Homeschooling in Tasmania
Home education is legal in Tasmania. You register with the Office of the Education Registrar (OER); the Tasmanian Home Education Advisory Council provides advisory input.
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Tasmania has the highest per-capita rate of home education of any Australian jurisdiction (over 1% of students).
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What's expected of your program
There is no requirement to follow the Australian Curriculum or any particular curriculum. Instead your Home Education Program must address the 10 standards for approved programs set out in Regulation 5 of the Education Regulations 2017 (covering areas such as literacy, numeracy and pedagogy).
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Your checklist to register
- A completed application form.
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- A written Home Education Program (HEP) for new registrations — a separate document for each child — outlining what the child has learnt and the plan for the year ahead. (Renewals use a Home Education Summary and Program, HESP.)
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The timeline that matters
Registration is granted for a maximum of 12 months; a new HESP must be lodged annually — no earlier than 15 weeks and no later than 12 weeks before your current registration expires.
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Submit a new Home Education Summary and Program (HESP) each year to renew.
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