Parents who applied during the on-time admissions period, are now able to view the outcome of their applications for a place for their child in a school in 2024 on the online admissions system.
Schools have been applying their admission policies over the past few weeks to determine successful applicants based on their capacity for 2024.
What to do if you have received an offer of a place:
If you have received an offer of a place for your child, a button will be visible that will allow you to confirm and accept the place.
Parents who have been offered a place must confirm their choice of school by Monday 19 June. After this date, their highest-ranked choice of school will be automatically confirmed.
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) appeal to parents to confirm their places as soon as possible, as this will free up places for other learners. This is especially important where a learner has received offers from multiple schools.
Once these “double-parked” learners are confirmed to a specific school, the places at the other schools can be offered to other learners.
Once the choice of school is confirmed, parents are required to drop off the hard copy documents from their application to their school of choice within seven days of accepting.
What to do if your child has not received an offer from any school:
There will be learners who are not successful in getting placed during this first initial phase. David Maynier, Western Cape Minister of Education, said they know that this is extremely stressful and disappointing, “but we appeal to parents to bear in mind that we are still very early in the admissions process, and thousands of places will still open up.
“It is advisable to stay in touch with the schools applied to and to request that the learner be placed on a waiting list. If you do not get a place at any school within the next few months, the WCED will assist you with placement.
“However, please note that this will only happen towards the end of September, once all the places at schools have been filled and we can confirm which schools still have places available.”
What to do if you have not yet applied:
The online admissions system is now closed for applications. However, parents can still apply for 2024 by completing a learner placement form and submitting this at their education district office.
Parents can check the outcomes by visiting wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/admissions-202324.
