Part 8 (sections 90-95) of the Education and Children's Services Act 2019 (SA) outlines protections for teachers, staff and students at schools, preschools, children's services centres, approved education and care services and prescribed departmental premises. Offensive or Threatening Behaviour A person who behaves ...

If a child or parent has a complaint in relation to how a school has handled a matter, this should be raised with the relevant teacher and/or principal of the school in the first instance. All schools should have policies ...

Students can be suspended, excluded or expelled if they threaten or are violent at school or represent a threat to the safety of students or staff. This includes: bullying and racially vilification doing something illegal causing serious trouble in class ...

Under section 82 of the Education and Children's Services Act 2019 (SA) the principal of a government school may set aside time for the conduct of religious or cultural activities (or both) by a prescribed person or a class of ...

A teacher's relationship with a student is based on the common law doctrine that, while the child is at school, the teacher is in loco parentis (that is, the teacher takes over the role of the parents) and is entitled to use the parents' ...

According to the Department for Education, in the event of a suspected drug-related incident: The safety and wellbeing of students will be considered paramount Parents will be contacted in instances of possession, use or distribution of illicit drugs or the ...

It is not compulsory for a child to attend early childhood services, however from 7 August 2020 children will not be able to enrol in, or attend early childhood services unless all immunisation requirements are met [Part 12A of South Australian Public Health ...

In relation to bullying occurring at school or between school students, there may be a number of things to consider, including the school's anti-bullying and complaints policies, disciplinary action the school may take, and whether any injuries have been sustained ...

Some bullying may constitute a criminal offence, for example, if the bully threatens or assaults the victim or uses the internet to harass or cause offence to the victim. For the particular conduct to be considered criminal it must satisfy ...

Bullying is something done deliberately against a person or group of people to upset or hurt them or damage their property, reputation or acceptance by others. Bullying can be in person or online and can be obvious or hidden. Other ...