decide to withdraw your child if there is to be no financial penalty.

If you have any questions about this process please call the Student Records officer on +82 64 793 8824.