Stichting Klasse

What Stichting Klasse does

Stichting Klasse is a Dutch non-profit educational foundation (stichting) headquartered at Middenmolenlaan 68a in Gouda, operating 17 public primary school locations across four municipalities in the Groene Hart region — Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Gouda, Waddinxveen, and Woerden — serving approximately 3,900 students with around 500 employees. The foundation's portfolio spans regular openbaar basisonderwijs (OBS) schools, special basisonderwijs (SBO Het Avontuur), special onderwijs and VSO praktijkcollege (De Startbaan, formerly De Ark), a kindcentrum (KC De Ontdekkingsreizigers), newcomer education (Vindingrijk), and alternative educational concepts including Dalton, Jenaplan (De Carrousel, De Kring), narrative, performing-arts, and sports profiles, plus a gifted-and-talented program anchored at OBS De Venen.

The organization is governed by a two-person College van Bestuur (chair Cristel Wieman, member Friedo Hegie) and a five-person Raad van Toezicht, with a central bestuurskantoor providing policy, HR, finance, ICT, quality, and education-development functions. There is no proprietary technology platform; the foundation runs on a standard BasisOnline school-administration CMS and uses conventional educational technology integrated into classroom practice. Multiple schools hold the Onderwijsinspectie 'Excellent' predicate, with OBS De Venen maintaining it for ten consecutive years, and the foundation has received 'Goed' governance judgments from the inspectorate in 2017-2018 and 2022.

Stichting Klasse is funded through Dutch government per-pupil subsidies (leerlingfinanciering) under the regulated public-education framework, with no tuition charged to families. Its go-to-market is community-led open enrollment: parents contact schools directly, supported by regional samenwerkingsverbanden for passend onderwijs and parent/youth support points. Recent activity has combined inorganic consolidation (transfer of Jenaplan de Kring from Stichting Trinamiek in 2023, internal merger of Het Groene Eiland into Het Schateiland in 2024) with greenfield expansion (new school OBS De Gouwe in Waddinxveen in 2024) and infrastructure investment (new De Startbaan building co-located with Gemiva in 2022).

Name

Stichting Klasse

Legal name

Stichting Klasse

Website

https://stichtingklasse.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stichting Klasse is a Dutch non-profit foundation operating 17 public primary school locations across Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Gouda, Waddinxveen, and Woerden, serving approximately 3,900 students with around 500 staff through government per-pupil funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Special Education Schools & Programs (EDAJAAAH)

Keywords

• Public primary education
• Special education services
• Jenaplan education
• Dalton education
• Newcomer education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

New Holland

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: Public primary education funded through Dutch government subsidies per enrolled student (leerlingfinanciering). Stichting Klasse operates as a non-profit educational foundation.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stichting Klasse is a Dutch non-profit foundation that operates 17 public primary school locations across four municipalities, providing government-funded primary education to approximately 3,900 students. The foundation delivers regular primary education (OBS), special primary education (SBO), special education (SO/VSO) including practical college for ages 12-18, and offers diverse educational concepts such as Dalton, Jenaplan, education for gifted learners, and newcomer education for non-Dutch speaking children.

Product overview

Stichting Klasse is a school foundation (educational institution) operating 17 primary education locations across Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Gouda, Waddinxveen, and Woerden in the Netherlands. The organization offers a portfolio of educational services including regular primary schools (OBS), special primary education (SBO), special education (SO/VSO) through De Startbaan, and various educational concepts such as Dalton and Jenaplan. Schools differentiate through profiles including gifted education, newcomer education, narrative/school of stories, performing arts, and sports programs. The foundation serves approximately 3,900 students with around 500 staff members. Key brand offerings include OBS schools ('t Palet, Andersenschool, De Achtsprong, De Gouwe, De Horizon, de KAS, Dick Brunaschool, Het Schateiland, het Vogelnest, Theo Thijssen, De Venen, Wereldwijs), specialized schools (De Startbaan SO & Praktijkcollege, SBO Het Avontuur, KC De Ontdekkingsreizigers, Nieuwkomersonderwijs Vindingrijk), and Jenaplan schools (De Carrousel, De Kring).

Differentiator

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Products and services

• OBS 't Palet Openbaar Basisschool (public primary school) located in Goverwelle, Gouda, offering regular primary education services to children aged 4-12.
• OBS Andersenschool Openbaar Basisschool (public primary school) located in Woerden, one of three schools operated by Stichting Klasse in the Woerden municipality.
• OBS De Achtsprong Openbaar Basisschool (public primary school) located in Woerden offering regular primary education to children in the area.
• Jenaplan Basisschool De Carrousel Jenaplan-based primary school in Gouda (Plaswijck) following the Jenaplan educational concept emphasizing child-centered learning through play, work, and living together.
• OBS De Gouwe Newly established openbare basisschool (public primary school) in Waddinxveen (Park Triangel area) that opened after summer 2024, initially with kindergarten groups hosted at Coenecoop College.
• OBS De Horizon Openbaar Basisschool in Harmelen (Woerden region) recognized as an Earlybird school providing quality English education starting from group 1.
• OBS de KAS Openbaar Basisschool (public primary school) located in Korte Akkeren, Gouda, offering regular primary education to children in the neighborhood.
• KC De Ontdekkingsreizigers Kindcentrum (Children's Center) combining childcare and education services in Gouda (Westergouwe area) for young children and families.
• De Startbaan (SO & praktijkcollege) Special education school (speciaal onderwijs) for children aged 4-12 with intellectual disabilities, and a practical college (praktijkcollege) for youth aged 12-18. Previously known as De Ark. Co-located with Bloemendaal child day center. First school in Netherlands to award legally recognized VSO diplomas.
• OBS Dick Brunaschool Openbaar Basisschool (public primary school) located in Waddinxveen operating from multiple locations including Coenecoop College.
• SBO Het Avontuur Special Basisonderwijs (SBO) school in Gouda providing primary education for children who need additional learning support beyond regular primary education.
• OBS Het Schateiland

Quantifiable outcome

• Approximately 3,900 students educated across 17 locations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Coenecoop College (Waddinxveen)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024OBS De Gouwe starts as a satellite location at the Coenecoop College site where a Dick Bruna school dependency already exists. Collaboration for shared educational infrastructure.
• Gemiva-SVG Groep (Kinderdagcentrum Bloemendaal)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2020Joint housing and collaboration between De Startbaan (special education) and kinderdagcentrum Bloemendaal at Clematislaan 2 in Gouda. Gemiva provides specialized day care for children with developmental delays and intellectual/multiple disabilities. The collaboration enables seamless transitions between care and education.
• Samenwerkingsverband Passenderwijs (Woerden)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional cooperation association for appropriate education in the Woerden area. Stichting Klasse is affiliated and works together with other school boards to provide appropriate education for all students in the region.
• Samenwerkingsverband Midden Holland en RijnstreekcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional cooperation association for schools in Gouda, Waddinxveen, and Bodegraven-Reeuwijk. Provides parent and youth support point for questions about appropriate education.
• Ouder- en Jeugdsteunpunt Midden Holland en RijnstreekminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent and youth support point providing information about appropriate education, cooperation frameworks, care obligations, and municipality collaboration for school support and transportation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Stichting Lucas Onderwijs: Lucas Onderwijs is one of the largest primary school foundations in the Netherlands, operating dozens of schools across multiple regions. While much larger than Stichting Klasse, it operates the same Dutch public primary education model with government per-pupil funding and comparable governance structures.
• INNOVO: INNOVO is a large Dutch primary education foundation operating schools in Limburg. Comparable to Stichting Klasse in its non-profit foundation structure, governance model, and dependence on Dutch government per-pupil subsidies, but operating in a different geographic region.
• Stichting PCOU/Documenta: PCOU/Documenta is a large foundation providing primary, secondary, and special education in the Utrecht region. Comparable to Stichting Klasse in operating multiple school concepts including special education, but with a broader geographic and educational scope.

Others

• Nederlandse Jenaplan Vereniging: The Dutch Jenaplan Association is the national federation for Jenaplan schools, including those operated by Stichting Klasse (De Carrousel and De Kring). It is an ecosystem/enabling peer rather than a competitor, providing standards, training, and accreditation relevant to Stichting Klasse's Jenaplan offerings.
• Nederlandse Dalton Vereniging: The Dutch Dalton Association is the national body for Dalton schools, supporting the Dalton concept used at multiple Stichting Klasse schools. As an ecosystem participant providing accreditation and curriculum standards, it is an enabling peer rather than a direct competitor.
• Gemiva-SVG Groep: Gemiva-SVG is a Dutch care organisation providing specialised day care for children with developmental delays, with which Stichting Klasse co-located De Startbaan. As a strategic partner in special education, Gemiva is an adjacent ecosystem peer rather than a direct competitor.

Regional players

• Stichting Openbaar Onderwijs Groep Groningen: OOG is a public primary education foundation serving the Groningen region. Highly comparable to Stichting Klasse in being an openbaar onderwijs foundation, but operating in a different Dutch region, making it a regional rather than direct competitor.
• Stichting De Binnenvest: De Binnenvest is a primary school foundation operating in the Alphen aan den Rijn region, near Stichting Klasse's territory. Comparable as a nearby regional school board with similar funding model and educational concepts, but focused on a different geographic area.

Direct peers

• Stichting Trinamiek: Trinamiek is a Dutch primary school foundation that previously operated Jenaplan basisschool de Kring until it transferred to Stichting Klasse in September 2023. As a direct competitor school board in the same region, it is highly comparable in mission, funding model, and student population.
• Stichting Optimus: Optimus is a Dutch primary school foundation operating in the Haarlemmermeer region. Comparable in size, foundation structure, and educational concept diversity (including Dalton and Jenaplan offerings), making it a direct peer in terms of operations and governance model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries18 records

Funding overview

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