Promoting home education & empowering home educators Australia wide.
Our Advocacy Work
The HEA committee and volunteers work includes advocating for home education rights across Australia.
The HEA is fully volunteer-run and is a not-for-profit organisation. We rely on membership fees to enable us to do the work of the Association for our members.
- We advocate in the interests of home education and endeavor to support and advocate for home educators and increase the profile of and confidence in home education throughout Australia.
- We work to maintain respect for the diversity of philosophies and methods used by home educators and uphold the principle that parents are primarily responsible for the education of their children.
- We have established and maintain a public fund which can receive gifts of money or property for the specific purpose of providing assistance to home educators in necessitous circumstances.
- We endeavor to build community in the home education sector through coordinating and running events and conferences, fostering networks and support groups, and connecting to organisations and suppliers in the sector.
Current Advocacy Work
WA Advocacy
Executive Summary
The main points of the HEA are:
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The Act should include flexible learning options for students with disabilities, including part-time home education.
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The Act should require specific training in trauma-informed care for all staff who deal with children who have disabilities, including home education moderators.
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The Act should create the role of a Home Education Advisory committee that includes representatives from the home educating community.
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The Department should report data about the number of students with disability in home education (similar to that reported by schools to NCCD).
Our Success Stories
July 2025 - Our QLD Advocacy Team met with The Minister for Education and Arts Team and were handed the Report that approved all 8 recommendations that were made by the 2024 independant Home Education Unit Review. We are grateful for the opportunity to be part of this process. We would like to thank Samantha and Ryan for their contributions to this process, along with the other members of the review team. Such a great outcome for Home schoolers in Queensland.
In the ACT Legistlative Amendments were passed in late November 2019 meaning the ACT is now leading the way with one of the more enlightened and sensible registration systems, balancing the safety of children and the right to an individual education.
HEA volunteers and Committee at that time generously shared their experience and expertise over two years of tireless work and support in efforts to protect home educators’ rights in ACT. This process has demonstrated the importance of having an experienced national body such as the HEA which advocates to protect the rights of all home educators.
International Homeschooling
If you are looking for information about Homeschooling around the world then visit the HSLDA - Home School Legal Defense Association website and explore their resources.. They believe homeschooling helps children to flourish. And we believe your family can homeschool best when you have the freedom to provide an education that uniquely fits your child.
We advocate for homeschooling on many levels: for individual families, in the state legislatures, in the media—so that you can homeschool with peace of mind.
