Homeschooling · Grades 4 to 12 · 2027
Homeschooling in South Africa, your way.
Two learning options built for families who lead learning at home, from Grade 4.
You chose homeschooling because you know your child best. Teneo gives you an IEB or SACAI pathway, content created by qualified teachers and a schedule to follow. You never have to build a curriculum from scratch, and with Without Classes, our teachers do the marking too.
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In one minute
What is homeschooling with Teneo?
Teneo Online School offers two homeschooling options for South African families from Grade 4 to Grade 12, on the CAPS curriculum through the IEB or SACAI. In both, qualified teachers create the content for every subject lesson, with a schedule to follow. Without Classes (from R1,333.33 a month), our teachers also set, invigilate, mark and moderate your child’s assessments and write termly promotion reports, and you enrol directly with Teneo with no department registration. Without Classes and Reports (from R800 a month), you assess at home and register your child for home education with your Provincial Education Department.
See how registration works for each option.Marked. Reported.
Without Classes · Marking & reports included
Homeschool, with the marking and reports done for you.
Many homeschooling parents tell us the hardest part isn’t the teaching. It’s knowing whether their child is on track, and having proof of progress when it matters.
With Without Classes, you lead learning at home. Our qualified teachers create the content, mark the assessments and write the reports, and none of it is an add-on or a separate invoice. Because we assess, you enrol directly with Teneo: no home education registration with the department.
Without Classes, full curriculum
from R1,333.33 a month
Grades 4 to 12, 2027. Registration fee extra.
- Content modules for every subject lesson, with a schedule to follow
- Timetabled assessments set, invigilated, marked and moderated by qualified teachers
- Termly promotion reports
- No department registration: enrol directly with Teneo
Follow a clear schedule
Content modules for every subject lesson, with a schedule to follow, so you always know what comes next.
Write timetabled assessments
Assessments are set, invigilated, marked and moderated by qualified teachers. You don’t mark them.
Get termly promotion reports
An independent record of your child’s progress, every term, from the teachers who marked their work.
Two homeschool options
Marking and reports: we handle them, or you do.
Every Teneo learner gets the same curriculum and content created by qualified teachers. What changes is who assesses, and you only pay for the option you choose.
Teneo homeschooling options compared, 2027
| What’s included | Full curriculum with reports Without Classes from R1,333.33 a month | Full curriculum without reports Without Classes and Reports from R800 a month |
|---|---|---|
| Content modules for every subject lesson, with a schedule |  | |
| Assessments set, invigilated, marked and moderated by qualified teachers | | You set and mark assessments at home Assessments included for Grade 4 - 9 only. |
| Termly promotion reports | | No |
| Home education registration with your Provincial Education Department | Not needed. You enrol directly with Teneo | Needed. You register with your PED |
| Single subjects instead of the full curriculum | From R241.67 a subject a month | From R145 a subject a month |
| Optional add-ons | Lesson recordings, gap detection and remediation, mastery reports | Lesson recordings |
| Best for | Families who want teacher-marked assessments, an independent record of progress and no department paperwork | Families who already have their own approach to assessment and want the lowest monthly fee |
Register
The legal side, made simple
How to register for homeschooling in South Africa
Whether you register with the department depends on the option you choose. With Without Classes, our teachers assess your child and you enrol directly with Teneo. With Without Classes and Reports, your child is home educated, so you register with your Provincial Education Department (PED).
Without Classes
No department registration
You enrol directly with Teneo, just like our options with classes. Our qualified teachers set, mark and moderate the assessments and write the termly reports, so there’s no application, no assessor to find and no separate portfolio to submit.
Enrol for 2027Without Classes and Reports
Register with your PED in four steps
- Get the form for your province from the Department of Basic Education website or your PED’s home education office.
- Gather documents: usually your child’s birth certificate, latest report, your ID, proof of address and a learning programme. Your Teneo subject list and schedule help with this.
- Submit and keep proof. Your PED confirms registration in writing. It’s free.
- Keep records of attendance, work and progress, and arrange the independent assessments your PED requires.
Joining Teneo after homeschooling?
- Grades 4 to 9: your PED registration letter, plus an assessment report from a SACE-registered assessor or a school-readiness report from an educational psychologist for your child’s 2027 grade
- Grade 10: accepted if your child was promoted from Grade 9
- Grades 11 and 12: your child must come from a school registered with the DBE, IEB or SACAI, with a promotion report
Not sure which suits your family?
If you’d rather skip the paperwork and have proof of progress every term, Without Classes is usually the simpler choice. Our Admissions team can talk it through with you.
Read the full registration guideForms and timelines differ by province. If you register with your PED, check the latest requirements with them.
Learn your way
Homeschool today. More support when you need it.
Children change as they grow. Some thrive working independently. Others reach a stage where they want a teacher to explain things live. All five Teneo options share the same curriculum, so the learning carries on whatever your child needs.
- 100% Live Classes With classes
- Mix of Live and Recorded Classes With classes
- 100% Recorded Classes With classes
- Without Classes Homeschooling
- Without Classes and Reports Homeschooling
Real-time learning gap detection is available as a paid add-on for Without Classes and is included in the standard offering for the three learning options with classes.
Single subjects available
Only need one or two subjects?
Both options are available for single subjects from Grade 4, from R145 a subject a month. Choose Teneo for the subjects you’d rather not teach yourself, like Mathematics or Physical Sciences, and keep homeschooling the rest.
Friendship and belonging
What about socialisation?
It’s one of the first things homeschooling parents ask, and a fair question. Teneo families meet in person and online all year: meet-up days, sport, extramurals and live events, with other children who learn the way yours does.
40+ extramurals and sport meet-ups, like Smash Cricket
In person
Home Ed Connect Days
Meet-up days for homeschooling families, with activities for children while parents connect. Teneo families get 50% off.
Online events and webinars for learners and parents, all year
Coming up
- Sat 21 Nov · Fourways Johannesburg Home Ed Connect Day
- Sat 21 Nov · George Smash Cricket Meet-Up
- Fri 27 Nov · Pretoria Smash Cricket Meet-Up
2027 homeschool fees
How much does homeschooling cost?
Homeschool the full curriculum from R800 a month. For a little more each month, our teachers do the marking, you get termly reports and there’s no department registration to manage.
Full curriculum, monthly fees, 2027 (12 instalments)
| Grade | Without Classes and Reports You mark at home | Without Classes Teacher-marked assessments + termly reports | The difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 to 6 · IEB | R800 | R1,333.33 | R533.33 more a month |
| Grades 7 to 9 · IEB | R1,050 | R1,750 | R700 more a month |
| Grades 10 to 12 · IEB | R1,562.50 | R2,083.33 | R520.83 more a month |
| Grades 10 to 12 · SACAI | R1,250 | R1,666.67 | R416.67 more a month |
Single subjects
From R145 a subject a month without reports, or R241.67 with reports (Grades 4 to 6)
Once-off registration
R500 without reports, R750 with reports (term 1 rate, less from term 2)
Matric exams
Exam board fees are extra in Grade 12: IEB R17,000, SACAI R14,100 for the full subject package. SACAI learners in Grades 10 and 11 pay an SBA submission fee of R310, due by 31 March.
Optional add-ons (per year)
| Add-on | Grades 4 to 9 (IEB) and 10 to 12 (SACAI) | Grades 10 to 12 (IEB) | Available with |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesson recordings library | R2,700 per subject | R4,500 per subject | Both options |
| Gap detection and remediation | R4,500 per learner | R7,500 per learner | With reports |
| Mastery reports | R1,800 per learner | R3,000 per learner | With reports |
All the way to matric
Homeschooling by grade
Teneo is registered with two South African examination boards, the IEB and SACAI. Grade 12 learners earn a National Senior Certificate (NSC), the same qualification learners receive at traditional schools.
