2025 Grade 1 and 8 applications now open
Gauteng Department of Education opens 2025 academic year applications.
The Gauteng Department of Education has officially opened online applications for Grade One and Grade Eight placements for the 2025 academic year.
The applications will close on August 12. This will give parents 32 days to apply for their children, ensuring that they secure space to study in schools across the province next year.
According to a statement released by Gauteng MEC for Education, Sports, Arts, Culture, and Recreation, Matome Chiloane, the first day of applications was successful, and more than 229 000 Grade One and Grade Eight applications were processed.
Matome also emphasised that if a child is in Grade R at a school this year, it does not automatically mean they will continue to Grade One in that same school next year, according to Chiloane, parents of Grade R learners should also apply for admission for their children.
Parents and guardians are advised to apply using www.gdeadmissions.co.za, and applicants are encouraged to either upload certified copies of the required documents into the system or submit them at the chosen school within seven school days of the application.
Moreover, 80 walk-in centres are available across districts to manually assist parents with applications.
List of documents required during applications:
1. SA parent ID or passport and child’s birth certificate or passport
2. Refugee permit
3. Asylum seeker permit
4. Permanent residence permit
5. Study Permit
6. Proof of home address
7. Proof of work address
8. Latest Grade Seven school report (for Grade Eight applicants only)
9. Clinic card/ immunisation report (Grade One applicants only)
