The Online Transition Learning and Development Statement (TLDS) tool will reopen on Monday 20 July 2026.
Services will receive new login information through their registered service email address (as per NQAITS) from Friday 17 July. The email will be from insight@linkit.com(opens in a new window) (a no-reply to mailbox). Please ensure your service email address is correct in NQAITS.
About the Online TLDS tool
The Online TLDS tool, accessed through the Insight Assessment Platform, makes it easier for early childhood teachers to complete and share TLDS with schools to support effective transitions.
The Online TLDS tool allows early childhood services to send TLDS directly to the child's school, where it can be linked to the child's individual profile.
As the child progresses through school, additional assessments of learning (such as the Mathematics online interviews) are added to this profile. This supports continuity of learning and provides receiving teachers with a more holistic picture of the child's learning and development history.
Before using the Online TLDS tool to write TLDS, early childhood teachers should provide families with the Introduction to Transition information sheet: Resources for (opens in a new window)families(opens in a new window).
This information sheet informs families that via the Online TLDS tool, information about their child will be completed, shared and stored on an online system (the Insight Assessment Platform). It outlines the privacy and security measures taken to ensure their child’s data is kept safe.
Despite these measures, some families may not want their child’s TLDS completed via the Online TLDS tool. If parents actively choose to opt out of using the online system, you can download the electronic TLDS below.
Access the Online TLDS tool
TLDS are completed using the Online TLDS tool which is hosted on the Insight Assessment Platform(opens in a new window).
All funded kindergarten services, including long day care services, will be sent Online TLDS login details via their service email address, as registered on the National Quality Agenda IT System (NQAITS).
Services who did not receive an email with log in details should first check if their email address details are correct on the NQAITS.
Any changes to the service email addresses registered in the NQAITS will trigger an email with new login details for the Online TLDS. This may take up to two weeks after NQAITS is updated.
The email will be from insight@linkit.com(opens in a new window) (a no-reply mailbox).
Online TLDS helpdesk
If you have any difficulties accessing the Online TLDS tool after receiving your login details, please contact the Insight Assessment Platform helpdesk (open Monday to Friday, 9 am to 5 pm) by email to: insight@education.vic.gov.au.
Please note that any Transition Learning and Development Statements created by your service in 2025 (for children attending school in 2026) are still available on the platform in a read-only format.
Support resources for the Online TLDS tool
Prompts and sequential ordering across screens in the Online TLDS will guide you through the completion of Transition Learning and Development Statements.
In addition, the following materials are available to support you in using the Online TLDS tool.
Video guides
User guides and tip sheets
It is strongly encouraged that you log in and try out the Online TLDS tool.
User guides to support you using the Online TLDS are available below:
- User guide for electronic transition statement - full functionality (PDF, 1 MB)
- User guide for electronic transition statement - full functionality (DOCX, 4 MB)
- User guide for electronic transition statement - reduced functionality (PDF, 1 MB)
- User guide for electronic transition statement - reduced functionality (DOCX, 4 MB)
An electronic copy of the TLDS is available: Electronic Transition Learning and Development Statement (DOCX, 142KB)(opens in a new window).
Tip sheets are available below:
Professional development to support writing TLDS
Knowing what information to include in a TLDS and how to write statements using a strength-based approach supports improved continuity of learning for all children transitioning into primary school.
This 90-minute workshop, facilitated by early childhood experts and designed for early childhood teachers and Prep teachers new to the TLDS, discusses key features of a positive transition to school, writing the TLDS using a strength-based approach, involving children and families in the transition process, the benefits of play-based and inquiry-led learning, and planning for the following year.
TLDS and the Early Years Assessment and Learning Tool (EYALT)
For services that are using the EYALT in 2026, guidance has been developed to support kindergarten teachers to use information provided by the EYALT to complete the TLDS.
For more information, download this fact sheet:
If your kindergarten service would like to apply to use the EYALT, please visit Early Years Assessment and Learning Tool (EYALT)(opens in a new window) for more information about intakes.
Professional learning about EYALT and TLDS
Online professional learning is available to support educators and teachers to deepen their understanding of EYALT and its connection to the TLDS. To register and find out more go to the Early Years Assessment and Learning Tool (EYALT).
Information for schools
If you are a Foundation teacher or Insight administrator, you can learn how to access Transition Learning and Development Statements for new students via the Policy and Advisory Library.
Resources are also being developed to explain to schools how to read an EYALT Transitions report if it has been attached to a child’s TLDS record. These will be available via the above PAL link in Term 4.
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