The Board of Trustees has as one of the school policy set, this policy about a community code of conduct.

The Code of Conduct Policy for Parents / Caregivers / Guardians has been rolled out across the country, and has been brought about mainly because of the Health and Safety Act and it's implications on Boards to maintain a safe working environment for their staff.

We are fortunate that we as a school, have not had a great deal of abuse or inappropriate comments or actions towards our staff, but we have had some in the last year. Although we encourage people to be here on site and to interact with us and their children, it is a place of work as well.

Outcomes of conduct contravening this Code of Conduct Policy may include the following:

• The school’s board is the occupier of the school premises under lease from the Crown. There is no automatic right of entry to state school grounds. The school’s board has set this Code of Conduct as a condition of entry. The school through the Board may ask a person to leave the school premises by revoking their permission to be on the school grounds then asking them to leave under section 3 of the Trespass Act 1980.
• Unacceptable behaviour of a criminal nature may result in the Police being informed. For example, under section 139C of the Education Act 1989 it is a criminal offence to assault, abuse, or intimidate a staff member within the presence or hearing of any student while on school premises or in any other place where students are assembled for school purposes. Other instances of criminal offending may occur where drugs are involved, an assault has occurred, or a person persists after being trespassed off school grounds.

• In the case of behaviour amounting to harassment, a restraining order may be sought.

Obviously this is the last act that would come about, and being a Restorative School, our first course of action is to make things right on all sides.

This Policy now forms part of our enrolment pack and will be highlighted as part of the normal school enrolment process.

The full Policy is attached and can also be found on our schooldocs Policy website (link here).