Parents providing home education in Queensland will be provided with extra support following a review into the current system.
State Education Minster John-Paul Langbroek said the Government would support all eight recommendations of the Home Education Unit Review.
Minister Langbroek said they included transforming of the Home Education Unit to include both regulatory oversight and practical support to assist participating families.
He said to reflect the enhanced scope the unit would be renamed Queensland Home Education (QHE).
“An education leader will be engaged to guide the implementation of all recommendations and ensure effective communication with families,” he said.
Minister Langbroek said families would have streamlined and clear processes, timely online information delivery, more resources to help them plan and report, and up-to-date student identification cards.
“The recommendations will reposition and enhance home education in Queensland, modernise regulation, and support processes for home education families, to be implemented using a three-phrased approach.”
He said Queensland’s Home Education Unit had experienced significant growth in registrations.
“In 2025, there are approximately 11,400 Queensland children registered for home education, an increase of 230 percent compared to five years ago.”
Minster Langbroek said improvements were sought to better support home-educating parents and ensure children and young people continued to access high-quality education when educated at home.
He said other recommendations, which would be supported, included:
- Extension of the existing Home Education Expert Group by six months to December 31, to allow the establishment of an ongoing Queensland Home Education Consultative Group, thus maintaining momentum and continued parent engagement.
- More and better resources to support parents in meeting regulatory requirements, including improved program templates, exemplar annual reports, and publication of clear and transparent information about how compliance is determined for educational programs and written reports.
- Consider a trial of a new reporting option where parents can submit a short, standard written report and attend an online interview to demonstrate educational progress.
- Designing more user-friendly IT resources by enhancing the home education website so parents can easily navigate and access support and resources; creating a social media presence to connect with the home educating community and provide timely information; and, developing an efficient online portal for tasks such as registration and reporting.
- Ensuring the language used in communications with families is clear, supportive and family-centred.
- Establishing a home education support and advisory response platform for families, where parents can access information regarding onboarding, senior pathways, NAPLAN, services and student opportunities such as regional sport, Premier’s Reading Challenge, Premier’s Anzac Prize, student leadership forums and regional community liaisons.
- Facilitate and expand access to educational resources, including a review of student identification cards to ensure they have access to all discounts and services available to them; access to curriculum support materials as they are developed and updated; and, liaising with relevant commercial providers to promote home educators and their children for education or teacher discounts.
