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About this care
Welcome to IK-OOK Borkel en Schaft, a small-scale daycare centre in the heart of Borkel en Schaft. We are located inside primary school Servatius at Dorpsstraat 57, so our toddler group is literally part of the familiar school building. With a maximum of 16 places we offer a safe, manageable environment where children aged 2 to 4 prepare for primary school. Our spacious group room is directly connected to the kindergarten classroom; through an adjoining door toddlers and kindergartners regularly meet during joint play sessions. In this way our children become playfully familiar with the school surroundings.
We use the nationally recognised early childhood education programme Startblokken. This means our pedagogical staff provide focused activities that stimulate language, numeracy and social skills in a playful way, while still leaving plenty of room for children’s own initiative and discovery. The school playground is our shared domain: toddlers play here together with kindergartners, learning from each other and making the eventual transition to kindergarten smooth.
Our toddler group is organised as a horizontal group: children of the same age stay together. This allows us to tailor activities precisely to the developmental stage of 2- to 4-year-olds. We offer both full and half-day care, giving parents the flexibility to choose what suits their family best. Thanks to our small scale we know every child and every parent personally; short lines of communication and trust form the basis of our pedagogical partnership.
In short, at IK-OOK Borkel en Schaft toddlers find a familiar place to play, learn and grow, right next to the school they will later attend.Read more
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: March 23, 2026
Strengths
- Pedagogical practice meets all basic objectives: emotional safety, personal and social competence, and value transmission
- Accommodation is safe, accessible and appropriately furnished with sufficient space (5 m² per child indoors, spacious outdoor area)
- Parent rights are fully in order: information provision, complaints procedure and affiliation with disputes committee
- Staff hold the correct qualifications, Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) and language proficiency certificates; child-to-staff ratio is adhered to
- Domestic violence and child abuse reporting protocol is complete and up to date
Violations
- Pedagogical policy plan lacked concrete description of continuous developmental line with after-school care (BSO), transfer of developmental information and referral in case of special circumstances (resolved via recovery offer)
- Pedagogical policy plan lacked description of how the mentor is introduced to the child (resolved via recovery offer)
- Pedagogical policy plan contained incorrect wording regarding staff-to-child ratio: 'maximum' instead of 'minimum' (resolved via recovery offer)
- Pedagogical policy plan lacked concrete description of settling-in procedure for new core group (resolved via recovery offer)
- Backup/emergency cover arrangement insufficient: for one staff member, no adult is available who can be present within 15 minutes in case of emergencies; the location manager works at another location in Budel
- Safety and health policy: practice does not conform to policy, refrigerator temperature structurally too high (8-10°C, standard maximum 7°C)
- Safety and health policy lacks concrete description of backup/emergency cover arrangement for lone staff member
Summary
The GGD annual inspection of 23 March 2026 at childcare center IK-OOK Borkel en Schaft in Valkenswaard presents a mixed picture. The toddler daycare (16 places, ages 2-4) complies with the requirements regarding accommodation, parent rights, pedagogical practice and most staffing requirements. However, violations were identified in the areas of pedagogical policy, staff and groups, and safety and health. The pedagogical policy lacked, among other things, descriptions of continuous developmental lines with the after-school care (BSO), mentor information for children, core group working methods and settling-in procedures. These violations were resolved through a recovery offer. A persistent violation concerns the backup/emergency cover arrangement: despite only one staff member working per day, the designated backup (the location manager) cannot be present within 15 minutes in case of emergencies due to the distance. The safety and health policy is also inadequate: the refrigerator temperature structurally exceeded the standard of 7°C (measured at 8-10°C) and the policy insufficiently describes how to act when staff work alone. In their response, the provider states that the refrigerator has since been repaired and that school teachers are present in the building, but this has not been formally established as backup/emergency cover.
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