14. Notice of changes to NESA

A child’s certificate of home schooling registration specifies the conditions of registration:

• the child’s home address
• the period of home schooling registration
• the curriculum for the period of registration.

If there are changes to these aspects of home schooling registration and/or to contact details, the Home Schooling Unit should be notified in writing. The notice should be made in advance of making the change or as soon as possible afterwards.

Parents can update details through Home Schooling Online (HSO).

Alternatively, notifications can be made in writing to:

• email homeschooling@nesa.nsw.edu.au
• Home Schooling Unit, NESA
  GPO Box 5300
  Sydney, NSW, 2001.

Further details of the information to provide are identified below.

Changing home address

The notice must provide details of the new home address.

NESA will arrange for an Authorised Person to visit the new home to confirm the suitability of the new home for home schooling. This process does not involve re-assessing an application nor does it involve assessing the child.

A new certificate of home schooling registration will be issued specifying the new home address if the home is suitable for home schooling.

Discontinuing home schooling

The notice should provide details of the name and location of the government or registered non-government school the child will be attending or, if relevant, advice that the child no longer resides in NSW.

Changing the curriculum recorded on the certificate

If a parent would like to change the curriculum specified on the child’s certificate of registration, written notice needs to be made to NESA. For example, a parent may want to change ‘secondary education’ to ‘Years 9 and 10’ so that it is clear to external agencies that the child is or was registered for Year 10 for the specified period. NESA will arrange for an Authorised Person to consider the request and issue a revised certificate.

As long as the requirements for registration continue to be met, parents are not required to notify NESA when changing an educational program to accommodate their child’s learning needs.

Changing contact details

If family contact details change, the notice should include the new telephone number, postal address and/or email address, as relevant.

NESA will adjust its records for the family.