Cowboys & Angels

Strengths

• Pedagogical practice safeguards the four core pedagogical objectives
• Staff respond to children with sensitivity and responsiveness
• Personnel hold appropriate qualifications and meet the IKK language requirement
• Staff-to-child ratios are adhered to
• Good stability of care with familiar faces and mentorship
• Accommodation meets requirements for indoor, outdoor and sleeping spaces
• Safety and health policy is complete and being implemented

Violations

• The pedagogical policy plan lacked a concrete description of working methods, maximum size and age composition of core groups, and staff deployment for staff-to-child ratios (Article 1.50(2) of the Childcare Act; Article 3(2)(d) of the Childcare Quality Decree). This constitutes a recurrence: the same shortcoming was identified in 2025 and remedied via a recovery offer, but was inadvertently lost again during a policy restructuring. The text was promptly supplemented following identification on 12 May 2026; the amended plan was received by the supervisory authority on 9 June 2026.

Summary

Daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) Cowboys & Angels in 's-Gravenhage was inspected on 12 May 2026 by GGD Haaglanden (Municipal Health Service). The location provides small-scale care with two groups for 31 children (ages 0–4) with a Christian ethos. The pedagogical practice is satisfactory: staff provide emotional security, stimulate development and guide social interaction. Personnel are well-qualified, ratios are adhered to and the accommodation is adequate. However, a violation was identified regarding the pedagogical policy: information on working methods, maximum size and age composition of core groups was once again missing from the policy plan. This had also been identified in 2025 and subsequently remedied via a recovery offer, but the text was inadvertently lost during a restructuring. The provider corrected this promptly upon identification. The GGD advises enforcement.