Homeschooling in Queensland
Home education is legal in Queensland. You register with the Home Education Unit; provisional registration must be granted once your written or online application is received.
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Queensland home-education registrations reached about 11,800 as at 1 August 2025, up from 5,008 in 2021 — and 75.42% of new registrations in 2025 came directly from mainstream school. If you're withdrawing a child, you're taking the most common path.
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What's expected of your program
Queensland does not require you to follow the Australian Curriculum exactly. Your program must 'have regard to the age, ability, aptitude and development of the child' and respond to your child's changing needs.
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The timeline that matters
Provisional registration must be granted once your application is received. A written progress report is then due each year in the 10th month of your registration, and you must notify any address change within 28 days.
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A written annual progress report, due in the 10th month of your registration.
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