These terms describe the intended rules for using the school website. The school should review and approve this document before relying on it as its formal legal policy.
Acceptance of Terms
Welcome to the official website of Christ the King High School, located in Roma, Lesotho.
These Terms and Conditions govern access to and use of this website, including its public pages, academic resources, student discussion features, downloadable materials, forms, and other online services provided through the website.
By accessing or using the website, you agree to comply with these terms and all applicable laws and school policies. If you do not agree with these terms, you should discontinue using the website.
Purpose of the Website
The website is intended to support the educational mission of Christ the King High School and to provide relevant information and online services to the school community and the public.
Its intended purposes include:
- Providing official school information and announcements.
- Publishing news, events, and academic updates.
- Providing access to timetables and learning resources.
- Supporting appropriate educational discussions.
- Providing access to school forms and relevant online services.
Information published on the website is intended to assist users. Where information is time-sensitive, users should confirm important details with the school.
Eligibility and Supervision
The website may be accessed by students, parents or guardians, teachers, staff, prospective applicants, and other members of the public.
Users under the age of 18 should use relevant online services in accordance with applicable law and the guidance of their parent, guardian, or responsible school authority where appropriate.
Users must not use the website in a way that puts students or other members of the school community at risk, compromises their privacy, or interferes with their education.
Acceptable Use
All users must behave responsibly and lawfully when accessing the website.
You must not:
- Harass, bully, threaten, intimidate, or discriminate against another person.
- Publish abusive, defamatory, hateful, sexually explicit, or otherwise inappropriate material.
- Impersonate a student, teacher, staff member, parent, or another person.
- Publish another person's private information without appropriate authorisation.
- Upload malicious software or attempt to compromise website security.
- Attempt to access restricted pages, accounts, records, or administrative functions without permission.
- Interfere with the operation, availability, or integrity of the website.
- Use the website for unlawful activities, fraud, spam, or unauthorised commercial purposes.
- Copy, redistribute, or modify protected content without permission where permission is required.
The school may investigate reported misuse and take proportionate action in accordance with applicable law and its established policies.
Student Forum and Discussions
Where the website provides a Student Forum or similar discussion feature, users must use it for constructive, educational, and respectful communication.
Forum users must:
- Keep discussions relevant to learning and school-related topics.
- Communicate respectfully with students, teachers, and other participants.
- Avoid sharing passwords, personal contact details, home addresses, or sensitive personal information.
- Respect the privacy, dignity, and safety of other participants.
- Submit information and contributions that they have a reasonable basis to believe are accurate.
Users must not use the forum to bully classmates, publish threats, spread malicious rumours, disclose confidential school information, or post material intended to harm another person.
Moderation
The school may review reported content and may remove or restrict access to content that violates these terms, applicable law, or the school's approved policies. Where appropriate, the school may restrict a user's access to discussion features.
The availability of a discussion feature does not mean that every post has been checked, verified, or endorsed by the school. Users should report concerning content through the school's designated contact channels.
Accounts and Security
Some website services may require an authorised user account. Where accounts are provided, users are responsible for protecting their login credentials and using their accounts appropriately.
Users must:
- Keep passwords and authentication credentials private.
- Not use another person's account without permission.
- Notify the appropriate school contact if they suspect unauthorised access.
- Log out of shared or public devices after using restricted services.
- Provide accurate information when required to establish or maintain an account.
Users must not attempt to bypass access controls, obtain unauthorised privileges, interfere with other accounts, or test security controls without explicit authorisation.
The school may suspend or restrict access where there is a reasonable security concern, suspected misuse, or another legitimate reason consistent with applicable law and school policy.
Educational Materials and Timetables
The website may provide question papers, revision materials, class timetables, examination timetables, documents, and other educational resources.
Unless otherwise stated, these materials are provided primarily for legitimate educational and school-related use.
Users must not:
- Redistribute materials commercially without the necessary permission.
- Remove copyright notices or misrepresent the authorship of materials.
- Alter official documents and present the altered versions as authentic school documents.
- Use examination materials to facilitate cheating, fraud, or other academic misconduct.
Timetables, examination arrangements, and learning resources may be updated or replaced. Users should check for the latest published version and contact the school if a discrepancy could affect an important academic decision.
Forms, Admissions, and Document Submissions
Where online forms, admissions services, or document uploads are available, users must submit information that is accurate, complete to the best of their knowledge, and lawfully provided.
Users must not:
- Submit forged, misleading, altered, or fraudulent documents.
- Upload files containing malicious software or content unrelated to the intended submission.
- Submit another person's personal information without appropriate authority.
- Attempt to interfere with the processing or integrity of school records.
Submitting a form or document through the website does not, by itself, guarantee admission, acceptance, approval, or any other school decision. Any applicable school procedures and requirements continue to apply.
Users should retain any confirmation or reference information provided after a submission and contact the school if they need assistance.
Privacy and Personal Information
The school recognises that personal information must be handled responsibly, particularly where students and other young people are involved.
Information submitted through the website may be processed where necessary to provide a requested service, respond to an enquiry, support school administration, maintain security, or fulfil another disclosed and lawful purpose.
Users should avoid including sensitive personal information in public posts, discussion threads, or other publicly visible areas.
The school's collection, use, disclosure, storage, and retention of personal information should be explained in the website's Privacy Policy. Personal information must be handled in accordance with applicable law and the school's approved practices.
For further information, please consult the Privacy Policy, when available.
Intellectual Property
The website's original branding, design elements, text, graphics, photographs, and other materials may be protected by intellectual property laws.
The names, logos, marks, and materials of third parties remain the property of their respective owners.
Access to website content does not automatically transfer ownership or grant permission to reproduce, adapt, distribute, or commercially exploit that content.
Where users submit content, they remain responsible for ensuring that they have the necessary rights or permissions to submit it. Users should not upload material that infringes another person's rights.
Website Availability and Changes
The school aims to provide useful and reliable online services but cannot guarantee that the website will always be available, uninterrupted, or free from technical errors.
Access may occasionally be interrupted for maintenance, security updates, repairs, infrastructure failures, or circumstances outside the school's reasonable control.
Website features, content, and services may be updated, replaced, restricted, or discontinued as school requirements change.
Third-Party Services and Links
The website may contain links to external websites or use services provided by third parties.
These external services may operate under their own terms and privacy policies. The school does not control every external website and cannot guarantee the accuracy, availability, or security of all third-party content.
Users should review the applicable terms and privacy information before providing personal information to an external service.
Responsibility and Liability
Users are responsible for their conduct and for ensuring that their use of the website complies with these terms and applicable law.
The school endeavours to keep its published information useful and accurate. However, some information may change, become outdated, or contain unintentional errors. Users should verify important matters with the school before relying on them.
Nothing in these terms is intended to exclude or restrict a right, remedy, or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or restricted under applicable law.
Any limitation of responsibility under these terms must be interpreted in accordance with applicable law and does not remove obligations that the school is legally required to fulfil.
Changes to These Terms
The school may revise these Terms and Conditions to reflect changes to website functionality, school policies, security requirements, or applicable law.
The latest approved version should be published on this page. Where appropriate, significant changes should be communicated through the website or another suitable school communication channel.
Users should review this page periodically to remain informed of the applicable terms.
Contact the School
If you have a question about these Terms and Conditions, need to report misuse, or believe that website content requires correction, please contact Christ the King High School through its official communication channels.
These terms are intended to support a safe, respectful, and productive educational environment for the Christ the King High School community.