Gauteng School Placement: How to Object and Appeal Offer

More than 200 000 learners have received placement offers via their parents/ guardians for preferred Gauteng schools by the department for next year (2024).

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NOT EVERY PARENT IS HAPPY WITH GAUTENG SCHOOL OFFERS

However, not all will be satisfied with the offer from the department.

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Are you in such a predicament? Here is how you can Object or Appeal the offer:

“To allow a fair admissions process, provision is made for Objections and Appeals.”GDE

• Applicants who are offered placement at schools that they have not applied to have the option to accept or decline the offer
• To submit an objection, the parent declines the offer, and completes an electronic objection form online
• Objections must be submitted within 7 days of receiving the offer
• Note that when placement is offered at one of the schools that the parent applied to, objections and appeals are not applicable
• All objections are investigated on merit and an outcome is provided within 14 days of submission
• Applicants who decline the objection outcome may submit an appeal online within 7 days of receiving the objection outcome
• Appeals are processed and responded to within 14 – 21 days of receipt
• Parents must note that the Appeal outcome is final

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PLACEMENT PROCESS RECAP

• Offers will be released to parents via SMS notification from 4 September 2023
  and throughout the year until all learners are placed
• Placement offers must be accepted within 7 school days;
• When a placement offer is received, applicant parents should log in to their profile on
  www.gdeadmissions.gov.za to accept the offer as final OR accept while awaiting other
  offers;
• Parents may also visit District Offices OR schools for assistance to accept placement offers;
• Applicants who do not accept placement offers within 7 school days will be auto-placed at
  the school that made an offer of placement;
• It is important to note that placement is prioritised for applicants with verifiable home
  addresses within the school feeder zone and closest to the school and where space is
  available;
• When schools reach full capacity, applicants will be offered placement offers from schools
  with available space.

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