Het Paleisje Capelle B.V.

Strengths

• Pedagogical policy and practice are well developed and visible in daily operations
• Mentorship for each child is well organized and transparent to parents
• Staff-to-child ratios are correctly maintained
• Domestic violence and child abuse reporting protocol is well implemented
• Parent committee and complaints procedure are in order
• Professional safety and health policy with regular risk analyses

Shortcomings

• Reduce staff turnover in the Kikkerkoning group to ensure children's emotional security and stability
• Sneeuwwitje group temporarily closed without this being stated in the location policy; a reopening plan has been drawn up

Violations

• Safety and health: missing socket covers and broken or missing drawer and cabinet door locks, making sharp objects accessible to children (remedied following recovery offer)
• Accommodation: additional rooms for the Assepoester and Doornroosje groups were not arranged in a challenging way for play activities, while these count toward the square meterage (remedied following recovery offer)

Summary

The annual inspection of Het Paleisje Capelle B.V., a daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) for children aged 0-4 with 62 places in Capelle aan den IJssel, presents a predominantly positive picture. Most quality requirements regarding pedagogical climate, staffing, and parental rights were found to be in order immediately. Two violations were identified in the areas of safety and health (missing socket covers, broken drawer and cabinet door locks) and accommodation (additional rooms not arranged in a challenging way). A recovery offer was made for both, which was successfully completed. One point of attention is the high staff turnover in the Kikkerkoning group, where 12 different staff members were deployed during the inspection period. The advice to the municipality is: no enforcement.