SCHOOL NEWS - The Grade 1 and 8 online admissions window for the 2025 school year opened at 00:01 this morning, 11 March. Western Cape Education Minister David Maynier says by 11:00 this morning, just 10 hours after the window opened, his department had already received applications for 7 875 learners.
This year, this first admissions window caters for applications for Grade 1 and 8 only. Applications will close at 23:59 on 12 April 2024.
Parents who wish to apply for Grade R or a transfer between schools in Grades 2 to 7 and Grades 9 to 12 will be able to apply in the second admissions window between 1 August and 16 August.
Maynier appealed to all parents and guardians with children entering Grade 1 and Grade 8 next year to apply on time before the window closes on 12 April.
These certified documents will be required for all applications:
- The last official school report card
- Proof of identity:
- Birth certificate, or passport of the learner
- In the case of a foreign learner: a passport, or a study permit or proof of application for a study permit, or a copy of the parent’s asylum seeker or refugee permit
- OR A police affidavit if these documents are not available
- Immunisation card (Road to Health Chart) [Primary Schools only]
- Proof of Residence (Rates account, lease agreement, an affidavit confirming residence)
Copies of documents can be certified at any police station or post office. Keep these copies together, as parents will need to submit the hard copies later this year to the final school their child is accepted at.
More information on the admission process can be found here.
When visiting the site, take note of the venues that have been made available across all education districts to provide support to parents and guardians who do not have access to internet facilities or need assistance applying online.
The department has arranged pop-up admission sites at over 120 sites which includes shopping malls, schools and other facilities, in all eight education districts, so diarise the dates for the most convenient, nearest facility.
“We would like as many parents and guardians as possible to apply on time so that we can use this data to plan ahead and further improve the placement process in the Western Cape. So don’t wait! Apply today!” Maynier urges.
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