A scanning apparatus includes a stage glass on which a document is loaded, a scanning head which reciprocates between a home position of the stage glass and a finish position opposite to the home position to read the document and generate image data, a position detection part disposed in or on the stage glass along a moving direction of the scanning head, a head position sensing part disposed in the scanning head which senses the position detection part to sense the position of the scanning head when a scanning signal is inputted, and a controlling part to control the scanning head so that the scanning head moves to the home position at a faster speed than a predetermined reference speed if the scanning head is distanced farther from the home position than a predetermined distance. Thus, the scanning apparatus, a driving method therefor and an image forming apparatus having the same control a speed with which a scanning head moves to a home position according to the position of the scanning head.