Get your 2025 school admission documents ready

NATIONAL NEWS - Applications for Grade 1 and 8 open at 00:01 on 11 March 2024 and close at 23:59 on 12 April 2024.

This year, this first admission window caters for applications for Grade 1 and 8 only.

Parents who wish to apply for Grade R or a transfer between schools in Grades 2 to 7 and Grades 9 to 12 will be able to apply in the second admissions window between 1 August 2024 and 16 August 2024.

The following certified documents will be required for all applications:

The last official school Report Card
Proof of identity: ID, Birth certificate, or passport of the learner.
In the case of a foreign learner: a passport, or a study permit or proof of application for a study permit, or a copy of the parent’s Asylum seeker or Refugee Permit or a police affidavit if these documents are not available.
Immunisation card (Road to Health Chart) [Primary Schools only]
Proof of Residence (Rates account, Lease agreement, an affidavit confirming residence)

More information on the admission process can be found here.