Peuteropvang De Madelief

Strengths

• Strong pedagogical climate with emotionally safe environment for children
• Staff know the children well and respond sensitively and responsively
• Clear daily structure with preschool Piramide programme
• Good parent communication via website, email and WhatsApp
• Active parent committee with proper regulations
• Sufficiently qualified staff and correct child-to-staff ratio
• Pedagogical policy officer is adequately deployed

Violations

• During school holidays, toddlers from the daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) and children from the after-school care (BSO) are merged into one group, failing to meet the requirement for care in a fixed core group (Art. 1.50(1) and (2) Childcare Act; Art. 9(1), (2), (7), (8), (9) and (10) Childcare Quality Decree)

Summary

Toddler daycare De Madelief in Huisseling, a small private provision for 16 toddlers (ages 2–4), was inspected on 23 October 2025 by GGD Hart voor Brabant. The location meets the requirements for pedagogical climate and parental rights. The pedagogical practice is assessed as sound: staff provide emotional safety, stimulate the development of personal and social competencies, and apply clear norms and values. However, one violation was identified regarding stability of care: during the autumn holiday (14–16 October 2025), toddlers and BSO children were merged into one group, which does not meet the requirement for care in a fixed core group. The provider considers this incidental, but the inspection determines this practice to be structural in nature. No recovery offer was made. The GGD advises the municipality of Oss to enforce, while taking into account the specific small-scale situation in which children and staff know each other well.