het Schatjes en Schoffies Cinemadreef

Strengths

• Sound pedagogical care with warm, responsive staff
• Good emotional safety for children
• Sufficient play materials and outdoor space
• Correct staff-to-child ratios and appropriate qualifications
• Valid first aid certificate on site
• Good information provision to parents via website and parent app

Shortcomings

• Clarify procedures around the hot meal and formalise in work instructions
• Improve staff knowledge of the mandatory reporting, consultation and disclosure obligations (MOA)
• Improve internal communication and handover between staff
• Draw up a cleaning schedule
• Bring structure to coaching for new staff
• Assign fixed familiar faces and mentors for all children
• Ensure the four-eyes principle is maintained at opening

Violations

• Safety and health policy is not aligned with practice: the hot meal is delivered frozen rather than prepared fresh daily, no food thermometer is used for temperature checks, and the refrigerator is not cleaned weekly as required by policy
• Insufficient staff knowledge of the mandatory reporting, consultation and disclosure obligations (MOA): new staff do not know what to do when suspecting abuse by a colleague or the holder

Summary

The annual inspection on 7 May 2026 at daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) het Schatjes en Schoffies Cinemadreef in Almere presents a mixed picture. The location provides sound pedagogical care with warm, responsive staff and good emotional safety for children. However, two violations were identified: the safety and health policy is not being implemented in practice regarding the hot meal (frozen food instead of fresh daily preparation, no temperature checks, unclean refrigerator), and staff have insufficient knowledge of the mandatory reporting, consultation and disclosure obligations (MOA). The location is in a transitional phase due to the departure of three permanent staff members, causing some instability. The holder took immediate improvement measures following the inspection visit.