GDE Gauteng School Admission Applications Now Open For 2024 for Grade 1 and Grade 8. Applications will be from 15 June 2023 – 14 July 2023. To apply for Grade 1 and/or Grade 8 at a Gauteng public school for the 2024 academic year Parents and guardians are encouraged to log into: gdeadmissions.gov.za . Walking centres have been set up district offices and schools for parents to be able to walk in and do these applications.
Parents have been encouraged to use the home address within the school feeder zone application option to see schools with feeder zones that cover their home address.
To increase the chances of placement closer to the parent’s home address, parents should select schools with feeder zones that cover the parent’s home address. Parents are encouraged to apply to a minimum of three schools and a maximum of five schools for each learner. Parents must remember to read and accept the terms and conditions.
Placements will be based on placement criteria and availability of spaces in line with school capacity.
Documents Required
Documents required include parents’ and children’s IDs or passports and proof of home address. The documents can either be uploaded online on the admissions system or submitted physically to the school(s) selected during the application.
Parents and guardians must ensure the information on the documents they provide matches the information they enter into the system when applying. All documents must be submitted within seven days of applying.
Applications without valid proof of home address will be considered incomplete.
Parents have been warned against submitting fraudulent documents as schools have systems to verify such documents.
2024 GDE Online Admissions for Grade 1 & 8 Application Tutorial
This is a step-by-step tutorial is for the 2024 Online Admissions application period for Grade 1 & 8 at Gauteng public schools, which commences on 15 June 2023 at 08:00 and closes on 14 July 2023 at 00:00.