The month-long window in which parents could apply for place for their children in a Western Cape school in 2024 closed at 23:59 on Friday 14 April.
During the admissions window the Western Cape Education Department (WCED) received applications for 156 150 learners for the 2024 school year.
With parents applying for more than one school for their children, the total number of individual applications for placement and transfer to schools received is 503 763.
The WCED thanks parents who put an effort into applying on time and helping plan for a place for their child in a school next year.
Western Cape Minister of Education David Maynier said parents should note hose who logged a query for technical assistance with the team before the deadline will be considered to have applied on time.
Late applications:
All applications received after the deadline will be considered late applications. These will be considered by schools only after they have considered those received on time.
Parents will still be able to capture applications on the online system, but they will be flagged as being late. The deadline for late applications will be Thursday 25 May. “It is imperative that parents do not delay applying any further,” Maynier said. “Doing so will affect our planning processes and could result in delays in placing your child.”
Parents can visit: https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/admissions-202324 to apply.
What happens next?:
Now that the official application period has closed schools will have just over a month to consider all the applications they have received.
“Parents are reminded that they do not need to drop off their certified hard copies at this stage. They will need to do so only once they have received an offer from a school and accepted the offer as their final choice.
The WCED is working towards parents seeing the outcomes of their applications online from Monday 29 May, but this will be confirmed as the date approaches.”
Parents must then accept or decline successful offers, and are encouraged to do so as quickly as possible. More details will be released closer to the time.
Maynier added it is especially important for parents to confirm their choice of school speedily when they have received offers from multiple schools. “These parents are essentially ‘double parking’ on the system, stopping schools from offering these places to other applicants until they have made their choice.
If a parent has not confirmed their choice the system will automatically confirm their top-ranked school that has made an offer. All other offers will then be removed, so that those places can be offered to other learners.”
Maynier furthermore added that parents who do not receive an offer of a place should not be disheartened: places always open up as parents confirm their final choices. “We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to place every learner whose parents applied on time as quickly as possible,” he said.
