Randpark High School Application Form 2024-2025
Randpark High School Application Form – Randpark High School has opened its admission for intake into 2021 academic year intake…
Applications: Grade 8, 2024-2025
Applications for admission to Grade 8, 2024-2025 may only be submitted via the Gauteng Department of Education’s e-admissions portal once the admissions period has commenced.
Dates for GDE e-applications:
NB UPDATE:
We have received confirmation that the NEW DATE for e-applications is Monday, 20 May 2019 at 08h00. Access the GDE website here to submit your application: www.gdeadmissions.gov.za
Parents may present the supporting documentation to Rand Park High School between Monday, 20 May and Monday, 22 July, excluding during school holidays as the school is closed during this time. Please visit the school between 07h30 and 13h00 on week days to deliver the documents.
A step-by-step guide on how to submit your application via the e-admissions portal is available here.
The following information is required to complete your e-application:
- LEARNER’S ID NUMBER
- BOTH PARENTS’ ID NUMBERS
- RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS FOR PARENTS
- WORK ADDRESSES FOR PARENTS
- NAME OF CURRENT PRIMARY SCHOOL
- CURRENT GRADE
Documents to be presented to the school within seven days of submitting your e-application are:
- CERTIFIED COPY OF UNABRIDGED BIRTH CERTIFICATE FOR THE LEARNER
- MOST RECENT SCHOOL REPORT FOR THE GRADE 7 LEARNER
- PROOF OF RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (CITY OF JOHANNESBURG ACCOUNT IF YOU OWN THE PROPERTY) OR LEASE AGREEMENT PLUS A COPY OF THE ID OF LESSOR & COJ RATES ACCOUNT (IF YOU RENT)
- PROOF OF WORK ADDRESS (IF YOU DID NOT USE RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS FOR YOUR e-APPLICATION)
- CERTIFIED COPIES OF PARENTS’ ID DOCUMENTSNB: Non-South African Citizens are required to provide a certified copy of the Parent’s valid passport; proof of home/employment address (as per RSA Citizen requirements above); certified copy of the learner’s birth certificate; learner’s valid passport; learner’s study permit; learner’s latest primary school report; and asylum documents (if applicable).You do not need to upload any documents via the GDE’s e-portal – the supporting documents are presented to the school where the content is checked and verified. Randpark High School Application Form
Randpark High School Admission Policy
The main purpose of the policy is to establish the processes by which learner admissions to Rand Park High School takes place.
CapacityThe school will admit a maximum of 280 learners to Grade 8 in 2021. This includes repeats. The overall capacity of the school is 1450 learners. This is based on the infrastructure of the school (for example, number and size of classrooms, toilets, stairways, health and safety).
AdvocacyThe Admission process is to be communicated to prospective parents at the school’s Open Day. Further communication will take place through visits to local primary schools and through the school’s newsletter and website. Randpark High School Application Form
Application ProcessGrade 8 applicants will be required to apply via the GDE admission portal. Because the GDE system does not apply to Grades 9 to 11, these parents will be required to contact the school’s Admissions Officer, Mrs Sharon Glasson via email or telephone 011 793 1246. Alternatively, parents may complete the Online Expression of Interest Form.
Parents who do not have access to the Internet will be permitted to use the computers in the school’s media centre during the official GDE admissions period. Assistance will be provided to parents who do not have access to the Internet or who are computer illiterate and require help with completing the GDE’s online application.
Failure to provide the required supporting documentation specified by the Gauteng Department of Education within the required timeframe will invalidate the online application.
Upon acceptance, successful applicants will be required to complete a Learner Information Form.
Primary Admission CriteriaWaiting lists will be compiled using the Gauteng Department of Education’s Admission Policy requirements. Placement is based on weighted criteria which prioritises applicants that live in the Feeder Zone first. The waiting lists will be based on the following admission criteria ranking, in accordance with the Revised Draft Amended Regulations relating to the Admission of Learners to Public Schools, 2018:
- The applicant learner’s place of residence is within the feeder zone;
- The applicant learner has a sibling attending the school;
- The place of employment of at least one of the applicant learner’s parents is within the feeder zone of the school;
- The applicant learner’s place of residence is within a 30 kilometre radius of the school; or
- The applicant learner’s place of residence is beyond a 30 kilometre radius of the school.
The ranking of the applications for admission shall be in the order of the categories referred to in points 1 to 5 (listed above) and in the order in which the applications are received.
The feeder zone has been determined by the Gauteng Department of Education and is clearly illustrated in the map provided by the Gauteng Department of Education.
Regulation 7 (1) to (4) indicates that all applicants are eligible for Waiting List A, however, placement at the School is dependent on CAPACITY. Waiting lists will be generated according to the Primary Admission Criteria specified above and the available space based on the order in which applications are received. Waiting List A and Waiting List B will only be allocated at the end of the application period after the system has sorted applications and prioritised same according to the criteria.
After the closing date for applications has passed and the District has approved the process, all successful applicants will be sent a formal written response. Should the school have insufficient space to accommodate all the Waiting List A candidates, then the District Admissions Team will place those unplaced candidates at schools where there is space.
The admission process will not discriminate against learners on the basis of race, ethnic or social origin, colour, gender, HIV/AIDS status, disability, sexual orientation, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language or the ability of the parent to pay fees. Randpark High School Application Form
No assessment test related to admissions will be administered.
Having determined the average age per grade, the school will not admit learners who differ from the average age by more than 3 years.
Late online applications will not be permitted via the GDE admission portal. Late applications will be managed by the District Admission Team.
Admission Application Forms
Parents who wish to enroll their children who are currently in Grade 8 to 11 are requested to contact Mrs Glasson in Admissions to check availability in these grades. Upon confirmation of space availability, the Learner Information Form may be downloaded, completed and presented to the school..
Admission enquiries:
Mrs Sharon Glasson
RPHS Admissions Secretary
email: sharon.glasson@randparkhigh.co.za
Telephone: 011 793 1246