Guide
Grade 10 placement: what to do
For parents and guardians of learners joining Grade 10 in January 2027.
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7–11 September 2026Closed
Choose eight senior schools
Each Grade 9 learner chose eight senior schools: three C1, two C2, two C3 and one C4. The junior school entered the choices on the Ministry’s portal and printed them for a parent to sign. The window was first announced for 24 August to 11 September.
The portal’s My Selections page shows what was submitted, using the learner’s assessment number.
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Not yet announcedLast year: 19 December 2025Alert me
Check the placement
Placement follows the KJSEA results. The papers run 26–30 October 2026. The Ministry has not yet given a date for results or placement, or said how placements will be shared.
Last year results came out on 11 December and placements on 19 December. Parents checked by sending the learner’s assessment number by SMS to 22263, or on the Ministry’s portal.
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Not yet announcedLast year: from 30 December 2025Alert me
Download the admission letter
The Ministry has not yet said when admission letters will be ready. Last year the letter and joining instructions could be downloaded from the placement portal from 30 December, using the learner’s assessment number.
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Not yet announcedLast year: 23–29 December 2025 and 6–9 January 2026Alert me
Ask for a review, if you need one
If the placement does not suit your child, you can ask for a review while a window is open. The Ministry has not yet announced one for this intake.
Last year there were two windows. The head of the junior school submitted the request on the portal, and in January the senior school the family wanted could submit it too.
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Not yet announcedLast year: 12–21 January 2026
Report to school
The Ministry has not yet given a reporting date. Last year reporting began on 12 January, and the deadline to be admitted was moved to 21 January.
Public day senior schools charge parents KSh 0 for the fee heads in the government’s fee notice. Public boarding schools may charge parents up to KSh 53,554 or KSh 40,535 a year, depending on the school, spread 50:30:20 over the three terms. The notice does not cover uniform, or meals for day scholars.
Official portals
- KEMIS selection and placement portalSenior school choices, confirmation slips, admission letters and joining instructions
- Ministry of EducationAnnouncements and circulars
Shule Zote is not part of the Ministry. Always download letters from the official portal.
Sources
Checked on 15 October 2026. Where the Ministry has not published a document, the source is a dated news report.
- Daily Nation, 8 September 2026: selection dates, number of choices and how the school enters them.
- Daily Nation, 2 August 2026: selection dates.
- Kenya National Examinations Council, 19 February 2026: dates of the KJSEA papers.
- Ministry of Education, 21 December 2025: last year’s KJSEA results date, first review window, way of submitting a review request.
- Capital FM, 17 December 2025: last year’s placement date, SMS number for checking a placement.
- The Star, 20 December 2025: last year’s placement date.
- Ministry of Education, 2 January 2026: last year’s admission letters, first review window, second review window, reporting date and admission deadline, way of submitting a review request.
- Daily Nation, 16 January 2026: last year’s reporting date and admission deadline.
- Kenya Gazette, 6 February 2026: fees at public senior schools.