TARONJA SCHOOL - TANDEM VALENCIA

GENERAL CONDITIONS

Included in the enrolment fee (55 US$): Administration costs, Santiago map, free Internet access/WIFI, use of library.

Included in the course fee: Level-testing, Spanish course, educational material (photocopies and textbooks), the costs of some of the activities included in the cultural programme, certificate of attendance and language exchange where applicable.

Not included in the course fee: Airport transfers, travel insurance, the costs of some of the activities included in the cultural programme, final examination.

All course and accommodation fees are in US$.

The minimum age of students is 16 years; students younger than 18 years need written authorization from their parents. Escuela TANDEM Santiago accepts no responsibility for any accidents that may occur outside of the Spanish school, nor for loss or theft of personal property on our premises. Travel insurance can be obtained through the school, if required.

REGISTRATION

Minimum ages

The minimum age to enrol in TARONJA is 16 years. For students under 18, the school needs that the legal representative or legal guardian of the minor, accepts the terms and conditions.

Please complete the enrolment form and send it to us Once we receive your enrolment form we will send you back a booking confirmation of your course. Then you will have to submit a deposit of 150 € to our bank account to finally book your course. This deposit is part of your course price + enrolment fees and will be discounted of the total amount. When we receive your deposit, we will send you an invoice and detailed information of your course as proof of your enrolment in our school. The rest of the total amount has to be paid a maximum of 15 days before the beginning of the course.

HOW CAN I PAY?

Bank account

BANCAJA
Address: C/ Pintor Sorolla, 15 - 46002 Valencia
Account Holder: Taronja School
Account Nr.: 05004 37-504
BIC/SWIFT: CVALESVV
IBAN: ES40 2077 0377 1131 0050 1825

CANCELLATION

Due to internal policy, all cancellations must be notified to TARONJA in advance by writing.

In cancellations made 30 days before the course starts, the school will refund all fees paid deducting just the enrolment fee (45 €). The school will keep this amount during the current year for a possible course at a later date. After the end of the current year this amount will be kept by the school. In cancellations made 15 days before the course starts, the school will refund all fees paid deducting the deposit (150 €). The school will keep this amount during the current year for a possible course at a later date. After the end of the current year this amount will be kept by the school. In cancellations made less than 15 days before the course starts, the school will refund the student just the 60% of the course. The other 40% will be kept by the school during the current year for a possible course at a later date. After the end of the current year this amount will be kept by the school.

Money WILL NOT be refunded in case a cancellation is made once the course and/or accommodation has started. Only special cases due to illness of the student, or of a close family member, will be considered upon the presentation of a medical certificate.

TARONJA reserves the right to cancel courses when insufficient bookings are made, and to transfer students to other courses. In both cases a full refund of fees, including deposit money, will be made if the student should request so.

Maximum number of students per class is 10, minimum is 3. If the number of students per class is less than 3, the school has the right to reduce the number of class hours to half the total (because this is basically like private lessons). If the student does not want to accept this agreement, he/she will only have the right to be refunded the corresponding amount to the reduced number of hours. In no case will money be refunded if a student arrives after the beginning of the course, or misses class days, under his/her responsibility. If the student cannot assist one day to his/her class, he will not reclaim the school the refund of the class, there’s no possibility to recover it. Students going to miss a whole week have to inform the School 7 days before.

POSTPONEMENT

A student may postpone his/her starting date by notifying TARONJA with a minimum of 7 days before the course starts. All fees will be transferred to a later starting date.

DIDACTIC MATERIAL

School lessons book is included in the price for students taking Intensive and Super-Intensive course for 2 or more weeks. The rest of students will be provided with photocopies and can also buy the lessons book at an extra cost if they wish.

CERTIFICATES

All students who complete a Spanish course will receive a certificate that follows the «Common European Framework of Reference for Languages». However, to receive the Certificate it is necessary to assist to, at least, 80% of the lessons.

INSURANCE

TARONJA students are insured by the school, inside the school through a third party and outside the school in the activities organized by the school (trips, extra activities outside the school). Our students ARE NOT insured by TARONJA school against illness, accident, theft, loss of personal effects, or any other inconvenience. TARONJA will not accept any responsibility for such occurrences. Students should check if their home country has any kind of medical agreement with the Spanish Social Security European Community students and Suisse students should obtain the TSE (Sanitary European card). This is an individual card to obtain assistance during a temporal period in any city of the European Community or Switzerland. Non-European community citizens should have an international health insurance policy valid for Spain.

The school offers the possibility of arranging a medical insurance for students at an extra cost.