St Andrew’s headmaster resigns after review board’s decision on ‘grooming’ of boys by ex coach

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St Andrew’s College headmaster Alan Thompson has stepped down with immediate effect after a review board found the school’s former water polo coach had “groomed boys” during his tenure at the school.

The review board also found that “bullying was deeply entrenched at St Andrew's College, and ... the most damaging cultural pattern was the culture of secrecy”.

It said Thompson had been relentless in trying to address these practices but had not had the requisite support from all staff in relation to his zero-tolerance stance to the bullying campaign. The council statement said the second master of SAC, Aidan Smith, would immediately assume the position of interim head of the school.“We believe that we have the courage, the will, the leadership and the capacity to deal effectively with the unequivocal findings and numerous recommendations of the review board.”

Chetty was assisted on the review board by prominent educationists Peter Reed, a retired former headmaster of Graeme College in Makhanda, and Sue Redelinghuys, a former principal of St Cyprian’s School in Cape Town.Mackenzie’s attorney, Danie Gouws, as saying: “We note the contents of the letter which we had no prior insight into ... We note that the findings have been based on untested evidence ... We look forward to testing the findings in the interest of justice, the public and all teachers.

 

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