Living / Service field guide
Family & Education Support
School, partner and household decisions planned together before they narrow the home, location and timing choices.
- Delivered output
- School options, application plan and family priorities summary
- Scope position
- Confirmed before delivery begins
Decision contextSchool, partner and home decisions are connected.
School admissions can be competitive and time-sensitive. A mid-year move, curriculum change and partner career needs can all reshape the household route and should be reviewed early.
- Curriculum
- Commute and locality
- Application timing
02 / What happens
The working sequence.
Live facts decide timing. This is an operating sequence, not a duration promise.- 01
School search
We research schools against curriculum, location, culture and the household brief, then coordinate the agreed admissions steps.
- 02
Application route
Applications, assessments and paperwork are coordinated against each school's calendar and live seat position; the school decides the outcome.
- 03
Spouse & partner support
Where included, networking, career and community support gives the accompanying partner's priorities a clear place in the move plan.
03 / Included
School, partner and home decisions stay connected.
The exact format follows the signed programme and live move.- School search & matching
- Admissions coordination
- Curriculum guidance (IB, IGCSE, CBSE)
- Spouse / partner career support
- Family settling-in
04 / Boundaries
Schools and employers decide their own outcomes.
Schools control admissions, assessments and seats. IKAN helps the family navigate options without promising an outcome.- 01
A promise of a school place, assessment result or admissions timing
- 02
Employment placement for a partner unless a defined support service is signed
- 03
Home search, transport or immigration work unless separately scoped
05 / If it goes wrong
When the plan changes, ownership gets more explicit.
Open the four-level ladder- Signal
- A school calendar, seat position or household priority closes the planned route.
- First action
- The consultant updates the option set, explains the decision point and reconnects school, home and timing dependencies.
- Escalation
- A material family, safeguarding or programme concern moves to the named lead through the agreed channel.
- Record
- The current options, application status, family decision and open owner are recorded.
06 / Answers
Settle the scope before the work begins.
01Can you help with a mid-year school move?
IKAN can map realistic options and coordinate the process where in scope. Seat availability, assessment and the school's decision control the timing and outcome.
02What about the accompanying partner?
Where included, spouse and partner support can cover networks, career questions and local community orientation. The actual scope is agreed for the move.
Next useful
Keep school, partner and home decisions joined.
Put the service next to the city, the programme and the person who confirms what applies.