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Source domain: sunningdaleprimary.co.za
Collected on 6 August 2026
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What this means
This document is the “Learner Code of Conduct” for Sunningdale Primary School, dated August 2024 (covering 35 pages). It sets out the school’s purpose, core values, and the rights and responsibilities of learners, educators, parents/guardians, and the governing body regarding discipline, due process, and maintaining a safe, orderly learning environment. It describes how disciplinary processes should be fair and educative, lists possible corrective measures for minor offences, prohibits corporal punishment, and explains when serious misconduct must be referred to the principal and when police and parents must be informed.
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Key Takeaways
- Document title: Learner Code of Conduct – August 2024
- School: Sunningdale Primary School
- Purpose: create a climate of teaching and learning
- Core values: Compassion; Respect; Perseverance; Responsibility
- Disciplinary process: expeditious, fair, just, corrective, consistent, educative
- Minor offences corrective measures: verbal warning/written reprimand; supervised school work; tasks assisting offended person; agreed affordable compensation; replacement of damaged property; suspension from some activities
- Suspension: only considered after every effort to correct behaviour
- Corporal punishment: abolished and prohibited
- Serious misconduct: referred to the principal; mechanism exists to reduce principal load
- Criminal/serious threat behaviour: inform parents on admission register and local South African Police Services
- Pregnant learners: may not be prevented from attending school
- Legal basis referenced: South African Schools Act 84 of 1996 section 8(1); Constitution Bill of Rights (Act 108 of 1996)
- Sunningdale Primary School
- Learners
- Educators
- Parents/guardians
- Governing body
- Principal
- South African Police Services
- Education district office
- Education support services