When it comes to choosing a school for your child, we know safety is a top priority.

Just like a brick-and-mortar school, we focus on providing a safe and healthy environment for our learners to thrive in. This means we have strict policies and rules which underpin all levels of engagement throughout our school. 

Here are all the policies and rules we’ve put in place to safeguard your child.

TL;DR

• Safeguarding of Children Policy
• Learner Code of Conduct
• Support structures
• Reporting and disciplinary mechanisms
• Privacy Policy

Safeguarding of Children Policy

This policy outlines our key objectives in ensuring a safe environment at UCT Online High School, including things like: 

1. ensuring learners aren’t at risk of abuse and harassment when participating in UCT Online High School environments
2. identifying potential risks to learners when participating in an online learning environment e.g. cyberbullying
3. creating and implementing guidelines for online engagement
4. preventing or addressing any incidents that might occur
5. creating a safe space for learners, parents/guardians, and team members to address safety concerns.

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For more information, download our comprehensive Safeguarding of Children Policy.

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Learner Code of Conduct

The code of conduct covers a range of things including online class etiquette, rules for tests and exams, dress code, cybersecurity and data privacy, academic integrity and much more.

For example, the code of conduct states that learners should “not engage in any forms of bullying towards either staff members or learners, and immediately report any instances within your knowledge to the appropriate authority. This includes, but is not limited to, demeaning or creating a hostile environment for a staff member or a learner based on their race, religion, beliefs, gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation.”

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For more information, download our comprehensive Learner Code of Conduct.

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Support structures

If members of the learning community ever encounter online engagement that doesn’t meet the standards of UCT Online High School, they can report this to their Support Coach immediately.

Your Support Coach will always be on hand to regularly check in with your child, making sure that they feel heard, seen and safe. 

Reporting and disciplinary mechanisms

We have reporting and disciplinary mechanisms in place so we can act swiftly and decisively in applying our disciplinary process. 

Our safeguarding coordinator and the student wellbeing team work hard to uphold the safeguarding of each learner and the overall integrity of a safe environment for the learning community.

Privacy Policy

We also have policies in place to safeguard you and your child’s privacy. For example, according to one policy a learner may not publish any other individual’s personal information (including in videos, images, photographs or messages of or from them) without their express permission.

‍For more information, download our comprehensive Privacy Policy and Social Media Code of Conduct.

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