Peuterspeelschool De Hunenborg

Strengths

• Relaxed, open atmosphere and good emotional sense of safety among children
• Flexible and creative staff who use current events for play and learning activities
• Good wellbeing of children who enjoy their play
• Sufficiently qualified staff with early childhood education (VVE) certificates and adequate language proficiency
• Good staff-to-child ratios and compliance with domestic violence reporting protocol

Violations

• Failure to meet the obligation to make efforts to establish a separate parent committee for the preschool; recruitment posters and calls for participation are exclusively aimed at the parent council of the integrated child center (IKC), not at the preschool itself

Summary

Preschool De Hunenborg in Hengelo, part of Stichting Spring! Peuterspeelscholen, provides care for up to 28 toddlers aged 2.5 to 4 years. The annual inspection of 13 January 2026 shows predominantly positive results. The pedagogical quality is good: there is a relaxed atmosphere, children feel emotionally safe, and wellbeing is satisfactory to good. The staff are flexible and creative, as seen in their use of snow as a theme. Preschool education with recognised programmes Piramide and Startblokken meets requirements, as do personnel matters and safety protocols. However, one violation was identified: the provider failed to meet the obligation to make efforts to establish a separate parent committee, as recruitment activities were exclusively aimed at the parent council of the IKC. Following a recovery offer, the provider demonstrated on 4 March 2026 that sufficient efforts had been made through posters and a call in the parent app.