When 2025 Gauteng School Applications Will Open

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Education departments across the country are now preparing for the 2025 school year. The Gauteng Department of Education has now announced their 2025 school admission application dates.


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On Tuesday morning, after a long wait, the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) finally announced when parents and guardians can apply for 2025 school placement for their child for Grade 1 and 8. In a press conference held, Gauteng MEC for Education, Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation Matome Chiloane, announced:

The system is going to go live on Thursday, 11 July at 8am and it's going to close on 12 August at midnight. 

Gauteng is the last province to announce it's school admissions applications for the 2025 school year. On this delay, Chiloane explains that it was due to a number of reasons, including school governing body elections and the national elections.

"We are not late in terms of placement, we are just starting late," said the MEC.

How To Apply

2025 GDE admissions will take place on the online GDE admissions website. Parents will need to create a new account to submit their application.

The application process consists of five steps. Parents will need to choose a minimum of three schools when applying, however, it's recommended that five schools are chosen.

After completing the application form, parents will have 7 days to upload the documents needed. Documents required include the parent's ID/passport, the child's birth certificate/passport, proof of work address, latest grade 7 school report (for grade 8 applications), immunisation report and proof of home address.

You cannot make more than one application. The system will just acknowledge your child once and that's it so apply once.

Should parents have any issues applying, there are 80 centres available across the province where they can get assistance free of charge.

The department considers the following when evaluating applications: home address; siblings at the school or previous schools; work address; 30km radius from home; beyond 30km from home.

"We are starting placements at the same time we started last year," said Chiloane. School placements for parents who completed applications will commence on 16 September.

This application period is only for Grade 1 and 8 applications. Applications for Grades R, 2-7 and Grade 9-12 must be done directly at the school.

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Does your child need to get a place at a school next year? Provincial education departments across the country have now opened their 2025 school admissions applications so get applying. 

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