Register to home educate

Download the application form:

You must complete all sections of the form.

Part A: Applicant Information — information about the parent or guardian​​

The applicant is the child’s parent or guardian, not the child.

In most cases, you only need one applicant. You can include a second applicant on the application. We can only discuss the application with the persons named on the form.

You need a Victorian residential address for all applications.

We prefer email communication with the applicant for faster notifications.

Part B: Child Information

You can list up to 2 children on a single application form. Use as many forms as you need to register the children you want to home educate. There is no limit to the number of children you can register.

Include evidence of your child's name and date of birth. You also need to show evidence that you have parental responsibility for the child. Evidence is an official document with your and your child's name, such as a birth certificate. The form specifies acceptable types of evidence.

Make sure that the name on your proof of parental responsibility matches the name you gave in Part A of your application. If you changed your name, provide extra documentation like a marriage certificate or a change of name certificate to show the connection.

If your family has court orders in place, you must provide a copy of these with your application. If the court orders establish equal shared parental responsibility, we need evidence of consent from both parents to register the child/children. This evidence can be in the form of both parents being applicants or written consent from the other parent.

Part C: Learning Information

We need to know if the education will take place at one of the applicant's homes or elsewhere.

Each child’s application must include a learning plan. The learning plan must be appropriate to the child’s learning level and suited to their needs.

Tell us when you plan to start home education. You can choose to start once your application is approved or from a specific future date. The approval process can take up to 28 days.

We need to know if you are applying for exemptions from any learning areas. 

State whether you will use a partial enrolment arrangement at a government school. You can attach the school principal’s agreement if you have it. See more information about partial enrolment arrangements.

Part D: Declaration

Each applicant named in Part A must complete the declaration.

The applicant and all other parties to the registration must sign the form. 

You must attach all the necessary evidence documents to support your application. We only need copies of the documents. Do not send originals.

The names of the applicant and the child/children on the form must match those on the evidence documents. If your name has changed since the creation of the official document, we may need evidence of your change of name, for example, a marriage certificate.

Evidence of your child's name and date of birth includes:

• an Australian or overseas birth certificate or birth extract
• a passport
• citizenship documents
• Australian visa documents.

Evidence of your parental responsibility includes:

• your child’s birth certificate or extract
• your family Medicare card
• court orders that establish your parental responsibility
• other official government documents, such as records from Centrelink.

Make sure to check you have included all the documents you need for your application. For example, if necessary, court orders, school principal’s agreement. 

You must also attach a learning plan for each child on the application.

A learning plan explains how you will educate your child in the 8 key learning areas:

• English
• Mathematics
• Science (includes physics, chemistry, biology, earth and space sciences)
• Humanities and Social Sciences (includes history, geography, economics, business, civics and citizenship)
• the Arts (includes dance, drama, media arts, music, visual arts, visual communication design)
• Languages
• Health and Physical Education
• Technologies (includes design and technologies, digital technologies).

You must submit a learning plan with your application for registration. You can use one of our templates, or you can develop your own.

You can apply for exemptions from teaching one or more learning areas. You must explain why it's unreasonable for your child to receive instruction in that learning area. 

If you have a partial enrolment arrangement, the learning plan needs to cover any learning area your child does not cover at school.

We can only assess your application on the detail you provide. Include as much relevant information as possible in your learning plan. 

Read more detailed instructions about writing your learning plans and learning exemptions.

Before you submit

Before you submit your application, check that you have:

• completed the whole application form, and all applicants have signed the declaration.
• all the required documentation and evidence
• a learning plan for each child.

Save your form and learning plan as separate PDF files. Evidence files can be PDF or image files (jpg). 

Send your application

Email your application, learning plan and supporting documentation to home.schooling@education.vic.gov.au

We'll confirm that we have received your application.