✓ | Homeschooling is a legal form of schooling |
✗ | It requires no prior authorisation |
✓ | It can be curriculum-free |
According to the Education Act :
10. Ways in which s. 9 satisfied
(1) The duty imposed by section 9 is satisfied in respect of a child by—
(a) the enrolment of the child at a school; or
(b) the registration under section 48 of a parent as the child’s home educator and the continuation in effect of that registration.
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47. Registration as child’s home educator, application for
(4) Subject to subsection (5), an application is to be made by the last Friday in February in the first year for which the parent wishes to be registered as the child’s home educator.