Dikke Maatjes President Steijnstraat

Strengths

• Stable team of 9 childcare professionals, all employed for more than three years
• Weekly support from a pedagogical coach
• Pedagogical policy is well implemented in practice
• All staff correctly registered in the childcare personnel register and in possession of a Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG)

Violations

• Insufficient insight and monitoring of air quality in group rooms and sleeping areas due to missing CO₂ meters
• Insufficiently hygienic working method: same tap used for sanitary purposes and preparing food and drinks, resulting in insufficient limitation of cross-contamination risk
• Children do not wash hands before eating and drinking moments, nor immediately after getting up, contrary to own policy and with increased risk of transmission of pathogens

Summary

On 13 July 2026, GGD Kennemerland conducted an unannounced annual inspection at daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) Dikke Maatjes President Steijnstraat in Haarlem. The location provides care for 24 children aged 0 to 4 years. The inspection focused particularly on health and hygiene. Although the pedagogical climate and staff matters were satisfactory, three violations were identified in the area of health policy: missing CO₂ meters for air quality monitoring, cross-contamination risk from using the same tap for sanitary purposes and food preparation, and insufficient hand hygiene among children before meals. All violations were resolved following the recovery offer. The advice to the municipality is: no enforcement action.