Entry into Grade 1 and other grades – as stipulated by the relevant Departmental Regulations.

GRADE R: The child is age four turning five on or before June 30^th, in the year of admission.

GRADE 1 : The child is age five turning six on or before June 30^th, in the year of admission.

• A parent must complete the relevant “Application for Admission Form”. The parent must be given whatever assistance they may require to complete the form.
• Together with the completed Application for Admission Form the following documents must be presented to the Principal or the Admission Officer of the school:

• Official Birth Certificate of the learner. If parent is unable to submit the Birth Certificate, the learner may be admitted provisionally. The required Birth Certificate must be produced within three months of provisional admission. The provisional admission shall be given in writing, in the presence of a witness, and a copy kept at school.
• Proof of immunization against the following communicable diseases: polio, measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus and hepatitis B. If the parent is unable to show proof, the Principal must advise the parent on having the learner immunized as part of the free primary health care programme within 14 days of the child being admitted.
• If a learner comes from another school a transfer card as well as a most recent report of the learner must be submitted. If neither of these documents can be produced, the parent must submit a written affidavit stating reason for not having the transfer card and the grade of the learner attended at the previous school.
• Original copies or Certified copies of both parents’ identity documents.

• Copies of all documentation (6.2.1 to 6.2.4 above) must be attached to the “Application For Admission Form”

N.B: All documents showing signs of erasure, amendments / deletions of any kind or which have been altered in any way will not be accepted.

• If a learner is not a South African Citizen, then following documents have to be presented on registration:
• Study Permit
• Temporary or permanent residence Permit from the Department of Home Affairs.
• Evidence that application has been made for the child to stay in South Africa.
• Should the above documents not be available the child must still be registered at this school and the Principal must initiate steps to assist the learners / parents to obtain the necessary documents.

• 10.1.1 An advertisement will be placed in the newspaper.
  10.1.2 Parents must call at school to complete the “Application for Admission” forms.

  All necessary documents stipulated in 6.2.1.; 6.2.2. and 6.2.4 must be available and handed in upon completion of the Admission Form.

  10.1.3 Details of the applicants must be recorded in a “Register of Applicants”. It is the responsibility of the parent to ensure and acknowledge that such has been done.

  10.1.4 If by the closing date the number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available, then all applicants will be accommodated.

  10.1.5 If by the closing date the number of applicants exceeds the number of spaces available, the following criteria, in preference order will apply in determining which of the learners will be accepted:
  A] Learners residing in closest proximity to the school.
  B] Learners who have siblings at Regina Primary School.
  C] Learners whose parents are employed in close proximity to the school.
  D] Learners of such other race groups that will promote and enhance racial
  integration and interaction amongst the general body of learners.
  E] Learners will be accepted on a “first come, first serve basis”

  10.1.6 If the situation in 10.1.5 prevails then:
  (a) An Admissions Committee will be set up to process applications.
  (b) Successful applicants will be informed telephonically and must confirm their acceptance/rejection. Failure to respond in the stipulated time frame then the place will be allocated to the next qualifying applicant.

• 10.2.1 Learners will be accepted and admitted on a “first come, first serve” basis as spaces become available.

  10.2.2 A learner who is 16 years of age or older and who has never attended school and who is seeking admission for the first time, or did not make sufficient progress with his/ her peer group, must be advised to enroll at an Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) centre