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New website look
We have refreshed the Home Education unit (HEU) area to make it easier to navigate and add FAQs to help answer questions that come up often.
How did we do? Please help us to keep improving the HEU area by providing your feedback.
We are working on a major update of content and format in 2025 and will consult about the changes.
Customer experience research
The HEU is working with a government research team to better understand parents’ user experience when interacting with home education registration services and how a new digital solution could help save them time and effort.
Parents’ insights will be collected through 6 focus group sessions held in November and December 2024. A targeted expression of interest, to attend an in-person session, will be sent to parents who have recently participated in the application or reporting processes.
The Home Education Expert Group will be invited to provide their insights into these findings and explore possible solutions to improve parents’ experience.
Home Education Expert Group (HEEG) and review
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.
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.