Gastouderbureau Het Biggetje/Gastouderbureau Zeeland
Childminding agency•Veere•LRK 132639531
Details updated on 17 September 2026
About this childminding agency
Gastouderbureau Zeeland is a reliable childminder agency (gastouderbureau) that has been arranging small-scale childcare between parents and childminders (gastouders) in Zeeland and Noord-Brabant since 2007. The agency connects parents with qualified childminders who care for a maximum of six children at a time in a home environment. All childminders are registered in the National Childcare Register, which means parents are eligible for childcare benefit (kinderopvangtoeslag). Gastouderbureau Zeeland handles all administration, invoicing and support with benefit applications, so parents can focus on their family and work. With experience as an SPW3-qualified professional and years of practical experience in childcare, the agency offers personal guidance and quality monitoring.
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For parents
Gastouderbureau Zeeland mediates between parents and qualified childminders (gastouders) for small-scale care in a homely environment. The agency takes care of all administrative tasks, including contracts, invoicing, and support with childcare benefit (kinderopvangtoeslag). Parents can count on personal guidance in finding a suitable childminder and receive continuous support throughout the care period.
Subsidy & costs
Gastouderbureau Zeeland offers full support with childcare benefit (kinderopvangtoeslag). The agency helps parents with the application, handles the monthly submission of care details to the Tax Authority, and prepares annual statements for the benefit. For childminder care, the benefit covers 96% of costs for many people, depending on income.
Gastouderbureau Zeeland charges no registration fees. Parents pay an agency fee of €0.80 per child per hour. The total hourly rate that parents pay the childminder is usually between €7.50 and €8.50 per child per hour, including the agency fee. The agency works with contracts of at least 22 hours per child per month (36 hours for home-based care).
Trust & screening
All childminders (gastouders) at Gastouderbureau Zeeland are registered in the National Childcare Register (Landelijk Register Kinderopvang) and meet legal requirements. The agency continuously guides childminders to provide high-quality and safe care, including organizing annual first aid refresher courses. Childminders work with a maximum of six children at a time for small-scale care.
Gastouderbureau Zeeland is registered in the National Childcare Register (Landelijk Register Kinderopvang) and meets all legal requirements. The most recent GGD inspection report is available online. The agency has a complaints procedure and is affiliated with the Childcare and Preschool Disputes Committee (Geschillencommissie Kinderopvang en Peuterspeelzalen) for independent dispute resolution.
Next steps
The matching process is personal and tailored:
- Parents contact Gastouderbureau Zeeland by phone or email
- The agency discusses the family's wishes and needs
- Parents can view childminders by region via the website
- The agency connects parents with suitable childminders
- Parents and childminders agree on the hourly rate between themselves
- The agency handles the contracts and administration
Highlights
Support services
- Benefit application
- Contract management
- Invoicing
- Annual statements
- GGD reports
- Complaints procedure
Service area cities
Service area regions
Mission & vision
Gastouderbureau Zeeland was founded on the conviction that small-scale childcare with familiar faces is best for children. With years of experience as a daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) owner, the founder has seen how important trusted people are for children. The agency strives to help parents combine work or study with family life by mediating reliable, small-scale care with childminders (gastouders).
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GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: May 26, 2025
Strengths
- The pedagogical policy plan is clear and complete
- Sufficient mediation and guidance hours per childminder/host parent (minimum 16 hours per year)
- Systematic risk assessment of safety and health at all childminders/host parents
- Good administration and timely provision of information to the supervisory authority
- Reporting protocol for domestic violence and child abuse is in place and known to childminders/host parents
- All persons correctly registered in the Childcare Persons Register (Personenregister Kinderopvang)
Violations
- Parent rights - Information: The most recent inspection report was not correctly published on the website (link referred to report from 2023)
Summary
Childminder Agency Het Biggetje / Childminder Agency Zeeland (Gastouderbureau Het Biggetje / Gastouderbureau Zeeland) in Biggekerke was inspected on 26 May 2025 by GGD Zeeland. The agency provides childminder/host parent care (gastouderopvang) through 15 affiliated childminders/host parents for approximately 94 children. Almost all quality requirements are being met. There was one violation regarding parent rights: the most recent inspection report was not correctly published on the website. Following a recovery offer, this has been resolved. The agency has a clear pedagogical policy (pedagogisch beleid), good staffing levels, works systematically on safety, and has sound administration. The Municipal Health Service (GGD) advises no enforcement action.
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