One country, eight processes

Your package is the one for your state

Home education in Australia is not one system. South Australia grants an exemption from school attendance; the Northern Territory grants approval for a single school year and mandates a curriculum; Western Australia's registration never expires at all. What you have to hand over, who may visit, and which curriculum you are judged against all change at the border.

So we do not sell one national product with your state's name printed on it. The teaching is the same everywhere — the full Prep–12 curriculum — and the paperwork it produces is built for your registrar.

Queensland

Maroon

HEU

Queensland grants home education registration through HEU. No one visits your home, and no curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: 12 months
Visits: None required
Emblem: Cooktown Orchid (Vappodes phalaenopsis)

See the Queensland package →

South Australia

Red and blue

Home Education unit

South Australia grants exemption from school attendance through Home Education unit. A home visit is part of the process, and a curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: Typically 12 months
Visits: home-visit
Emblem: Sturt's Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa)

See the South Australia package →

Tasmania

Bottle green

OER

Tasmania grants home education registration through OER. A home visit is part of the process, and no curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: 1 year
Visits: home-visit
Emblem: Tasmanian Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus)

See the Tasmania package →

Northern Territory

Ochre and black

Home Education (NT)

Northern Territory grants approval to home educate through Home Education (NT). A departmental moderator inspects, and a curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: 1 school year
Visits: moderator
Emblem: Sturt's Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum)

See the Northern Territory package →

Australian Capital Territory

Blue and gold

Home Education (ACT)

Australian Capital Territory grants home education registration through Home Education (ACT). A meeting with an authorised person applies, and no curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: Up to 2 years
Visits: interview
Emblem: Royal Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gloriosa)

See the Australian Capital Territory package →

New South Wales

Sky blue

the Department (Home Schooling)

New South Wales grants home education registration through the Department (Home Schooling). A home visit is part of the process, and a curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: Up to 2 years (statutory maximum); initial grants are often shorter, since delivery records don't yet exist to demonstrate
Visits: home-visit
Emblem: Waratah (Telopea speciosissima)

See the New South Wales package →

Victoria

Navy blue

VRQA

Victoria grants home education registration through VRQA. No one visits your home, and no curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: Ongoing, reconfirmed annually by email; ends automatically at the end of the year the child turns 18
Visits: None required
Emblem: Common Heath (Epacris impressa)

See the Victoria package →

Western Australia

Gold and black

the Department (Home Education)

Western Australia grants home education registration through the Department (Home Education). A home visit is part of the process, and no curriculum is mandated.

Lasts: Indefinite — no fixed term or expiry
Visits: home-visit
Emblem: Red and Green Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos manglesii)

See the Western Australia package →

Same price everywhere. The packages differ in what they promise about your paperwork, not in what they cost — $119 a month for your first learner, $79 for each sibling. We are not going to charge a Territory family more because their department asks for photographs.