Admissions FAQ: Application Process - next steps

Parents must now confirm their final choice of school for 2026.

This means other places will open once parents have confirmed and declined places, schools will fill these places. You may write a letter/email to enquire from, ask for clarity or motivate for the application to be reconsidered to the SGB of the school.  

It is advisable to stay in touch with the school and request that the learner be placed on a waiting list as some places will still open as parents confirm.

In the third term, the WCED will assist parents who have not yet secured a placement by helping them find available places at appropriate schools.

You may to write a letter/email to enquire from, ask for clarity or motivate for the application to be reconsidered to the SGB of the school.

Kindly note that the school makes the final decision whether the application is successful or not. The WCED is not involved in this decision-making process. The online application is subject to the school exercising and applying their own admission policy.

Unfortunately, the WCED cannot assist with schools of choice. It is therefore recommended that you contact the school(s) and request more information on why your application was not accepted and request to be considered if any vacancies become available.

Parents must now confirm their final choice of school for 2026. Once parents have confirmed and declined, places will open at schools. Many learners have been accepted to more than one school – meaning that places will become available.

Parents have until 17 June to confirm their final choice. After that, schools will contact parents that were not accepted to offer places. We understand that this is stressful, but the WCED will assist you with an option if you did not get a place at any school. However please note that this will only happen in the third term after schools have filled the available places.

Preference is given to learners who turn 6 in Gr R because compulsory schooling starts from the age of 6.

It is advisable to stay in touch with the school and request that the learner be placed on a waiting list. However please note that due to demand for places, schools can only consider younger learners once learners of compulsory school going age have all been placed.

It is also advisable that you look at other suitable options such as ECD centres as all schools do not offer Gr R.

It is advisable to stay in touch with the school and request that the learner be placed on a waiting list.

However, please note that due to demand for places, it is advisable that you look at other suitable options such as ECD centres, as all schools do not offer Gr R.

You can confirm your acceptance by logging into your profile, click on Track Application and click on the “Confirm” button.

Once you have confirmed your application online – you are then required to provide certified hard copy documents to the school that you have selected, within 7 days of acceptance.

Kindly provide the date when you applied on the system - admissionsHO@westerncape.gov.za

Also provide the following information to assist:

• Parent Name and Surname:
• Parent ID number:
• Learner Name and Surname:
• Learner ID number:
• Learner CEMIS Reference Number:

We will follow up with the school once we get the information and get back to you.

Oversubscribed means that the school received more applications than they can accommodate for that grade.

Parents must now confirm their final choice of school for 2026. You may write a letter/email to enquire from, ask for clarity or motivate for the application to be reconsidered to the SGB of the school. It is advisable to stay in touch with the school and request that the learner be placed on a waiting list as some places will still open as parents confirm. If you do not get a place at ANY school, the WCED will assist you with an option.

However, please note that this will only happen in the 3rd term once all the places at schools have been filled and we can confirm which schools still have places available.

Parents must now confirm acceptance of the placements at schools between 30 May and 17 June 2025. In the case that the learner is accepted at more than one school and you, have not indicated your final decision and confirmed by 17 June 2025, the first school where the application was successful, as ranked by you, will be activated automatically on 17 June 2025. All other successful applications will then be removed to resolve learners blocking places at schools.

After 17 June 2025, parents/guardians you will only have three days to accept a place if you are offered one at a school.

You may go the nearest District office where they will assist you with your application. If you are unable to get to a district office, you may go to your nearest school and complete the WCED late application form.

• WCED Late application form
• WCED Grade R late application form

The school will submit the form to the district office who will capture the form on the system.