In much of the research on language policy and language ideologies to date, there has been a general tendency to associate parents who send their children to private English Medium of Instruction (EMI) schools with negative attitudes towards local languages and their role in education. This has also been the general anecdotal discourse in Seychelles. This study puts such assumptions to the test and investigates attitudes and language ideologies of EMI school parents empirically. Based on the questionnaire responses of 176 participants (parents whose children attend various private schools in Seychelles), a more complex picture emerges. Results suggest that a majority of parents believe that Kreol Seselwa should be given a more prominent role in private educational contexts than it has to date. For example, 55% believe that it should be used as support language in education, and 43% of parents believe that it should be introduced as a separate subject. Furthermore, a clear majority acknowledge that Kreol Seselwa is the most important language in everyday oral communication in  Seychelles. A large proportion of parents also recognize its importance in written communication. The results have implications for language policy decisions in the private school sector in Seychelles and elsewhere; decisions which, in turn, may set precedents for more general language-in-education policy reforms nationally and internationally.