Parents who applied for a place in Grade 1 or 8 for their child for the 2025 school year during the on-time admissions window will start seeing the outcomes of their applications from Thursday (30 May).
The provincial education department encourages parents to check that they have their passwords to its online admissions system on-hand in advance of the offers being made, and that their contact details are correct.
Parents who receive successful offers must then accept or decline these offers before Friday 14 June.
“It is especially important for parents to confirm their choice of school speedily when they have received offers from multiple schools,” the department explained.
“These parents are essentially ‘double parking’ on the system, stopping schools from offering these places to other applicants until they make their choice.”
If a parent has not confirmed their choice by 14 June, the system will automatically confirm their top-ranked choice of school that has made an offer.
All other offers will then be removed, so that those places can be offered to other learners.
Parents who do not receive an offer on Thursday should not be disheartened; thousands of additional offers can be made to parents who were not successful initially, as other parents confirm their choices and free up spaces.
“We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to place every learner whose parents applied on time as quickly as possible,” the department said.
- Access the online portal at https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/admissions
