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About this care
Welcome to Het Kuikentje Daycare, located at Rosendaalsestraat 483 in Arnhem. We are a small-scale private childcare center offering a warm, homely and rural environment where children aged 0 to 4 can play, explore and grow. Our daycare consists of two horizontal groups: a baby-toddler group for up to 10 children and a toddler-preschool group for up to 13 children. This allows us to provide age-appropriate care and personal attention for every child.
Nature is at the heart of our approach. Children play daily in our large garden with a play meadow, trampoline, traffic garden, sandbox and bike track. We have chickens, dogs and cats that the children can help care for under supervision. In our vegetable garden and orchard, children learn where food comes from – they plant, harvest and even cook together, all at a child-friendly level.
Our qualified pedagogical staff work fixed days to ensure consistency and familiarity for your child. We use themed activities that match our rural setting, such as “spring on the farm” or “from flower to bread”. These include reading, singing, dancing, crafts and children’s yoga. We focus on social-emotional, motor, cognitive and language development in a playful and natural way.
Our hourly rate includes meals (fresh fruit, vegetables, snacks, lunch and drinks), care products (diapers, wipes, creams) and all activities. Daycare is available from 07:00 to 18:00. You reserve a fixed spot for a set number of hours per month. Communication is open and personal, and we’re always ready to support parents with advice or updates. At Het Kuikentje, your child feels at home – and so do you.Read more
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: April 16, 2026
Strengths
- Strong pedagogical working climate in practice: staff demonstrate warmth, attentiveness, and positive interaction with children
- Sufficient indoor and outdoor space (820 m² outdoor space for 95 children)
- Accurate administration and timely reporting of changes
- All staff members hold appropriate qualifications and Certificate of Conduct (VOG)
- Active parent committee that effectively carries out its advisory role
- Safety and health policy is up-to-date and well adhered to
Shortcomings
- Communication to parents about staff changes needs to improve (keep entrance photos up-to-date, provide clarity about absences and departures)
- Digitize customer satisfaction survey and conduct it annually
- Update parent committee regulations
- Improve planning for additional care so parents receive confirmation earlier
Violations
- Pedagogical policy contained insufficient concrete description of tasks for staff in training, trainees, and volunteers, and the manner of supervision (resolved via recovery offer)
- Pedagogical policy contained insufficient description of safeguarding emotional safety and stability during absence of permanent staff (resolved via recovery offer)
- BBL-trainee was deployed as a fixed face without the supervision plan describing how she was supervised in this role; the provider had insufficient fixed faces in the Zee group (recovery offer focused on future safeguarding, violation itself not resolvable retroactively)
Summary
The Municipal Health Service (GGD) inspection report for daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) Het Kuikentje in Arnhem presents a mixed picture. The location meets most quality requirements regarding general conditions, safety and health, accommodation, and parental rights. However, the pedagogical climate and staffing situation give cause for concern. A recovery offer was made for shortcomings in the pedagogical policy (tasks of unqualified staff members and emotional safety during absence of permanent staff), which was successfully resolved. A structural problem is the high staff turnover, which undermines stability for children. A BBL trainee was incorrectly deployed as a fixed face without a complete supervision plan. The provider has resolved this for the future, but the violation remains on record. The GGD advises the municipality not to enforce due to specific circumstances (preference for trainee over substitute staff).
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Small scale baby day care, a home from home
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