The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) will soon open online school admissions for the 2023 school year. Parents are encouraged to enrol their children, especially those who will be in Grade R, Grade 1 and Grade 8 next year, between 14 March and 15 April.
“Every year, thousands of parents fail to enrol their children during the enrolment period,” department spokesperson Bronagh Hammond said. “The WCED received over 70 000 late applications for the 2022 school year. Failure to apply on time will affect our planning and could also affect their application to their schools of choice.”
The necessary documents to support learners’ application forms are: the last official school report card; ID, Birth certificate, passport of the learner; or a study permit (foreign learners); or proof of application (study permit) or a police affidavit; immunisation card [Primary School]; proof of residence (rates account, lease agreement, an affidavit confirming residence).
Hammond says it takes about 15 minutes to apply and load the documents to the WCED’s admissions website — https://admissions.westerncape.gov.za/admissions/login.
