One country, 8 processes
Where you register, and what they ask.
ParkSyde is not a school. Home education is registered with your state or territory's own authority, under its own Act and by its own process — South Australia grants an exemption, the Northern Territory an approval for one school year, Western Australia a registration that never expires — and registration stays with you.
So ParkSyde is configured around all 8 of them. The parts that touch your paperwork — your state's package, the welcome pack, and the record your learner builds — are drawn from the register below. Every entry says when it was last checked against primary sources, and links to the authority's own page, which is the one to trust.
Queensland
Queensland Home Education
- Who decides
- QHE — Queensland Department of Education (Registration Services)
- What you apply for
- home education registration
- Legal basis
- Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld) — home education provisions, Chapter 9 Part 5
- What you submit first
- summary of the educational program
- Ongoing evidence
- annual report on educational progress (annually), with work samples
- Visits
- None required
- How long it lasts
- 12 months
- Assessed against
- Australian Curriculum v9 — if you choose to use it. This authority mandates no curriculum, so our codes are a convenience here, not a requirement.
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-18. 4 sources on file. The authority's own page →
South Australia
Home Education unit
- Who decides
- Home Education unit — Department for Education (South Australia)
- What you apply for
- exemption from school attendance
- Legal basis
- Education and Children's Services Act 2019 (SA), ss 60 & 68(3)(a)(iii) (general compulsory-attendance provisions). SA has no dedicated 'home education' Part — approval is an exemption from the duty to attend school, administered by delegation from the Minister.
- What you submit first
- home education program
- Ongoing evidence
- home education review (annually), with work samples
- Visits
- A home visit is required for the initial application, and again before each renewal. A virtual meeting may substitute at the department's discretion, but the family must remain in SA for it.
- How long it lasts
- Typically 12 months
- Assessed against
- Australian Curriculum v9 — the codes on every ParkSyde unit are the ones your assessor reads
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-03. 4 sources on file. The authority's own page →
Tasmania
Office of the Education Registrar
- Who decides
- OER — Department for Education, Children and Young People (Tasmania)
- What you apply for
- home education registration
- Legal basis
- Education Act 2016 (Tas), Part 3 Division 7 'Home education' (ss 67–87), especially s69 (Registrar's determination), s75 (continuing assessment) and s87 (home visits); Registration Standards set out in Schedule 1 of the Education Regulations 2017 (SR 2017/042).
- What you submit first
- Home Education Program (HEP), or Home Education Summary and Program (HESP) at renewal
- Ongoing evidence
- Home Education Summary and Program (HESP) renewal (annually), with work samples
- Visits
- A registration visit (consent-based, s87) occurs roughly 6–8 weeks after provisional approval for new registrations, and again at every annual renewal.
- How long it lasts
- 1 year
- Assessed against
- Australian Curriculum v9 — if you choose to use it. This authority mandates no curriculum, so our codes are a convenience here, not a requirement.
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-03. 5 sources on file. The authority's own page →
Northern Territory
Home Education, Department of Education and Training
- Who decides
- Home Education (NT) — Northern Territory Department of Education and Training
- What you apply for
- approval to home educate
- Legal basis
- Education Act 2015 (NT), Part 4 Division 3 'Home education' — s46 (CEO approval), s47 (mandatory inspection), s48 (14-day change/cessation notice), s49 (power to cancel).
- What you submit first
- curriculum program
- Ongoing evidence
- annual reapproval, with work samples
- Visits
- A departmental officer must carry out at least one inspection during each approval period (s47), covering the curriculum, resources and the place home education is provided, at a time agreed with the parent.
- How long it lasts
- 1 school year
- Assessed against
- Australian Curriculum v9 — the codes on every ParkSyde unit are the ones your assessor reads
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-03. 2 sources on file. The authority's own page →
Australian Capital Territory
Home Education, Education Directorate
- Who decides
- Home Education (ACT) — ACT Education Directorate
- What you apply for
- home education registration
- Legal basis
- Education Act 2004 (ACT), Chapter 5 'Home education' — s131 (registration), s132 (conditions), s134 (period), s135 (cancellation), s137 (renewal), s138 (reports); Education Regulation 2005 (ACT) Part 4, ss 7–11.
- What you submit first
- Statement of Intent
- Ongoing evidence
- Home Education Report (annually), with work samples
- Visits
- No home visit as standard practice ('we do not visit you at home'). A meeting with an authorised person is required within 3 months of a new registration, and may be requested at renewal.
- How long it lasts
- Up to 2 years
- Assessed against
- Australian Curriculum v9 — if you choose to use it. This authority mandates no curriculum, so our codes are a convenience here, not a requirement.
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-03. 3 sources on file. The authority's own page →
New South Wales
Home Schooling, NSW Department of Education
- Who decides
- the Department (Home Schooling) — NSW Department of Education
- What you apply for
- home education registration
- Legal basis
- Education Act 1990 (NSW), Part 7 Subdivision 5 'Registration for home schooling' — s71 (application), s72 (registration), s73 (conditions and 2-year maximum duration, tying home schooling to Part 3's minimum curriculum), s74 (cancellation). Registration authority sat with NESA (the NSW Education Standards Authority) until it transferred to the NSW Department of Education on 5 May 2025; NESA remains the syllabus-setting body under the Education Standards Authority Act 2013.
- What you submit first
- educational program
- Ongoing evidence
- records reviewed at the Authorised Person's visit
- Visits
- An Authorised Person (a Department inspector or appointed officer) conducts a home visit to assess the proposed program before initial registration, and again at each renewal to review implementation records — the child must be sighted barring exceptional circumstances. Typical time from application to certificate is 7–12 weeks; families are advised to apply about 3 months ahead of their intended start date.
- How long it lasts
- Up to 2 years (statutory maximum); initial grants are often shorter, since delivery records don't yet exist to demonstrate
- Assessed against
- NESA syllabus outcomes — a separate set of codes from Australian Curriculum v9
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-03. 6 sources on file. The authority's own page →
Victoria
Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority
- Who decides
- VRQA — Statutory authority responsible to the Ministers for Education, Skills and TAFE, and Economic Growth
- What you apply for
- home education registration
- Legal basis
- Education and Training Reform Act 2006 (Vic), s2.1.1 (parental duty to enrol or register for home schooling, ages 6–17), s2.1.2A (offence for failing to provide instruction once registered), s4.3.9 (the Authority — VRQA — may register a student for home schooling, and may cancel for non-compliance or refusing a program review), read together with the Education and Training Reform Regulations 2017 (Vic) for the operative registration, learning-area, learning-plan, review and cancellation detail. The Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) sets the Victorian Curriculum F–10 but has no role in home-schooling registration — that sits with VRQA alone.
- What you submit first
- learning plan
- Ongoing evidence
- annual continuation check, plus review for a 10% sample
- Visits
- None required
- How long it lasts
- Ongoing, reconfirmed annually by email; ends automatically at the end of the year the child turns 18
- Assessed against
- Australian Curriculum v9 — if you choose to use it. This authority mandates no curriculum, so our codes are a convenience here, not a requirement.
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-03. 7 sources on file. The authority's own page →
Western Australia
Home Education Registration, Department of Education
- Who decides
- the Department (Home Education) — Department of Education (Western Australia), acting through the Chief Executive Officer and appointed home education moderators
- What you apply for
- home education registration
- Legal basis
- School Education Act 1999 (WA), Part 3 Division 6 'Home education' — s46 (defines 'home educator'), s47 (application), s48 (CEO registers, certificate issued, registration indefinite until cancelled), s49 (duty to inform CEO of changes), s50–51 (home education moderators; evaluation within 3 months of registration, then at least every 12 months), s52 (CEO may require a further evaluation over a concern), s53 (cancellation grounds, including unsatisfactory progress judged in part against 'the outline of curriculum and assessment in schools established under the School Curriculum and Standards Authority Act 1997'). The School Curriculum and Standards Authority (SCSA) sets the Western Australian Curriculum but has no direct registration role — that sits with the Department alone.
- What you submit first
- education program
- Ongoing evidence
- moderator's evaluation report
- Visits
- Statutory: within 3 months of registration, then at least once every 12 months (s51). Defaults to the child's usual place of learning unless the family objects, in which case an agreed alternative location or an online meeting is used. 21 days' notice is required from the family.
- How long it lasts
- Indefinite — no fixed term or expiry
- Assessed against
- The Western Australian Curriculum, which carries no content-description codes at all
Checked against primary sources on 2026-09-03. 5 sources on file. The authority's own page →
This page is a map, not legal advice: the authority's own page decides, and every entry above links to it.
ParkSyde's part is the teaching and the record: see the curriculum, or try a lesson.