Here you'll find information for early childhood education services and providers on the new Transition to School Digital Statement.

How to trial the new Transition to School Digital Statement

The Centre Director or nominated supervisor of a Department of Education preschool, community preschool or long day care service can register to login online here and follow the steps to create a Department of Education (DoE) account. This account can be used to access the Transition to School Digital Statement. Once you have access, you can register your service/s and add teachers and educators so they can start creating and managing statements for children.

Note, the information below does not cover troubleshooting issues. If you have questions about how to use the Transition to School Digital Statement, please refer to the Transition to School Digital Statement User Guide. If you need additional support, please contact the Department’s Information and Enquiries team on 1800 619 113 (toll free) or email ececd@det.nsw.edu.au.

Do I have to complete a Transition to School Statement or the new Transition to School Digital Statement?

The Transition to School Statement is optional in NSW. It is recommended that early childhood education and care services complete a statement for children starting school the following year. The information in the statement summarises a child’s strengths, interests and approaches to learning in their year prior to school. It assists primary school teachers to better understand a child and how best to support their transition from early childhood education to school.

The new Transition to School Digital Statement is now available for Department of Education preschools, community preschools and long day care services to use. Other service types will be invited in future years. The Centre Director or nominated supervisor can register to login online here.

Will the Transition to School Digital Statement be available in 2022?

The Transition to School Digital Statement will continue to be available to Department of Education preschools, community preschools and long day care services in 2022. We will be using the valuable feedback we receive during the 2021 trial to fine-tune the Transition to School Digital Statement to ensure it is as user-friendly as possible.

Where can I provide feedback on the process?

We would love your feedback on the Transition to School Digital Statement so we can continue to improve the process.

Please email ecec.transitions@det.nsw.edu.au with your feedback. There will also be opportunities to provide feedback via a survey later in the year.

Here you'll find information for NSW public schools that receive new Transition to School Digital Statements from ECE services participating in the trial.

What is the Transition to School Statement?

The Transition to School Statement was developed in partnership with teachers, educators and families and provides valuable information about individual children, aimed at supporting and enhancing their transition to school.

The Transition to School Statement is completed by a child’s early childhood teacher and sent to the child’s prospective primary school.

It summarises a child's strengths, interests, and preferred ways of learning and gives children a voice in the process of meeting new people in the school environment. This information can assist Kindergarten teachers to get to know the children entering their classrooms, and plan appropriate learning and teaching programs.

What is the Transition to School Digital Statement?

For children commencing school in 2022, the use of a digital statement offers a new way to help them connect into their new school community.

In 2020, the Department developed and piloted a digital version of the Transition to School Statement with a small set of early childhood education services, and schools linked to these early childhood services.

This year we have made improvements to the Transition to School Digital Statement based on the pilot feedback.

The Transition to School Digital Statement is now available for Department of Education preschools, community preschools and long day care services to trial. Other service types will be invited in future years. We will continue to incorporate feedback from this trial to improve the Transition to School Digital Statement.

What is the change for schools receiving new Transition to School Digital Statements as part of the trial?

If an early childhood education service completes statements using the new Transition to School Digital Statement portal for children in the 2022 cohort at a NSW public school, the school will be notified by email to access the new Transition to School Digital Statement schools dashboard. Schools will be able to view Statements completed for children in their 2022 cohort using the new dashboard.

Teachers can use the Educators Guide to the Transition to School Statement NSW (PDF, 256KB) to interpret the information provided by early childhood education services.

How can I promote the use of Transition to School Digital Statement within my school or when engaging with new families and ECE services?

Use the following guide to share information about Transition to School Digital Statement with your school staff, families of incoming kindergarten students and ECE Services: Schools Information Sheet (PDF, 149KB)

How to login and trial the Transition to School Digital Statement

School principals (who have automatic access) and authorised users can select School – Transition to School Digital Statement from the My Essentials or My Applications areas of the Staff Portal to start viewing your school’s Statements. School principals can authorise other school staff members to access Transition to School Digital Statement via Access Management Utility (AMU) or Manage Staff Access (MSA).

Why hasn’t my school received any statements via the new Transition to School Digital Statements schools dashboard?

The Transition to School Digital Statement is new and still being trialled in NSW. If your school has not received any statements via the new schools dashboard, it means that early childhood education services that are using the new Transition to School Digital Statement, have not yet completed statements for children attending your school in the coming year. We encourage you to connect with early childhood education services in your area to discuss Transition to School Statements.

Why might I still receive different versions of the Transition to School Statement?

As the Transition to School Digital Statement is still in trial phase, your school may continue to receive the paper-based version of the Transition to School Statement.

I’ve received Transition to School Statements for students who are not enrolled at my school.

Parents indicated the school their child would be attending in 2022, and this information is used to distribute digital statements to those NSW public schools.

You do not need to forward the statement to a different school. Please retain the statement in the event the child’s parent is yet to complete the school enrolment process.

Where can I provide feedback on the process?

We would love your feedback on the way in which schools are receiving Transition to School Statements so we can improve the process for NSW primary schools once this digital version is made available to all NSW early childhood education services.

Please email ecec.transitions@det.nsw.edu.au with your feedback.