GDE online application 2023 for admission of learners to Public Ordinary Schools for grade 1 and 8 in Gauteng province are now open. All Public Ordinary Schools admissions in Gauteng are regulated by the Gauteng Department of Education, parents must apply through the Gauteng Department of Education GDE admission portal.
The deadline to apply for Public Ordinary Schools for grade 1 and 8 in Gauteng province is 31 October. Check the Gauteng Department of Education website for details on application and key dates >> https://www.gdeadmissions.gov.za/
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GDE online application Important Announcements
Phase One and Phase Two
- Apply to a maximum of 5 schools. Remember to use the Home option at least once to apply to schools with Feeder Zones that cover your home address.
- Remember to submit documents to All the schools that you applied to in 7 days after applying. Documents can also be uploaded on the System to ONE school for the other schools to view.
- There are Decentralised Walk-in Centres where parents can be assisted to make applications from 08:00 to 16:00.
- Note that you can also use your cellphone to make an application. Please use a reliable cell phone number as the Department will send regular SMSes to the cell phone you used to Register and Apply.
GDE Terms and Conditions
Online Application for admission of learners to Public Ordinary Schools
- The information requested is confidential and is intended only for the purposes of Grade 1 and Grade 8 applications in the Gauteng Province
- Submission of the Application does not guarantee placement of a learner at the schools applied to. However, the Department will ensure that all learners are placed in schools with space(s) available.
- Applications made based on the option “Home address within the School Feeder Zone” will be prioritized for placement at the school closest to the applicant’s home address as far as possible.
- A School Feeder Zone covers a number of home and /or work addresses within a specific area(s) as demarcated by the school.
- School Feeder Zones differ from school to school. Some residential addresses close to the school may not form part of the school’s Feeder Zone. Feeder Zones Maps of all schools are published in Provincial Gazette number 339 Vol. 24 of 2018.
- Home addresses must be captured correctly to ensure that schools with feeder zones that cover the home address become available to apply to when the option “Home address within the School Feeder Zone” is selected.
- Documents hand delivered to schools and / or uploaded on the System will be verified by the schools that the applicant applied to.
- Accuracy of the Proof of Residence hand delivered to the school and / or uploaded on the System is important, as this is used to determine placement at a school with a feeder zone that covers the parent’s home address.
- If information / documents provided by applicants are found to be falsified or incorrect, the application may be rejected or disqualified by the Gauteng Department of Education
- The Gauteng Department of Education does not accept liability for any errors or omissions committed by applicants while completing the Online Application Form.
- Information edited by the parent on the application form is considered final.
- Applications withdrawn by the parent cannot be recovered or reinstated.
- Ensure that you read the Amendments to Regulations relating to the Admission of Learners to Public Schools, 2019, as published in Provincial Gazette, Extraordinary, 18 March 2019, together with South African Schools Act 84 of 1996, (Published under Regulations and Policies on the Landing Page)for more information regarding Admission of learners to Public Ordinary Schools
How to apply and register online [ GDE online application 2023 and Registration ]
How do I apply for a school place?
When starting the Gauteng Department of Education online registration for your child, you should follow three important steps in the application process. These stages include:
- Entering the details of the parent/legal guardian
- Entering the learner’s details
- Applying to a school
CHECK VIDEO Tutorial on How to apply and register online for GDE admission 2023
Step 1: Enter details of the parent/legal guardian [ GDE registration 2023 ]
- First of all, you have to press the “Apply for 2023” button or click Register when you open the official website of the GDE [GDE online application 2023 login]. You must accept the Terms and Conditions and click Continue to proceed with an application. Then you will proceed to the page where you would need to type your information.
- When the “Enter Parent/Guardian Details” form appears, you have to fill in every field marked with an asterisk. The required information consists of the municipality, street name and number, your phone number and so on. Then, you will have to enter your South African ID number. You can leave the fields with the landline and email address.
- In the application process, you will have to create a username as well as a password. You will need this password while accessing the main application. The password has to be unique and consist of 8 characters, including a capital letter, small letters, a special character and numbers. Do not forget it, write it down and keep it in a safe place. However, if you forget the password or username, you can reset it.
Step 2: Include the information about the learner
On the next page titled Enter Learners Details you have to:
- Type the information of your child including the fact whether the learner is South African or not, the identification number, province, and the current grade.
- Once you have filled all the required fields, you should click the “Submit Learner Details” button.
Step 3: Applying to a school [ GDE application 2023 ]
Then you should follow these steps:
- Choose an application option. You will have to select one of the options: home address, sibling, work address, school within 30-kilometer radius, school beyond 30-kilometer radius and school of focus learning. There are also two options that you can use for placement but not for application; they are boarding school and previous school.
- When you select the “home address” or “work address” option, the system will automatically filter the schools and ask you to choose one from the options that are either close to your home or work.
- If you choose the “sibling” option, it is possible to apply to a school where the sibling studies. It is needed to give the information about the sibling including their name, surname and the school.
- If you decide to use the option considering the school within or beyond 30-kilometer radius of home address, the system will provide you with all the schools within or beyond the radius so you can select a certain school.
- The last option you can opt for is “school of focus learning”, the list of such types of schools will pop up. The learner will have to complete admission tests.
You can apply to a maximum of 5 schools per child.
- After finalizing the application form, you can press “Submit Application”, and the application is made.
- Then, you will get an SMS that will confirm the successful submission of an application. You would be given a Waiting List reference number that will appear on the screen. The number means that your application was actually submitted. Please check if you get the SMS because in case you do not receive it, you have to ensure that you have done everything in a proper way.
Note that after you have received the Waiting List reference number, as a parent, you still have the privilege of applying again. After submitting your first application, you will have three options to choose from. You can press “Apply to another school for the same learner”, “Apply for another learner” or the Logoff button.
There are six types of Waiting List reference numbers that you can receive. They are:
- WA1 – Parent is living closest to the school in the feeder zone
- WA2 – A child has a sibling at the school
- WA3 – Parent works within a feeder zone of a school
- WA4 – Parent’s home address is within a 30-kilometer radius of a school
- WB – Parent’s home address is beyond a 30-kilometer radius of a school
- WA5 – Schools of focus learning
Documents to provide
Once you are done with your online registration for 2023, you would be required to submit the following documents in the school that you chose while applying. The list of all the necessary documents will appear on the confirmation note of application for SA citizens and Non-SA citizens.
Therefore, whether the child is entering into Grade 1 or going to Grade 8, the following are the documents that you will need to submit:
- Your identification document as the parent or legal guardian
- The birth certificate of the learner
- Proof of your home or work address
- Immunization/clinic document which should prove that the child does not have tuberculosis, tetanus, hepatitis B, polio, measles and diphtheria (if the child is applying as Grade 1 learner)
- If the child is in another school, you will need to supply the most recent report of the child
However, if the learner is non-South African, you should submit the documents including:
- The passport of the parent or legal guardian
- Proof of your home or work address
- The Asylum Seeker or Refugee Permit of the child
- The most current academic report card of the school where the child is presently (if the child is applying for Grade 8)
Make sure that you bring all these documents within the period of seven days of the online application for school admission.
