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A.M. Kroes Smit is a childminder (gastouder) in Purmerend. The care is registered under the name of Kroes Smit. This childminder is affiliated with the childminder agency Zuxx Kinderopvang. The care takes place at the requesting parent's home in Purmerend.
The location has been registered in the National Childcare Register (LRK) for more than 1 year under number 319253089. Inspection reports are publicly available through the LRK and the care is periodically inspected by the Municipal Health Service (GGD).
With a capacity of 5 childcare places, this is a small-scale form of care.
This childminder is affiliated with Zuxx Kinderopvang. On the agency page, you will find additional information for parents about guidance and registration.
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Zuxx Nanny provides professional in-home childcare for families in Purmerend and surrounding areas. We match your family with a pedagogically trained nanny who cares for your children in your own home, providing calm, routine and personal attention. Our nannies collect children from school, play games, do grocery shopping and cook for the family. We work with consistent caregivers so that your children have a familiar nanny who truly gets to know them.
Zuxx Nanny operates across an extensive service area in North Holland. Our services cover Purmerend, De Beemster, De Rijp, Graft, Kwadijk, Middelie, Hobrede, Oosthuizen, Purmer, Ilpendam, Municipality of Schermer, Hoorn, Avenhorn, Berkhout, De Goorn, Grosthuizen, Hensbroek, Obdam, Oudendijk, Scharwoude, Spierdijk, Ursem and Zuidermeer. For families outside this area, possibilities can be discussed by arrangement.
Zuxx Nanny meets the national quality requirements for childminder agencies (gastouderbureaus) and is registered in the National Childcare Register (Landelijk Register Kinderopvang). The agency is regularly inspected by the municipal health service (GGD) and inspection reports are publicly available. Zuxx operates a complaints procedure and works according to a pedagogical policy plan. Parents can submit disputes to the Disputes Committee if necessary.
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: July 24, 2025
Strengths
- Pedagogical practice: childminder responds adequately to children's signals and provides emotional security
- Childminder holds the correct qualifications, valid first aid certificate, and Certificate of Conduct (VOG)
- Care spaces are safe, accessible, and appropriately furnished with sufficient play and sleeping areas
- Outdoor play facilities available with enclosed grass area and playhouse
- Backup childcare is well arranged and reachable within 15 minutes
- Childminder is familiar with the reporting code for domestic violence and child abuse
- Dutch is used as the language of communication
Shortcomings
- Secure baby monitor cord in bedroom by purchasing a cabinet and rotating cribs (preventive, no violation)
- Attach roller blind cord at height near changing table (preventive, no violation)
Violations
- Smoke detector on ground floor had empty battery and had been removed; safety measure from risk assessment had not been taken (remedied on 30 July 2025 via recovery offer)
Summary
The annual inspection of 24 July 2025 of childminder A.M. Kroes-Smit in Middenbeemster, commissioned by the municipality of Purmerend, shows predominantly positive findings. The childminder provides care at the requesting parent's address for three children (two aged 1, one aged 2) and is placed through Zuxx Kinderopvang. Quality requirements are met on almost all aspects: pedagogical climate, requirements for the childminder, accommodation and furnishings, and safety and health (reporting code and MOA). There was one violation: an empty battery in the ground floor smoke detector, which had been removed as a result. The childminder made use of the recovery offer and the smoke detector was remedied on 30 July 2025. Points of attention without violation were a baby monitor cord and a roller blind cord, for which preventive measures will be taken.
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