do you have a space now? in that case I would tell her you don't have spaces at the moment but will take her number and call her if something comes free. I would pre-warn her however, that if it comes free before May you would ask her to pay a retainer to hold the place.
I've been lucky in the past I've had mums leaving as they were going on mat leave with no, 2. or children leaving as going to school so I knew well in advance I would have a vacancy and have been able to sign contracts on this basis without charging a retainer.
Maybe just meet her for a quick chat and explain how you work and put her on a waiting list if you like her
if you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got
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