About our School Policies
Our policies
Our extensive school policies comply with legal and regulatory requirements and cover most of a school’s policy needs, from admissions to assessments. The policies were drafted by one of the top education law professors in the country and are endorsed by a renowned international education law specialist in the USA.
All policies are available in an electronic and printable format, allowing educators and principals to tailor the policies to their needs. See a list of our policies for public and independent schools below.
Pricing
- Individual school policies:
R420per policy
- Complete set of school policies for a public
OR an independent school (as listed below):
Public and
independent
schools
Public schools
- School policy on learner discipline (including a code of conduct)
- Public school admissions policy
- Public school policy on religion
- Public school language policy
- School policy on human rights and culture
- Quintile 4 – 5 school financial policy
- School human resources policy
- School policy for the management of HIV/AIDS
- School assessment policy
- School calendar and time scheduling policy
- School policy on use, improvement, and maintenance of school facilities
Independent schools
- School policy on learner discipline (including a code of conduct)
- Admissions policy (the public school admission policy can be adapted to meet the needs of an independent school)
- Independent school policy on religion
- School policy on human rights and culture
- Independent school financial policy
- School human resources policy
- School policy for the management of HIV/AIDS
- School assessment policy
- School calendar and time scheduling policy
- School policy on use, improvement, and maintenance of school facilities
About our school policies
Optimi Publishing recognises that schools, both public and independent, need comprehensive policies if they are to function effectively and comply with the required standards of quality and levels of accountability. We also realise that every policy is accompanied by particular legal and regulatory requirements that must be adhered to, and these necessitate legal expertise.
Professor Marius Smit from the Faculty of Education Sciences of the North-West University took on the immense task of drafting these policies for schools on behalf of Optimi. Prof. Smit, who lectures in Education Law, is a qualified attorney with a B.Com (University of Johannesburg), LLB (Stellenbosch University), DNatCo (Technikon SA), LLM (University of South Africa), PGCE (North-West University) and a PhD (North-West University).
Prof. Smit’s background in both legal practice and academics; as well as his experience as a teacher, an NRF-rated researcher, and prolific author of articles and chapters on education law was put to excellent use. School governance is vested in the school governing body (SGB), and Prof. Smit is a member of several SGBs. He used this knowledge; along with his legal counsel to schools, and membership of the National Executive Council of the South African Education Law Association, to draft policies that define administration processes and support staff.
Renowned education law specialist, Prof. Charles Russo, from the University of Dayton, Ohio, has endorsed our policies from a quality perspective. Prof. Smit does not doubt that these policies will be an asset to every SGB and school.