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About this care
Welcome to Het Kasteel van Alkmaar, our small-scale daycare centre located at Kennemerstraatweg 4 in Alkmaar. We provide care for up to 24 children in two vertical groups, where babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers play and learn together. Each group has its own outdoor space, allowing children to move freely and safely in the fresh air every day.
Our certified pedagogical staff follow a warm, home-like approach: small scale and calmness are central, so your child quickly feels at home. We work with monthly themes that connect to the world of young children and offer Early Childhood Education (VVE), stimulating language and social development through play.
By choosing vertical groups, children of different ages learn from and with each other. The youngest receive the rest and attention they need, while the older children discover new challenges. We believe every child should be able to follow their own rhythm: sleeping, eating and playing are discussed with parents and tailored to the child’s needs.
You are warmly invited for a personal tour. Over a cup of coffee we will gladly show you how, with knightly regards, we create a safe and loving place where your little prince or princess can grow up.Read more
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: January 12, 2026
Strengths
- Staff-to-child ratio meets the required standards
- Childcare Personnel Register (PRK) is correctly registered
- Mentorship system for children is well organized
- Domestic violence and child abuse reporting protocol has been adequately established
- Complaints procedure and parent committee meet the requirements
Violations
- Pedagogical policy plan lacked a description of Friday group merging (recovered)
- Refrigerator temperature for breast milk was 7°C instead of the required 4°C, without action notes for deviations (recovered)
- CO2 meters were missing from sleeping and group rooms for monitoring healthy indoor environment (recovered)
Summary
Het Kasteel van Alkmaar is a daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) with 24 places for children aged 0 to 4 years, located in Alkmaar. During the annual inspection of 12 January 2026, violations were initially identified in the areas of pedagogical policy and safety and health policy. The location was given a recovery offer of 2 weeks. The violations concerned the absence of group merging information in the pedagogical policy plan, a refrigerator temperature for breast milk that was too high (7°C instead of 4°C), and missing CO2 meters. The operator has remedied all shortcomings within the timeframe. The location now meets all assessed requirements. The Municipal Health Service (GGD) advises no enforcement action.
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