Premium and Main guardianship services
Premium and Main guardianship services
Pre-arrival and UK Legal requirements
At Oxford Guardians most of our services come under two categories of guardianship – Main and Premium.
The Premium service is compulsory for children under 13 years of age.
Parents can choose either our Premium or Main service when a child is thirteen years or over.
The Premium service is distinguished by virtue of more frequent visits and contact with your child and additional services.
Oxford Guardians can also tailor its services to the individual needs of you and your child
If you need a guardian for a short term only, or you need a more comprehensive service than our Premium, we will tailor a service to fit your needs – just let us know how we can help.
Premium Service
This service is compulsory for all children under the age of 13 years.
We also recommend our Premium service for all children regardless of age – at least during the first school term – as this is the time when they are most in need of reassurance from a guardian.
Pre-arrival documentation and UK legal requirements
- Supplying the guardianship letter to help with the application process for the visa
- Sending the child the Oxford Guardians’ pre-arrival pack
- On arrival to UK registering your child with the police as required
Host family
- Finding a suitable host family for your child
- Ensuring all police checks are carried out and that references and documentation required in connection with the host family are supplied
- Introducing your child to the host family before the first stay
- Visiting the host family regularly
Health, welfare and everyday practicalities
- Weekly contact with child and parents
- Minimum 6 visits per year to child by Oxford Guardians
- Registering your child with the doctor and dentist as required
- Arranging emergency medical treatment if required
- Giving advice in the event of a crisis
- 24-hour telephone contact service
- Arranging payment of pocket money to your child as required
- Setting up a UK bank account for your child as required
- Organising a UK Sim Card for your child’s phone as required
School
- Liaising with the host family, the school and the parents
- Making sure that the child’s, parents’ and school’s needs for weekend exeats, half-term and holiday periods are suitably met
- Day-to-day advice as required by student, parents or school
- Attending parents’ evenings and discussing your child’s progress with his or her teachers, and reporting to the parents
- Regular contact with the student to ensure he/she is settled and happy in the academic environment
- Assisting with GCSE, A-level and university/college choices and courses
- Monitoring your child’s educational progress and arranging additional tuition when necessary in conjunction with the school
- Arranging the purchase of School uniform as required
Transport
- Meeting your child at the airport on first arrival
- Arranging transport in the UK, for example to and from the host family and airport
- Assisting with flight arrangements and booking tickets
And in addition
- Visa renewals by post or in person
- No additional guardianship fee for Oxford Guardians if guardianship is required during school holidays e.g. Christmas and Easter.
Main Service
Pre-arrival documentation and UK legal requirements
- Supplying the guardianship letter to help with the application process for the visa
- Sending the child the Oxford Guardians’ pre-arrival pack
- On arrival to UK registering your child with the police as required
Host family
- Finding a suitable host family for your child
- Ensuring all police checks are carried out and that references and documentation required in connection with the host family are supplied
- Introducing your child to the host family before the first stay
- Visiting the host family regularly
Health, welfare and everyday practicalities
- Regular contact (at least once a month) with child and parents
- Minimum of 4 visits per year to child by Oxford Guardians
- Registering your child with the doctor and dentist as required
- Arranging emergency medical treatment if required
- Giving advice in the event of a crisis
- 24-hour telephone contact service
- Arranging payment of pocket money to your child as required
- Setting up a UK bank account for your child as required
- Organising a UK Sim Card for your child’s phone as required
School
- Liaising with the host family, the school and the parents
- Making sure that the child’s, parents’ and school’s needs for weekend exeats, half-term and holiday periods are suitably met
- Day-to-day advice as required by student, parents or school
- Attending parents’ evenings and discussing your child’s progress with his or her teachers, and reporting to the parents
- Regular contact with the student to ensure he/she is settled and happy in the academic environment
- Assisting with GCSE, A-level and university/college choices and courses
- Monitoring your child’s educational progress and arranging additional tuition when necessary in conjunction with the school
- Arranging the purchase of School uniform as required
Transport
- Meeting your child at the airport on first arrival
- Arranging transport in the UK, for example to and from the host family and airport
- Assisting with flight arrangements and booking tickets
