An education support worker overhears their supervising teacher telling another staff member about how a student's family gifted them a laptop to thank them for helping their child make friends.

The teacher said that the student's parents told them it was not an expensive gift because it was not a top-of-the-range laptop. The teacher decided to keep the laptop. The support worker overhears the teacher asking the other staff member to keep it secret.

The support worker starts to wonder about the ethics of accepting such a gift. They think that this is possibly a conflict of interest that could set up an expectation of preferential treatment. What should they do in this situation, with whom should they consult and what are the potential outcomes?