Starting home education can feel like registration forms, curriculum, planning, resources and record keeping have all landed on your desk at the same time. You do not need to figure out everything at once. Start with this guide to homeschool planning and record keeping, including official registration links for Victoria.
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A calmer order
You can revisit every one of these steps later. The goal at the beginning is not perfection — it is enough clarity to move forward safely and legally.
Before you build a timetable or buy resources, work out what your state or territory requires. Registration rules are different across Australia.
Think about strengths, interests, current challenges, support needs and the kinds of learning environments that help your child engage.
You do not need to recreate school at home. Start with the required learning areas, a few priorities and realistic ways learning could happen.
Build a structure that your family can actually live with. Some learning will be planned. Some of the best evidence will come from everyday life.
Save work samples, photos, observations, projects, notes and other examples that show what your child has been doing and learning.
Notice what is working, where support is still needed and what might make sense to explore next. Your plan can evolve with your child.
A helpful mindset
Learning can happen through books, conversations, projects, excursions, cooking, gardening, creative work, online resources, community activities, tutoring and ordinary daily life.
A plan gives you direction. Evidence helps you see what actually happened. Those are related, but they are not the same thing.
The Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority (VRQA) regulates home education. The process below is a practical starting summary, not a replacement for the official guidance.
You submit the registration application, supporting identity/parental-responsibility documents and a learning plan for each child.
The plan needs to address the eight key learning areas and be appropriate to your child's learning level and needs. You do not have to follow the Victorian Curriculum or another specific curriculum.
For a child already enrolled at school, Victorian policy says they should remain enrolled and attending until the home education application is approved and you receive the formal registration notice.
The VRQA reviews a selection of registrations each year. Reviews focus on whether the registration requirements are being met, not on grading your child.
Check the official pages before submitting anything, because forms and requirements can change.
Reviewed against official Victorian guidance on 19 September 2026. This page is educational information, not legal advice.
Keep your learner profile, plans, calendar, records, work samples, ideas, worksheets and reports connected in one place while your home education approach grows with your child.
KaN Learn Hub can help organise educational planning and evidence, but registration decisions are made by the relevant education authority in your state or territory.
Keep photos, work samples and short observations together for each learner. Record what happened, what the learner did and any support used. KaN brings those records into learning snapshots and reports you can review and download.
Use learner interests, goals and existing records to explore activity ideas, create worksheets and build a flexible weekly plan. A planned activity becomes evidence only after you record what actually happened.
The available curriculum links and features vary with your selected framework. Australian Curriculum reference linking is handled separately from AI-assisted activity generation. Check Curriculum Sources for how each framework is used.
KaN is a learning, planning and evidence tool. You choose the resources and approach that suit your learner. It does not provide school enrolment or guarantee registration approval.
Home education registration is handled differently across Australian states and territories. Use your local education authority's current guidance before changing your child's enrolment.
More state-by-state guides can be added here as KaN expands this resource.