De Bosbengels

Strengths

• Pedagogical practice is carried out responsibly in line with the four core pedagogical objectives
• Staff and groups meet statutory requirements (qualifications, VOG certificates, ratios, stability)
• Parent rights are in order (registered with disputes committee, no complaints)
• Practitioners are ECE-qualified and meet the 3F language proficiency requirement

Violations

• Pedagogical policy: the space is not set up in a challenging way with sufficient play areas and materials to deepen play; practice does not align with stated policy
• Early childhood education: policy lacks concrete detail on how the 960-hour ECE requirement is achieved with mixed-age groups (babies, toddlers, and preschoolers)
• ECE training plan: lacks concrete description of how practitioners' knowledge and skills are maintained; evaluation includes non-ECE training without justification
• Four-eyes principle: despite a locked entrance door, a practitioner can regularly be alone with the group without another adult seeing or hearing them; household members can enter via the residential premises
• Accommodation: playpen is used for toy storage, leaving the indoor play space inappropriately arranged

Summary

The Municipal Health Service (GGD) inspected daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) De Bosbengels in Scheemda on 21 January 2026 (annual inspection). The small-scale childcare location (5 places, ages 0–13) meets requirements in the domains of staff and groups, and parent rights. However, violations were identified in the pedagogical climate (early childhood education), safety and health (four-eyes principle), and accommodation. The provider disagrees with the findings, but the supervisory authority largely upholds them. The pedagogical practice itself was assessed as responsible.