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Admissions

To enroll your child you will need the following documents

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Learner’s original birth certificate or ID of the learner.

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Parent’s original ID’s

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Immunizations card

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Medical aid card if you have one.

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Transfer card if learner is form another special school

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Proof of address.

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Make sure that the psychologist’s report, DBE/MDE nr and school report is handed in at school during the placement assessment.

Information Regarding admissions:

Age:

  1. Learners can only attend the school from the year in which they turn 13 years.
  2. They may apply the previous year by writing the placement tests and be placed on the waiting list.
  3. Learners may still be placed on the waiting list before they turn 15 years and 4 months. The reason is that they can complete the practical Year 1 to Year 4 course of a specific practical subject (e.g. welding, woodwork etc.) before 19 years of age.
  4. Learners have to leave the school at the end of the year in which they turn 18 years. Should it be necessary to remain an enrolled learner of Jim van Tonder School thereafter, enrollment will be subject to a selection process where the learner’s disciplinary record, academic progress and school attendance will play an important role.

PROVINCE

  1. Only learners who stay in Mpumalanga may attend Jim van Tonder School.

REFERRAL TO SPECIAL EDUCATION

  1. Learners have to be referred by the District Based Support Team of the Department of Education (DBST) for Special Education.
  2. Mrs Brenda Human at Jim van Tonder School or Mr Johan Victor, the Department of Education psychologist in our district, or other psychologists of the Department of Education can test your child.
  3. The child’s current school should complete the SNA1, SNA2 en DBE120 forms.
  4. These forms together with the child’s birth certificate should be handed in when visiting Mrs Human.
  5. When Mr Victor or other psychologists test your child, a SNA1 and SNA2, together with a MDE120 should be handed in.
  6. When your child is referred for Special Education, you as parent gives consent by filling in a DBE123 a and b form when tested by Mrs Human, Mr Victor or other departmental psychologists.
  7. If a private psychologist assesses your child, you need to bring a SNA1 & 2, and a psychologists report to Jim van Tonder School (Mrs Human) or to Mr Victor. With them you will complete the DBE123 form in which you have to give consent for your child to attend Special Education.  This report should not be older than 6 months.
  8. Only learners with mild to moderate barriers to learning concerning intellectual abilities, are accepted at Jim van Tonder School. There are other schools for learners with more severe barriers to learning.
  9. All documents are handled on district and provincial level, where the Department of Education will issue a MDE/SE number before your child will be admitted.  Children with a MDE/SE nr will write an placement test at our school before enrollment.

ASSESSMENT/ TESTS AT JIM VAN TONDER SCHOOL

  1. Learners have to write placement tests before they may register, or to be on the waiting list. These tests take more or less 2 hours. They may bring something to eat.
  2. These tests are written by appointment Tel: 017 647 5987
  3. At this stage parents / teachers have to bring the psychology report, DBE or MDE /SE nr, a school report and a birth certificate of the child.

LEARNERS COMING FROM A SPECIAL CLASS IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

  1. Learners from special classes who come in groups with a teacher should bring their DBE or MDE /SE number, a psychologists report, a school report, birth date and parents contact numbers. If he / she showed little progress at school from an early age and was referred to a special class during the foundation phase, we still expect the following forms; SNA1 & 2, a psychologist’s report not older than 6 months.
  2. Learners from special classes should write the placement tests at Jim van Tonder School during the 1st two terms of the year before they enroll at Jim van Tonder School. If not, they will have to wait like all the other learners when the classes are full.

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ADMISSION OF A LEARNER.

When a learner may register, the parents have to complete an application form at the school. They also have to bring the following documents:

  1. Learner’s original birth certificate or ID of the learner.
  2. Parent’s original ID’s.
  3. Immunizations card
  4. Medical aid card if you have one.
  5. Make sure that the psychologist’s report, DBE/MDE nr and school report is handed in at school during the placement assessment.
  6. Transfer card if learner is from another special school
  7. Proof of address.