Queensland

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Parent submits application form to home education department  - (the Home Education Application Form for initial registration )- along with learning plan/ required documents

via online/ email, You can advise your child's current school of your intention to apply for (provisional) registration for home education and to end your child's enrolment,- you do not need your schools permission.If you have finished your learning plan then go to the step below. If you are in a hurry and haven't already created a learning plan you can write a note to the education department, this must be hand written and, send it via post asking for provisional registration under section 207 of the act you can find out more here ( this is a short-term registration for 60days,until you get your plan ready, you are instantly issued provisional registration once they receive your request/letter and they will notify you via email about your approval, WE DID THIS, you can view our example here, as you can see i was abit in a rush as we were in the middle of moving and i wanted to be covered for qld home-school rego before i left - the provisional letter had to include

(i)the applicant’s name; and

(ii)the child’s name and date of birth; and

(iii)the address of the child’s usual place of residence; and

(c)be accompanied by evidence, satisfactory to the chief executive, that—

(i)the child is eligible for provisional registration for home education; and

(ii)the applicant is a parent of the child.

I was given provisional registration for 60days from the date they received my letter( I expressed posted my letter and within 4 days had the provisional registration granted) This is the provisional registration letter of approval i recieved.View here

- a little tip from us (if you have applied for provisional registration ,and have received your 60days registration, just before the 60days expiry date comes, quickly apply for the full home-school registration under section 208, you are meant to include your prepared learning plan and attach it with this registration BUT if you need the extra time to finish the learning plan you can include a letter where you are meant to attach the registration form stating " I am currently finalising my Education Plan and will provide this within 28 days as required")  - so all up this gives you roughly 80 days to create a homeschool learning plan. If you need help with this you can view my 3 children's approved qld unschool/natural learning plans here ( You can use the qld templates they provide as a base for your plan or as you can see i just created my own, its up to you)

Usually within a week

After submission of the application for registration,you will receive a email stating you will be granted provisional registration under section 208 everyone gets this approval while they go over your learning plan for full approval ( this isn't the same as the section 207 provisional registration i discussed above). A notice of the provisional registration is emailed to you - you should start teaching your child at home following your learning plan by this time.You can view our letter here . If you didn't include your learning plan, just the form stating you are finalising it, now is the time to get it started . You will recieve a email in a couple weeks saying they need your learning plan before they decide if you are approved

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By 3 months

The chief executive has 90 days to make a decision on the application you have sent and the decision time frame may be influenced by the material provided with the application in regards to procedural and other requirements.It is recommended you check your emails throughout the process , incase you need to provide more information.In this time you can home-school your child regardless of approval or not as you have provisional registration.Almost every learning plan is approved as long as it meets the requirements .The learning plan should include-

• is responsive to the changing needs of the child as indicated by the short and long term educational and personal goals

• has regard to the age, ability, aptitude and development of the child concerned

• is conducted in an environment conducive to learning

• is responsive to the child’s need for social development

• utilises suitable and relevant teaching strategies to deliver the educational program to the child

• engages the child in a range of rich and varied learning experiences

• is supported by sufficient and appropriate resources

• uses strategies for monitoring educational progress.

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