Cape Town – The Western Cape Education Department has maintained (WCED) that its online application portal was effective, as a parent whose child is supposed to start grade 1 next year has ...

Parents across the Western Cape who applied for their children to secure a spot in Grade R, Grade 1, or Grade 8 for the ...

Grade R applications can be submitted online at: https://wcedonline.westerncape.gov.za/admissions For admission to Grade R, a child must turn six in the year that the ...

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) is appealing to parents to apply before the online admissions window closes on Tuesday. Applying on time will help officials plan better for the 2026 ...

This form is available for download on WCED’s website. Parents and guardians/caregivers can apply for Grade R admission online. Those who have not registered on the online system before must ...

“The WCED is working (to ensure) parents (see) the outcomes of their applications online from May 29, 2023. We will leave no stone unturned in our efforts to place every learner whose parents ...

Parents and guardians in the Western Cape have until Friday, 16 May, to submit late applications for 2026 school admissions.

After this date, their highest-ranked choice of school will be automatically confirmed," says the WCED. The online admissions system is now closed for Grade 1 and 8 applications. However ...

The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) has issued a final reminder to parents and guardians to submit late online applications for Grade R, 1, and 8 placements for the 2026 academic year by ...

The Western Cape Education Department is providing help to prospective parents at certain schools to help with the online applications for the next school year, 2025. The application process is online ...

"Grade R applications should be submitted online on the WCED website, while transfer applications from grades two to seven and nine to twelve should be done in hard copy at the school which the ...