Why More Queensland Families Are Choosing Home Education

If you have wondered whether you are the only family making this choice, you are not. The Queensland Government reported in July 2025 that about 11,400 children were registered for home education in the state. That was an increase of 230 per cent compared with five years earlier. In other words, the number of registered children has grown more than threefold in half a decade.

Numbers like these are easy to read past, so let me say what they mean in a home. Every family in that count made a decision. Some pulled a child out of school after bullying or anxiety. Some have a child whose needs the school could not meet. Some simply want a different pace, or more time for the things that matter to their family. Your reasons count, and you do not need to justify them to anyone.

The growth also tells you something about the support around you. The Home Education Unit is being renamed Queensland Home Education, to reflect a wider role that includes practical help for families as well as oversight. The government has said it will improve reporting templates and examples, and it has described a planned group of parent representatives. Those changes are still being rolled out, so check with Queensland Home Education for what is available now.

What has not changed is the basic test. Your child needs a high-quality education and steady progress, and you show that through a clear program and an honest annual report. Queensland does not ask you to copy a school. It asks you to show that your child is learning.

So if you are beginning this year, you are part of a large and growing group of families. Many of them started exactly where you are, with a question and a deadline, and most found their feet within a term.

Figures are from the Queensland Government statement of 18 July 2025. For current registration numbers, see the Queensland Government home education pages.