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An independent reviewer is conducting a stakeholder-informed review of Queensland’s approach to regulating home education through the Queensland Home Education Unit. The HEEG has been established to inform the review. Please visit the review page for information and updates on the review and the HEEG.
Home education in Queensland is regulated under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006.
Access the department's home education procedure.
In Queensland, home education is a legally recognised option where parents take on the responsibility to educate their child at home. If you want to educate your child at home, you must apply to register them with the Home Education Unit and then report annually on their educational progress.
You can register your child for home education if they are the right age and they aren't also enrolled at a state or a non-state school. You need to have a home address in Queensland and be your child’s parent or legal guardian.
To be eligible for home education, your child should be between 5-and-a-half years old and 17 years old by 31 December this year.
You will be responsible for providing a high-quality educational program to your child. You may also engage a registered teacher to deliver your child's educational program.
Phone(07) 3513 67551800 677 176
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