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About this care
Hero BSO Obistraat is located in the playground building at Obistraat 97 in Haarlem-Noord. As an after-school care facility, we make full use of the entire premises: a large open indoor space, a computer corner and a complete kitchen where children regularly cook. Outside there is a spacious, green playground that is exclusively available to our after-school care group. The location accommodates up to 36 children aged 4 to 12 years and is registered in the National Childcare Register under number 328425151.
Our pedagogical staff work from the vision of Stichting Hero kindercentra: children are given the space to develop in their own way, learn through play and have fun. After school, children can choose from various activities such as cooking in our kitchen, playing games in the computer corner or romping around in the large playground. The open indoor space invites movement and playing together, while the quiet corners provide space for relaxation or homework guidance.
The location works together with primary schools in the immediate vicinity, including the Vrije School Kennemerland. We pick up the children after school and bring them safely to our after-school care. The proximity of the playground makes outdoor play a natural part of our offering. During the summer months, the garden is intensively used for outdoor play, sports and games.
Hero BSO Obistraat is a place where children feel at home. Our permanent team of pedagogical staff knows each child and knows what concerns them. We offer a safe, challenging environment in which children can discover who they are and what they are good at. After a busy school day, our after-school care is the perfect place to relax or release energy.Read more
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: January 6, 2026
Strengths
- Pedagogical practice is adequate; responsible care with emotional safety
- Motivated staff and good cooperation with the supervisory authority
- Sufficient support from cluster manager and pedagogical coach
- Provider visibly works on quality, also independently of supervision
- All staff correctly registered in the Childcare Personnel Register with Certificate of Conduct (VOG)
Shortcomings
- Assure and structurally monitor the mentorship process and parent meetings
- Make the guidance plan for staff in training more user-friendly
- Keep safety and health policy up to date with risk assessments and evacuation drills
- Improve hygiene and hand hygiene structurally
- Make complaint registration and handling more specific
- Strengthen parent participation without a parent committee
- Record indoor space and floor plan reliably
- Describe working hours and staffing deployment more transparently for parents
Violations
- Pedagogical policy mentorship: children not informed who their mentor is, no annual parent meetings in 2025, no replacement when mentor is sick (recovery offer given, not yet sustainably restored)
- Deployment of staff in training: no written consent for guidance plan, format too complex (recovery offer given, not yet sustainably restored)
- Safety and health policy: insufficient supervision during outdoor play, young children outside alone without independence declaration, no recognizable clothing/ribbons, hygiene shortcomings (recovery offer given, not yet sustainably restored)
- Parent committee: not installed despite more than 50 childcare places (no enforcement due to recruitment efforts)
Summary
Hero BSO Obistraat in Haarlem, an after-school care (BSO) for 36 children aged 4-13, was inspected on 6 January 2026 by GGD Kennemerland. Although the pedagogical practice is assessed as sound with motivated staff, multiple shortcomings were identified that have not been sustainably restored following earlier recovery offers in 2024 and 2025. Recovery offers were made for mentorship (children and parents not informed, no annual parent meetings), guidance plan for staff in training (format too complex), and safety during outdoor play (insufficient supervision, young children independently outside). A parent committee is also missing despite recruitment efforts. The GGD advises the municipality not to enforce due to taken recovery measures and confidence in the assurance.
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