CGOB De Herberg Utrecht

Strengths

• Clear Christian pedagogical policy with four educational goals
• Minimum of 16 hours of guidance and mediation per childminder per year
• Active professional development through online training and webinars
• Good preparation for new quality requirements effective 1 July 2026
• Transparent communication with parents through website and parent portal
• Unannounced home visits and good accessibility for childminders

Shortcomings

• Tighten work processes to ensure PRK linkages are definitively completed before work activities begin
• Make inspection reports of affiliated childminders more easily accessible via website (for example, direct link to LRK)

Violations

• One childminder and her adult household member were not linked to the childminder agency in the Childcare Persons Register (PRK), despite this being legally mandatory

Summary

The annual inspection of 4 June 2026 of CGOB De Herberg Utrecht, a Christian childminder agency (gastouderbureau) in Nieuwegein with 37 affiliated childminders, shows predominantly positive results. On three of the four inspected domains (pedagogical policy, safety and health, parental rights), the agency was fully compliant immediately. For staffing, a recovery offer was required because a childminder and her adult household member were registered in the Childcare Persons Register (PRK) but not linked to the childminder agency. This administrative shortcoming was resolved during the inspection visit. The agency has a clear Christian pedagogical policy, provides at least 16 hours of guidance per childminder per year, and is preparing for new quality requirements effective 1 July 2026. No enforcement action has been recommended.