The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) uses an online admissions system to capture and process school applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 placement applications. This online admissions period closed on 19 August 2022.
Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi said that the system recorded more than 600 000 unique placement applications for public schools in the province. These applications will now undergo a placement process to ensure that learners have a space in a school in the 2023 school year.
Here’s The Gauteng Online Admissions Calendar
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Start Date |
End Date |
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Step 1: Online Admissions Application Period Parents and guardians in Gauteng submit placement applications for Grade 1 and 8 admissions. |
22 July 2022 |
19 August 2022 |
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Step 2: Submission of Supporting Documents Parents and guardians are required to upload or submit supporting documents to all the schools at which they applied within 7 days of making their application. |
22 July 2022 |
30 August 2022 |
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Step 3: Document Verification Schools will verify documents submitted by parents. Schools are required to provide parents with proof of receipt of documents and update applicant's document status on the system. |
22 July 2022 |
2 September 2022 |
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Step 3: Waiting List Management Schools submit electronically confirmed online waiting list indicating successful and unsuccessful applicants based on document verification to the District Director for approval. This list will be verified by the District Director inline with admissions criteria and available space. The list will then be sent to the schools and their waiting lists will be confirmed |
2 September 2022 |
30 September 2022 |
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Step 4: Placement of Learners by Schools Parents will receive placement offers via SMS. Parents are advised to accept the offer within 7 days. |
3 October 2022 |
31 October 2022 |
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Step 5: Placement of Unplaced Learners Parents will receive placement offers from schools that have space. This is when the preferred schools did not have enough space to accommodate their children. Parents are advised to accept the offer within 7 days. |
17 October 2022 |
30 November 2022 |
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Step 6: Processing of Incomplete Applications Applicants who did not submit proof of residence during the application period will be placed at schools based on space availability. |
1 December 2022 |
15 December 2022 |
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Step 7: Late Applications Parents can apply to schools where there is still space available and submit documents. |
20 December 2022 |
20 January 2022 |
Five factors are considered by the department when placing a learner. These factors are based on whether the learner's home address is located in the school’s feeder zone, if siblings attend the school, the parents’ work address, and if the school is within or beyond a 30 KM radius of the learner's home address.
