Admissions Scandal

On the 5th of December (Saturday) i met with the school principal and some members of staff during an open day. I was assured a place and enrolled my son for grade 1 and was given a welcome pack and advised to make payment and start going through the welcome pack to get the necessary supplies for schools opening. <br> <br> I paid the deposit on the 7th of December (Monday) morning, which was discounted by the school to R1600 because i had enrolled during the open day only to be told later that day that there was no longer any place available. I requested a re-fund as the reason for the deposit was to enroll on the place which had been reserved for us, as had been promised on Saturday. And seeing as this had been withdrawn the school was in effect in breach of said agreement.<br> <br> I was promised a re-fund but the school proceeded to employ a combination of delay tactics until last week Friday (15 January 2016) when i was informed that there was a place for him and should i not take it up then the deposit became non-refundable, we want our re-fund as the school got our deposit under false pretence.