Learner Admissions

Track Application

Parents | Guardians MUST upload the following certified supporting documents:

• Identification (any of the following): 
  • Identity document (ID) / birth certificate (learner)
  • Foreign learners: a passport / a copy of parent’s refugee or asylum seeker permit on which the learner’s name should appear
  • If the learner of foreign parents was born in South Africa (SA): a handwritten birth certificate (DHA 19 form).
  • If the learner was not born in SA: a passport/a refugee or asylum seeker permit issued in the learner’s name.
• Immunisation card / Road to Health chart (pre-primary and primary schools only)
• Latest official school / academic report of learner
• Proof of residence e.g. rates account / lease agreement / an affidavit made at a police station confirming residence

School admissions:

• Apply to at least 3 schools (Including the ones closest to your home)
• Indicate your order of preference on the system

Parents | Guardians MUST upload the following certified supporting documents:

• Identification: 

  • Identity document (ID) or birth certificate of the learner and parent/caregiver;
  • If a foreign learners: a passport or a copy of parent’s refugee or asylum seeker permit on which the learner’s name should appear;
  • If the learner has foreign parents but was born in South Africa: a handwritten birth certificate (DHA 19 form); and parent/caregiver identification or
  • If the learner was not born in South Africa: a passport or a refugee or asylum seeker permit issued in the learner’s name and parent/caregiver identification.

   

• Immunisation card / Road to Health chart (pre-primary and primary schools only)
• Latest official school / academic report of learner
• Proof of residence e.g. rates account / lease agreement / an affidavit made at a police station confirming residence

Tutorials for Parents | Guardians

Video Tutorials

YouTube video: Part 1: Admissions Register as a parent

YouTube video: Part 2: Learner Application Admissions 2026

Step-by-step guides | Grade R, 1 & 8

Poster: Get ready for the 2026 school year

Applications for transfer requests for Grades 2-7 and Grades 9-12 open on 4 August 2025.

Transfer applications must be done online.

Parents or caregivers will be required to fill out the online form and submit the following relevant supporting documentation: 

• The last school report card;
• ID, birth certificate, passport, study permit or proof of application or police affidavit; and
• Proof of address or police affidavit.

Admission Timelines and Information for Ordinary Public Schools for the 2026 school year.