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Belgium homeschool checklist
Notice and filing
- Notification: Yes, annual
- What to file: Verklaring van huisonderwijs (www.onderwijs.vlaanderen.be)
- When: Third school day of the school year
- Where: Agentschap voor Onderwijsdiensten (AGODI)
- How to submit: Online via Loket Huisonderwijs or form
- What to include
- Affirmation that education meets minimum requirements
Subjects and hours
- Instruction: No prescribed curriculum but must align with minimum goals: personality development, skills, respect for rights and values
Records to keep
- Records: Not required
Testing and assessment
- Testing: Mandatory exams at Examencommissie: register by age 11 for primary, age 15 for secondary; certificates required by ages 13 and 16
- Assessment: Inspections by onderwijsinspectie; at least twice if issues; cooperation mandatory; two negative evaluations mandate school enrollment
Deadlines
- Flemish Declaration: Third school day of school year (recurring)
- French Declaration: 5 September (recurring)
- Examencommissie Primary Registration: School year child turns 11 before 1 January
- Examencommissie Secondary Registration: School year child turns 15 before 1 January
Contacts and official sources
- Brochure Huisonderwijs 2025 - Vlaamse Overheid (data-onderwijs.vlaanderen.be/documenten/bestanden/Brochure-huisonderwijs-2025.pdf)
- Agentschap voor Onderwijsdiensten (AGODI) implied via Loket (www.onderwijs.vlaanderen.be)