Voorschool Brenner

Strengths

• Staff provide emotional security and respond sensitively to children's individual needs
• Good cooperation with De Horizon primary school, including a combined position for transition
• Adequate deployment of additional early childhood education (VVE) coach and pedagogical coach to support the team
• Children are encouraged in independent play, social skills and personal development
• Parents are actively involved through a parent portal, open-door sessions and parent-child activities

Violations

• The pedagogical work plan and settling-in policy contained insufficient concrete description of how children are supported during the settling-in period (resolved via recovery offer)
• The safety and health policy contained insufficient description of where staff and parents can find the policy (resolved via recovery offer)
• The inspection report was not published on the location's website, meaning parents and staff were not informed (resolved via recovery offer)

Summary

Voorschool Brenner in Amsterdam, part of Groep Maatschappelijke Kinderopvang (GMK), was inspected on 5 March 2026. The preschool provides care for up to 16 children aged 2 to 4 years, three days per week, with the early childhood education programme (VVE) Startblokken. The pedagogical climate was assessed as positive: staff provide emotional security, encourage independent play and social skills, and work together with De Horizon primary school. Three violations were identified, all of which were resolved through a recovery offer: insufficient description of the settling-in policy in the pedagogical work plan, lack of clarity on where staff and parents could find the safety and health policy, and failure to publish the inspection report on the website. The Municipal Health Service (GGD) advises against imposing enforcement measures because the violations have been resolved and structural measures have been taken.