Baloe

Strengths

• Pedagogical practice provides sufficient emotional safety and developmental stimulation
• All staff members meet training requirements, language requirements, and baby care certification
• Certificate of Good Conduct (VOG) registration and personnel register are in order
• Sufficient staffing levels according to staff-child ratio
• Safety and health policy has been updated following renovation and discussed with the team

Shortcomings

• Readability of pedagogical policy could be improved through location-specific documentation
• Description of intern tasks and supervision in pedagogical policy plan needs to be more concrete
• Multiple improvement points from the evacuation drill of 2 April 2025 need to be followed up

Violations

• Fixed staff rule for children under one year not complied with: children are assigned to three fixed staff members instead of a maximum of two (repeated violation, also identified in 2024)

Summary

The annual inspection of 27 November 2025 at daycare center (kinderdagverblijf/KDV) Baloe in Beverwijk presents a mixed picture. The location meets most quality requirements, but has a repeated violation in the area of stable care. Children under one year are assigned to too many fixed staff members: three instead of the permitted two. This is a repeated shortcoming that was already identified in 2024. The holder was not given a recovery offer (herstelaanbod) for this. Furthermore, several areas for improvement have been identified: the readability of the pedagogical policy could be better, the description of intern tasks needs to be more concrete, and the evacuation drill yielded multiple action points. The pedagogical practice, staff qualifications, and safety measures do meet requirements. In her response, the holder disputed that a violation occurred.