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Northern Territory

The NT Education Department supports a parent’s right to choose an educational environment that meets the needs of their child. To balance a parent’s right to educate, and the department’s responsibility under the Education Act 2015 (NT) to ensure that students receive an education of a quality that is capable of enabling them to reach their potential, a parent must apply for, and be granted approval to, home educate their child.

The NT Department of Education states that home education requires parents to accept responsibility for planning, delivering, assessing, recording and keeping evidence of your child's education. Parents are to submit applications annually for each child, outlining the proposed home education that they seek to deliver that is aligned with the Australian Curriculum. It must include content description codes and/or use a template plan from the Northern Territory Home Education Plan.

You can apply to Home Educate at any time of the year. You must remain in school until your application has been approved. Once approved, you will need to reapply by the end of November each year, so that your application can be reassessed by the end of January the following year.

You can teach your children or employ a teacher to deliver content. You may develop your own home education program or purchase from a commercial provider.

The HEA Registration Support Team is available to help answer questions you may have in regards to state registration, or offer support if you need. Email support@hea.edu.au .

While we hope you will consider membership with us, the HEA supports Australian home educators regardless of membership.

The HEA also has a phone Helpline with experienced home educators who can assist you with any general home education questions you may have, particularly 'how to get started'. 1300 72 99 91

Registration Overview

Registration Overview
- Northern Territory Government - Education Department

To apply for home education, follow these steps:

Step 1: Gather all relevant documents for your application

Birth certificate
2-3 photos of the learning environment- desk, computer and other resources
Any medical and/or court order documentation
Student Visa, if applicable
Passport style photo for Student ID Card
Curriculum Plan (see Step 2)

Step 2: Make sure you have a Curriculum Plan that suits your child and is aligned to the Australian Curriculum with code descriptors.

The Curriculum Plan should take into account the age, capability, needs and interests of the student and must outline:

how you will address the relevant learning areas for their age
how educational progress and achievement will be measured
how student learning activities will be recorded
access to resources and facilities to support student learning.
NT home educators are to use the Australian Curriculum or an alternative purchased curriculum that aligns with the Australian Curriculum.
Registrations apply for one calendar year and you must reapply each year.
For new families, registrations are open all year long. For continuing families, registrations should be submitted by the end of November each year.

HEA has many resources for members to build a relevant program that suits the needs of your child. Many are aligned with the Australian Curriculum. See Membership Benefit Page for more information.

Step 3: Apply online through the Territory Services page.

Step 4: Start recording your evidence and saving samples of any written pieces of work, video clips, audio files, photographs, artwork, power point presentations and any other kinds of progress that your child has learned.

Subject requirements for year level outcomes in Northern Territory.

You child is entitled to the:

Back to School Payment Scheme in Term 1
Sport Voucher Scheme in Semester 1 and 2.

For more information go the the NT Home Education Website