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5 elements for a home-education application

Home education requires the actual country's authorisation or notification framework, supporting grounds and inspection rules. France's family-instruction process differs from Swiss cantonal arrangements: Geneva and Zürich already illustrate different approaches. Keep the application, educational plan, decision and controls separate. A preference for home learning or an ordinary school-enrolment problem does not by itself settle the legal requirements.

  • Child's situation
  • Authorisation or notification
  • Teaching arrangements
  • Oversight and decisions
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By the AlphaDeep legal editorial team

General legal information with official references and dated checks. It is not personalised advice: for a decision that commits you, have your situation checked by a qualified professional.

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What supports the French authorisation ground?

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Connect facts and evidence to a statutory branch. A preference alone is not automatically an accepted legal ground.

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Your question concerns “5 elements for a home-education application”. I can help organise the facts and records. Which document have you received or prepared, and is this a French or Swiss matter?

French law

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Answer

Which home-education arrangement is proposed?

Identify child, period and jurisdiction without publishing identity. France's L131-5 authorisation and Zurich's notification framework are different systems.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

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Point to complete: Oversight and decisions. L131-10 distinguishes municipal inquiry, annual pedagogical review, further review after insufficiency and other branches. Do not collapse them into one automatic sanction.

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  1. Which oversight applies in France?

This worksheet organises records; it does not establish admissibility, entitlement or a procedural outcome.

In order

Which preparation steps come first?

Editorial preparation order, not a popularity or success-probability ranking. Identify jurisdiction and required procedure before teaching arrangements and oversight.

  1. Child and applicable jurisdiction

    Identify child, period and jurisdiction without publishing identity. France's L131-5 authorisation and Zurich's notification framework are different systems.

    Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

  2. Authorisation or notification required

    Connect facts and evidence to a statutory branch. A preference alone is not automatically an accepted legal ground.

    Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

  3. Teacher and teaching project

    List instructors, timetable, premises and materials as required. The worksheet neither validates educational quality nor issues permission.

    Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

  4. Documents and actual timetable

    Preserve request, records, notices and review results. Actual authority and time limits require their own examination.

    Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

  5. Oversight and received decisions

    L131-10 distinguishes municipal inquiry, annual pedagogical review, further review after insufficiency and other branches. Do not collapse them into one automatic sanction.

    Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

Answer

What supports the French authorisation ground?

Connect facts and evidence to a statutory branch. A preference alone is not automatically an accepted legal ground.

Answer

Which teaching arrangements are documented?

List instructors, timetable, premises and materials as required. The worksheet neither validates educational quality nor issues permission.

Comparison

Which documents answer which questions?

Which documents answer which questions?
Record or informationIssue to check
Child's situationIdentify child, period and jurisdiction without publishing identity. France's L131-5 authorisation and Zurich's notification framework are different systems.
Authorisation or notificationConnect facts and evidence to a statutory branch. A preference alone is not automatically an accepted legal ground.
Teaching arrangementsList instructors, timetable, premises and materials as required. The worksheet neither validates educational quality nor issues permission.
Oversight and decisionsL131-10 distinguishes municipal inquiry, annual pedagogical review, further review after insufficiency and other branches. Do not collapse them into one automatic sanction.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

Answer

Which oversight applies in France?

L131-10 distinguishes municipal inquiry, annual pedagogical review, further review after insufficiency and other branches. Do not collapse them into one automatic sanction.

Answer

What does Zurich require separately?

VSG 69 concerns notification and teacher training beyond one year; VSG 70 provides supervision, annual quality review beyond one year and possible prohibition for serious deficiencies.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

Answer

Can the Zurich rule be used throughout Switzerland?

No. It is a cantonal example. Geneva's authorisation and another canton's rules must not be merged with Zurich notification.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

The law

Which official provision helps explain this situation?

Les personnes responsables d'un enfant soumis à l'obligation scolaire définie à l'article L. 131-1 doivent le faire inscrire dans un établissement d'enseignement public ou privé ou bien, à condition d'y avoir été autorisées par l'autorité de l'Etat compétente en matière d'éducation, lui donner l'instruction en famille.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5In force since 1 September 2022Read on Légifrance

In plain English: VSG 69 concerns notification and teacher training beyond one year; VSG 70 provides supervision, annual quality review beyond one year and possible prohibition for serious deficiencies.

Answer

What should precede a challenge to a decision?

Preserve request, records, notices and review results. Actual authority and time limits require their own examination.

Answer

What does the home-education file deliver?

It connects jurisdiction, grounds, organisation and oversight. It does not authorise starting without the required approval or confirmation.

Frequent questions

What other questions arise in this file?

What supports the French authorisation ground?

Connect facts and evidence to a statutory branch. A preference alone is not automatically an accepted legal ground.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

Which oversight applies in France?

L131-10 distinguishes municipal inquiry, annual pedagogical review, further review after insufficiency and other branches. Do not collapse them into one automatic sanction.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

What does Zurich require separately?

VSG 69 concerns notification and teacher training beyond one year; VSG 70 provides supervision, annual quality review beyond one year and possible prohibition for serious deficiencies.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

What should precede a challenge to a decision?

Preserve request, records, notices and review results. Actual authority and time limits require their own examination.

Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Zürich VSG412.100 §69Zürich VSG412.100 §70Service Public : Instruction dans la famille

Sources

Which official references should you consult?

  1. Code de l’éducation art. L131-5Légifrance
  2. Code de l’éducation art. L131-10Légifrance
  3. Zürich VSG412.100 §69Source officielle
  4. Zürich VSG412.100 §70Source officielle
  5. Service Public : Instruction dans la familleSource officielle

Texts cited last checked: 1 November 2026

Next steps

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