GDE Admission 2024 Registration and Calendar

GDE Admission 2023 / 2024 application/registration exercise on www.gdeadmissions.gov.za. Gauteng Department of Education accepts late applications for admissions 2022/ 2023.

Late Applications for Grade 1 and Grade 8 for the 2023 academic year opened on Tuesday 20 December 2022 and closed on Tuesday, 31 January 2023 at 00:01am

GDE Admission Registration 2024 Grade 8 & Grade 10 Gauteng

The 2024 Admissions Online Application Period for Grade 1 and Grade 8 Applications is NOT open yet.

However, from this point of the article you will find information that applied to the previous year’s registration.

Here is the list of things you need to know concerning the registration exercise:-

  • Only schools with available space are open for Late Applications.
  • Parents will be able to apply online and immediately upload documents online.
  • Documents not uploaded may be hand delivered to schools from 11 – 31 January 2023.
  • Note that each parent may apply to ONE school only.
  • The learner will be automatically placed at the one school applied to.
  • GDE Admission Registration portal – www.gdeadmissions.gov.za

If you have questions, Email us at gdeinfo@gauteng.gov.za or Call us at 0800 000 789 | 011 355 0000

Apply ONLINE for Grade 1 and / Grade 8 to secure space at a public school. A reliable cellphone can also be used, the department will send regular SMSes to the cell phone used to apply/register.

Application is to only 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.

GDE Admissions Calendar

Start
End
Application Period
Online Application for 2022 Grade 1 and 8 learner admissions.
22 July 2022 19 August 2022
Submission of Documents by Parents
Parents upload or submit supporting documents to all schools applied to within 7 days after application.
22 July 2022 26 August 2022
Verification of Documents
Schools verify documents, provide parents with proof of receipt of documents and update applicant’s document status on the system.
22 July 2022 2 September 2022
Waiting List Management
Schools submit electronically signed off Online Waiting List indicating successful and unsuccessful applicants based on document verification to District Director for approval. The District Directors then quality assure School Waiting Lists in line with admissions criteria and available spaces and electronically signs off waiting list, which is then recieved by the schools before placement. Schools confirm Waiting Lists in consulation with Districts.
2 September 2022 30 September 2022
Placement of Learners by Schools
During this period, parents will receive offers of placement via SMS. Where spaces are available, parents may receive offers from all schools they applied to. The System will notify parents when there are no further offers available. Parents are advised to accept each offer within 7 days.
3 October 2022 31 October 2022
Placement of Unplaced Learners
During this period, parents of learners who could not be accommodated at the schools they applied to due to insufficient space, will receive offers of placement at alternative schools with space. Offers of placement will be sent via SMS and can be seen on the parent’s profile on the System. Parents are advised to accept each offer within 7 days.
17 October 2022 30 November 2022
Processing of Incomplete Applications
During this period, applicants that did not submit proof of residence during the application period, will be placed at schools where there are still spaces available
1 December 2022 15 December 2022
Late Applications
Parents apply to schools where there is still space available and submit documents.
20 December 2022 20 January 2023

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