The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has received an unprecedented number of Grade 1 and 8 admission applications for 2025.
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By the time the admissions window closed on Friday, 12 April, the department had received 102 680 applications, up 5 936 from last year’s 96 744 applications.
The WCED stated that late applications received after the deadline will be considered after timely submissions, but parents may still submit late applications until 12 May.
‘Parents of Grade 1 and 8 learners planning to relocate to the Western Cape after late online applications close on May 12 should contact their district office for assistance and avoid waiting until the last minute,’ said Education MEC David Maynier.
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According to Maynier, the application window for Grade R and transfer requests for Grades 2-7 and 9-11 will be open from 1 to 16, 2024.
Now that on-time applications have closed, schools will have a little over a month to consider all the applications they have received.
Maynier informed parents that they were not required to send certified hard copies until they had accepted a school’s offer as their final choice.
‘Parents will start seeing the outcomes of their applications online on 30 May, and we will remind them of this as the date approaches. The date has been shifted by a day from 29 May, in order to accommodate the public holiday for the general election.’
‘Parents must then accept or decline successful offers before 14 June and we encourage them to do so as quickly as possible.’
Maynier said parents should confirm their school choice quickly after receiving multiple offers, as it prevented schools offering places to others.
‘If a parent has not confirmed their choice by June 14, 2024, the system will automatically confirm their topranked school that has made an offer.’
‘All other offers will then be removed and offered to others.’
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