Partou BSO De Vechthoeve

Strengths

• Pedagogical practice meets requirements: children feel emotionally safe and secure
• Children are relaxed and their wellbeing is fair to good
• Staff members are sensitive and responsive in their interactions with children

Shortcomings

• Improve acoustics in after-school care 2 (BSO 2) to manage noise levels
• Create more shaded areas in the outdoor play space
• Improve the coherence and clarity between policy documents on temperature and heat
• Ensure that staff members know the heat protocol and can locate it
• Make the action plan more concrete with clear threshold values for intervention

Violations

• Insufficient measures to prevent children from staying in an overly warm room (after-school care 1: 30 degrees, above ideal 22-27 degrees)
• Heat protocol not fully implemented: sun blinds/roller curtains missing, cooling activities not carried out, children not moved to coolest area, no cold washcloths offered
• Staff members did not know the contents of the heat protocol and did not know where to find it
• Mobile air conditioning unit not properly connected (hose not vented outside), causing warm air to be blown back inside
• Action plan insufficiently concrete: not clear on what basis measurements are taken to determine when responsible childcare is no longer possible
• Contact with quality manager only made at 30 degrees, whereas measures should have been taken earlier

Summary

Partou BSO De Vechthoeve in Muiden was inspected unannounced by the Municipal Health Service (GGD) on 4 August 2026 following a report about high temperatures. The location provides care for 66 children in a listed building (the 'Pippi Longstocking House'). The pedagogical climate was assessed positively: children feel emotionally safe and relaxed. However, serious shortcomings were identified in the area of safety and health. In after-school care 1 (BSO 1) it was 30 degrees, while the ideal temperature is between 22-27 degrees. The heat protocol was not fully implemented: sun blinds were missing, cooling activities were not carried out, and staff members did not know where to find the protocol. The action plan was also insufficiently concrete. The holder submitted a response with a new decision document, scheduled team discussions, and initiated an investigation into structural measures such as sun blinds.