Victorian Kindy Funding - Arrival LDC's Getting Ready
Victorian Kindy Funding - Arrival LDC's Getting Ready
What is Arrival?
Arrival is a new purpose-built system that will replace the Kindergarten Information Management System (KIMS) for mandatory kindergarten data reporting. Arrival will also include functionality to enable sessional services to collect and report attendance data.
From January 2025, all funded kindergarten services will enter their enrolment, teacher or educator and program information into Arrival in place of the department’s existing data collection system, KIMS.
All mandatory data collections (annual confirmation and the Annual Kindergarten Census) will be managed through Arrival.
The department will start to collect attendance data from sessional services via Arrival in a staged approach across 2025.
Will services still need to use KIMS?
In 2025, funding will continue to be generated and paid via KIMS as normal.
KIMS will also remain in use in 2025 for the following purposes:
- funding reports viewed and exported
- SRF planning and acquittals
- access to second year declarations submitted in 2024
- Kindergarten Inclusion Support (KIS) and Preschool Field Officer (PSFO) reporting
- parental leave applications
- rural Travel Allowance applications
- EYM grant applications.
From 2026, it is expected that all KIMS functions will be managed through Arrival.
New information to be reported by Services
Section | New Information |
|---|---|
Child | Middle name (not mandatory), Preferred name (not mandatory) |
New teacher and educator related questions | Country of birth (not mandatory for 2025), Main language spoken at home (not mandatory for 2025). |
Additional or updated information about teacher and educator qualifications: | Length of early childhood teacher qualification, Type of early childhood qualification currently completing (not mandatory), Expected year of completion of educator early childhood qualification (not mandatory). |
New service-related information | Hours the service is operationally unavailable (e.g. planning days), Total number of rooms at the service used for kindergarten program delivery (not mandatory). |
Further information regarding Arrival
Arrival Guidance and Resources
Arrival Information - Long Day Care services
Transitioning to Arrival
Date | Activity |
|---|---|
From September 2024 | Resources and instructions on how to prepare for Arrival shared with services |
October 2024 | Arrival information sessions for services |
November 2024 | All services have completed initial steps in preparation for Arrival, including having compliant user email addresses |
Between 27 January and 28 February 2025 | Service providers will start accessing Arrival |
January to March 2025 | Services enter enrolment and program information as part of Annual Confirmation |
Across 2025 | Department starts collecting attendance data from sessional services (staged approach) |
From 2026 | All services to use Arrival for data reporting, including funding reports and SRF planning and acquittals |
Updated on: 03/04/2025
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