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Guidelines for home schooling registration
1. Purpose of the guidelines
Information for parents
The NSW Education Standards Authority (‘NESA’) Guidelines for Home Schooling Registration in NSW(‘the Guidelines’) provide information for parents about:
- home schooling registration
- the process to apply for registration
- the requirements to be met
- the NSW curriculum
- where to access other relevant information.
The Guidelines provide NESA’s policies for administering the provisions of the NSW Education Act 1990 No 8 (‘the Act’) for home schooling registration.
A parent or person who has legal care or guardian authority for a child may apply for home schooling registration of the child. References to a parent in this document should be taken to include persons with parental authority and authorised out-of-home carers.
It is not necessary to review all sections of the Guidelines to start or continue home schooling registration. The overview of home schooling provided in section 3 of the Guidelines may be a relevant starting point for parents who are thinking about home schooling for the first time.
Contact NESA
Questions about home schooling registration may be directed to NESA’s Home Schooling Unit:
- call: (02) 9367 8149
- email: homeschooling@nesa.nsw.edu.au