Villa De Kinderlantaarn

Strengths

• Staff respond warmly and supportively to children
• Sufficient individual attention for children during observation
• Children are encouraged in social behaviour such as helping each other and waiting their turn
• Sufficient pictograms and visual structure in the space
• Staff hold appropriate qualifications and meet the IKK language requirement
• Sufficient staff deployed according to BKR ratio
• Pedagogical policy officer is deployed correctly

Shortcomings

• Update and keep the pedagogical policy plan current
• Add settling-in policy for after-school care (BSO) children (4-13 years) to the policy plan
• Introduce new staff to policy documents earlier
• Organise team meetings and pedagogical coaching on a structural basis
• Better tailor play materials to different age groups (0-13 years)
• Give older children (8+) more responsibility during activities
• Include hygiene rules on nail polish and nail length in policy
• Keep cleaning schedules up to date
• Describe fan use in sleeping areas in policy
• Repair the lock on the high playpen

Violations

• Pedagogical policy: Staff do not work in accordance with the described policy plan; the policy plan contains outdated information that does not match practice
• Pedagogical practice: Insufficient care for emotional safety and personal competence; children aged 8+ receive insufficient attention; play materials insufficiently tailored to age groups
• Safety and health: Staff do not work in accordance with the safety and health policy; four-eyes principle not observed; the operator works largely alone whilst the policy prescribes multiple persons
• Reporting code: Staff member is insufficiently familiar with the content and use of the reporting code for domestic violence and child abuse
• Parental rights: Parents are insufficiently informed about the Childcare Disputes Committee (Geschillencommissie Kinderopvang) on the website
• Complaints procedure: The complaints procedure is not findable on the website and is insufficiently brought to parents' attention in an appropriate manner

Summary

Daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) Villa De Kinderlantaarn in Lelystad was inspected on 15 September 2025 by GGD Flevoland (Municipal Health Service). The location does not meet all statutory requirements. Violations were identified in three domains: pedagogical climate, safety and health, and parental rights. The operator works largely alone at the location, which poses risks to quality and safety. She is also in the process of opening a new after-school care (BSO) location in Amsterdam, about which the GGD has expressed concerns. The operator submitted a statement in which she disputes many findings as factually incorrect.