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.
Why is there a new system?
Arrival will replace KIMS, making it the central place for managing existing data reporting and the digital collection of daily kindergarten attendance data from sessional services. Arrival’s increased functionality will make it easier for Victorian funded kindergarten services to input enrolment information.
Data collected through Arrival will help drive our collective efforts to support kindergarten attendance, so that all Victorian children receive the full learning and developmental benefits of a quality early childhood education.
When will long day care services need to start using Arrival?
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.
Transitioning to Arrival
Key dates
Date | Activity |
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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 |
January 2025 | Services commence staged onboarding to Arrival for enrolment data collection |
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 |
Annual confirmation data collection
Attendance data collection
More information
Please direct any questions about Arrival or the new user email requirements to arrival.implementation@education.vic.gov.au
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