DANGEROUS WEAPONS
Learners found in the possession of or making use of any dangerous weapon will be subject to the following disciplinary action:
- The learner will be immediately suspended for a maximum of five school days.
- Within the five day period the Principal will, in consultation with the Governing Body and in accordance with official regulations, constitute a Disciplinary Committee and determine a date on which a Disciplinary Hearing will be held.
- Disciplinary action will be determined by the Disciplinary Committee.
SCHEDULE 1 OFFENCES
A learner will be guilty of serious misconduct if he or she, intentionally and without just excuse:
- seriously threatens, disrupts or frustrates teaching or learning in a class;
- engages in a conspiracy to disrupt the proper functioning of the school through collective action;
- insults the dignity of or defames any learner or any other person, which includes racist and sexual remarks;
- distributes, or is in the possession of any test or examination material that may enable another person to gain an unfair advantage in a test or examination;
- cheats in a test or examination or any other form of assessment such as assignments;
- engages in any act of public indecency;
- sexually harasses another person;
- is found in possession of or distributes pornographic material; or
- is under the influence of or in possession of alcohol.
A disciplinary hearing may be called for at the Principal’s discretion.
SCHEDULE 2 SERIOUS MISCONDUCT OFFENCES
A learner will be guilty of serious misconduct if he or she –
- is found guilty of misconduct as contemplated in Schedule 1 after having been found guilty of the same or similar misconduct on two previous occasions;
- fails to comply with a punishment of suspension as a correctional measure; or
- intentionally and without just excuse –
- forges any document or signature to the potential or actual prejudice of the school;
- trades in any test or examination question paper or in any test or examination material;
- attempts to bribe or bribes any person in respect of any test or examination to enable himself or herself or another person to gain an unfair advantage therein;
- engages in fraud;
- engages in theft, or otherwise acts dishonestly to the prejudice of another person;
- is in possession of, consumes or deals in any illegal substance or other harmful substance;
- is in possession of, uses or transmits narcotic or unauthorised drugs or on visible evidence of such possession, use or transmission;
- is in possession of any dangerous weapon;
- assaults or threatens to assault another person;
- holds any person hostage;
- murders any person;
- rapes any person, or engages in any sexual activity on the premises;
- maliciously damages property;
- refusing to comply to Covid 19 regulations
A disciplinary hearing may be called for at the Principal’s discretion.
SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION
The Governing Body may, on reasonable grounds and as a precautionary measure suspend a learner who is suspected of serious misconduct from attending school, but may only enforce such suspension after the learner has been granted a reasonable opportunity to make representations to it in relation to such suspension.
The Governing Body must conduct disciplinary proceedings against a learner within 7 school days after the suspension of such learner. If a learner does not abide by the suspension and trespasses the police will be contacted.