Inside the growing cohort of Queensland parents who never planned to homeschool

Clarissa's twin boys 12 year olds Owen and Miles home schooling. Credit: SBS

Homeschooling is on the rise in Australia, with some 45,000 children registered across Australia last year. Now the state government of Queensland is reviewing legislation to include the perspectives of the growing homeschooling community.

Queensland's Department of Education reports a 163% increase in homeschooling from 2020 to 2024, bringing the most recently updated number of homeschooling students in Queensland to more than 11,000.
The Free2Homeschool campaign gathered more than 21,000 signatures and more than 2000 submissions opposing the former Queensland government's attempts to enforce the Australian curriculum on home-schoolers.
The current Queensland government tabled new legislation in March 2025, still under review, which removed all the homeschooling reforms opposed to by stakeholders.

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