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About this care
Welcome to Kinderopvang Calimero Kidz in Middelstum. We are located in the charming Hippolytushoes at Hippolytushof 1 and provide professional day care for children aged 0 to 4 years. Our location is a warm and special place where children can develop at their own pace in a calm, safe environment.
We work with two age groups. The combi group is for children from 0 to 2.5 years with a maximum of 12 children. The preschool group is for children from 2.5 to 4 years with a maximum of 8 children. Through this horizontal grouping, we can tailor activities and care precisely to your child's developmental stage.
We spend a lot of time outdoors. Every day we go outside to play, move and experience the seasons. We regularly go on outings, for example to the forest, where children can explore, climb, feel and wonder. Indoors we work inspired by Emmi Pikler: with attention, respect and trust in the child's own strength.
Kinderopvang Calimero Kidz Middelstum is officially registered in the National Childcare Register (LRK number 251455476) and provides care for up to 20 children. Would you like to experience our location? Feel free to make an appointment for a tour and discover why parents describe us as a nice, safe place where children can be themselves.Read more
Practical info
Pedagogy methods
Certifications
Location highlights
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: June 23, 2026
Strengths
- Pedagogical practice meets all four basic objectives: emotional security, personal competence, social competence, and transfer of norms and values
- Safety and health policy is complete and adhered to
- Accommodation is suitable with sufficient indoor and outdoor space
- Parents are well informed and complaints procedure is in order
- All childcare professionals hold valid Certificate of Conduct (VOG) and are registered
- Pedagogical policy staff member is deployed sufficiently
Shortcomings
- Pedagogical policy plan must fully correspond with the actual group division and surface area requirements
- All childcare professionals in baby groups must complete the 'Working with Babies' training
- Internal working methods must be tightened so that staff are only deployed formatively after receiving their diploma
Violations
- Pedagogical policy plan contains incorrect description of group composition: toddler group has maximum of 8 children while surface area only permits 7, combination group on Monday does not match practice on Tuesday and Thursday, and size of combination group and baby group are missing (recovery offer, partially recovered)
- Two childcare professionals working in combination group without completed 'Working with Babies' training (recovery offer, partially recovered: one started in July 2026, one scheduled for September 2026)
- No location-specific regulations for parent committee present (recovery offer, recovered)
- Insufficient childcare professionals deployed on 18 June 2026: 7-8 children with only one childcare professional, one BBL trainee without formative deployability, and one prospective childcare professional without formal diploma (no recovery offer)
- Children cared for on Monday in combination group without specific parental consent for deviation from fixed home group; parent forms contain only general consent without naming fixed and second home group or period (no recovery offer)
Summary
The annual inspection of 23 June 2026 of Kinderopvang Calimero Kidz in Middelstum shows a mixed picture. The location provides daycare to 20 children in two groups and meets requirements in several areas, including pedagogical practice, safety and health, accommodation, and parent information. However, various shortcomings were identified. Three recovery offer violations have been partially recovered: the pedagogical policy plan is incomplete (group composition and surface area requirements are incorrect), two childcare professionals lack the mandatory 'Working with Babies' training (one has started, one is scheduled), and the parent committee had no location-specific regulation (this has since been submitted). Additionally, two violations without recovery offer were established: on 18 June 2026 the childcare professional-child ratio was not met due to deployment of a non-formed staff member, and children are cared for on Mondays in a combination group without correct parental consent for deviation from the fixed home group. The Municipal Health Service (GGD) advises enforcement.
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