Every year, there are more learners in the province, which is part of the reason why there are still learners who haven't been placed at a school yet. Late enrolments due to parents relocating to the Western Cape during the festive season or parents of learners that have neglected to enrol their children on time in 2016 make the problem worse.
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has officials who are working around the clock with schools and parents to place all learners. The WCED introduced the new School Admission Management Information System in 2014. This system assists the WCED in providing clear data and indicating which schools are full or still have space.
If you’re having difficulties enrolling your child, or if you’ve failed to enrol your child, please approach your nearest school as there could be some enrolment cancellations after the school holidays.
Find-a-School
The Find-a-School database helps those parents who are looking for a school in the Western Cape but don’t know where to start looking. This is a great initiative by the WCED as a means of making finding a school easier for a parent who’s enrolling their child in school for the very first time.
What you need
Parents and guardians who want to enrol a child have to provide the following documents:
Contact your nearest district office
Alternatively they may approach the local district office for assistance with finding a place at a school.
Each district office has identified officials who’ll assist parents who struggle to find a place when schools re-open. Their contact details can be found below.
Officials Responsible for Managing Admissions 2017 | |||
Office | Name of Official | Telephone | E-mail Address |
Head Office | Mr. L R Abrahams | 021 467 2000 | lance.abrahams@westerncape.gov.za |
Cape Winelands | Mr. J Goliath | 023 348 6000/023 348 4604 | jgoliath@westerncape.gov.za |
Eden & Central Karoo | Mr. A Ellmann | 044 803 8300/044 803 8309 | Albie.Ellman@westerncape.gov.za |
Metro Central | Mr. S Hattingh | 021 514 6700/021 514 6721 | Schalk.Hattingh@westerncape.gov.za |
Metro East | Mr. E Magodla | 021 900 7173/021 900 7203 | Eric.Magodla@westerncape.gov.za |
Metro North | Mr. L Rutgers | 021 938 3009/021 938 3009 | Leon.Rutgers@westerncape.gov.za |
Metro South | Mrs. L Primo | 021 370 2000/021 370 2035 | Lynn.Primo@westerncape.gov.za |
Overberg | Mr. J Bailey | 028 214 7300/021 214 7879 | Japie.Bailey@westerncape.gov.za |
West Coast | Ms. A Truter | 021 860 1207/021 860 1206 | Anlerie.Truter@westerncap.gov.za |
While we'll do our best to conduct this process as quickly as possible, the fact that a child has been enrolled late has not afforded us the opportunity to plan in advance, as we have done for other learners who enrolled early last year.
We have an obligation to assist all parents with placement of their children. This however doesn’t mean that we guarantee a place in a school of choice, even if these schools are the closest to their new home.
Planning for the school year isn’t an easy task. It requires a great deal of work and involves various structures within the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), including head office, the districts, principals, educators and school management teams.
You can also contact: