Providing child care

Do you want to start a child care center? Submit an application to the municipality. The municipality will arrange for registration in the National Childcare Register. The GGD checks whether you meet the quality requirements.

Always check if the zoning plan allows you to use your home or property as a daycare, out-of-school care or guest parent care. A preliminary consultation may be required.

Approach

If you want to start a childcare, follow this roadmap:
Starting a childcare | Ondernemersplein
Do you want to start a guest parenting business? Then follow this step-by-step plan:
Become a guest parent step-by-step plan | Ondernemersplein
Do you want to start a host parent agency? Then follow this step-by-step plan:
Step-by-step plan gastouderbureau starten | Ondernemersplein

Description

Entrepreneurs who want to provide child care must apply to the municipality. The municipality will arrange for your registration in the National Register of Childcare (LRK).

You must apply to start the following business:

extracurricular care
host parent agency
nursery
guest parenting in your home
host parent care at the requesting parent's home

Child care must meet several quality requirements. The GGD assesses whether you meet these requirements. If your assessment is positive, the municipality will register you. You will be notified of this.
Do you have guest parents working for you? The guest parents must also be registered in the LRK. This is taken care of by the guest parent agency.

You must also register in the childcare persons register. This applies to anyone who lives or works at a place where children are cared for. You can read more information on the DUO website.

The municipality is responsible for monitoring and enforcing the quality of child care. The GGD conducts inspections at child care centers and reports to the municipality.

Requirements

The GGD checks whether the child care meets the quality requirements. Among other things, the inspector looks at:

health and safety
a reporting code for domestic violence and child abuse
the training of your staff
the use of interns
the number of staff (professionals) in relation to the number of children
the group size
the pedagogical policy and practice
the spaces where the children stay

You publish the inspection reports on your website. Don't have a website? Put the reports in an accessible place so they can be viewed. The reports also appear in the National Register of Child Care (LRK).

The property must also meet building and fire safety requirements.

Term

The municipality has 10 weeks to register the child care. During this period, the GGD checks the data and circumstances. The municipality may extend this period once. The municipality will let the applicant know.

Objection and appeal

You can object to the decision on your application. Do this within 6 weeks. Do you then disagree with the decision on the objection? Then file an appeal with the court.