Professor Burgerschool

What Professor Burgerschool does

Professor Burgerschool is a public Cluster 2 special education school located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, serving approximately 65 hearing-impaired children aged 2.5 to 13 years on campus, with an additional ~30 students receiving ambulatory (outreach) support at regular schools. The school operates as part of Stichting VierTaal, a Dutch foundation that consolidates multiple specialist schools, and delivers a multidisciplinary program combining specialized pedagogy, speech-language therapy (logopedie), pediatric physiotherapy (kinderfysiotherapie), and auditory-verbal support for students with auditory and communicative disabilities.

The school's core offering integrates individualized curriculum delivery with specialized therapeutic services and assistive auditory technology. Students benefit from solo speech reinforcement devices and advanced amplification equipment that enable optimized classroom acoustics and personalized listening support. Beyond core instruction, the school has developed the Ontdeklab (Discovery Lab), an innovation initiative that received a €10,000 PO Raad innovation subsidy. Standard educational technology integrations — including Social Schools for parent communication, ReadSpeaker for text-to-speech accessibility, and Vimeo/YouTube for content delivery — supplement the specialized hardware stack.

The business model is nonprofit and publicly funded. Primary revenue derives from Dutch government per-student allocations under the Cluster 2 special education funding framework, with supplementary income from voluntary parent contributions. The school also generates service revenue through its ambulatory support partnership with Ambulante Dienst Amsterdam. With only ~95 total students served, the operating scale is small and structurally constrained by its narrow geographic catchment and specialized student population. The institution received a "Goed" rating from the Dutch Education Inspectorate, reinforcing its quality standing within the regulated public education system.

Name

Professor Burgerschool

Legal name

Stichting VierTaal, Professor Burgerschool

Website

https://burgerschool.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Professor Burgerschool is a public Dutch Cluster 2 special education school in Amsterdam serving approximately 65 hearing-impaired children aged 2.5 to 13. Operating under Stichting VierTaal, it delivers specialized speech therapy, physiotherapy, and auditory support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Programs & Classrooms (Autism, Emotional/Behavioral, Intellectual/Developmental, Multi-Disability) (EDAJAKAH)

Keywords

• Special education services
• Hearing impairment education
• Speech therapy services
• Ambulatory educational support
• Primary special education

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Public Education Funding: As an openbare (public) school for special education under Stichting VierTaal, the school operates through government-funded education based on student enrollment numbers and specialized care arrangements. Funding comes from Dutch government education budgets for cluster 2 schools (auditory/communicative disabilities).

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Professor Burgerschool is an openbare (public) special education school in Amsterdam providing primary education for hearing-impaired children aged 2.5 to 13 years, delivered through Stichting VierTaal. The school integrates curriculum-aligned instruction (SLO learning lines) with on-site speech and language therapy, children's physiotherapy, and a Discovery Lab (Ontdeklab). It also offers Ambulant Begeleiding, an outreach service that places specialists in regular primary schools to support hearing-impaired students integrated in mainstream classrooms.

Product overview

Professor Burgerschool operates as a specialized primary school for hard-of-heearing students aged 2.5 to 13 years, part of Stichting VierTaal. The school's core offering is special education with an integrated curriculum aligned with national standards (SLO). This is supported by speech and language therapy (Logopedie), children's physiotherapy, and outreach support services (Ambulant Begeleiding) for students in regular schools. The school also features an innovative Discovery Lab (Ontdeklab) for project-based learning. Educational programs are delivered across three building levels: lower (toddlers, groups 1-2, and group 3), middle (groups 4-5), and upper (groups 6-8).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Special Education for Hard-of-Hearing Students Specialized primary education for students aged 2.5 to 13 years with hearing impairments (hard of hearing or deaf functioning), aligned with Dutch national primary education standards (SLO) while addressing communication, language, and developmental needs. Delivered across three building levels: lower (toddlers, groups 1-2 and 3), middle (groups 4-5), and upper (groups 6-8).
• Speech and Language Therapy (Logopedie) Intensive speech therapy services integrated into the school curriculum, focusing on articulation, vocabulary, sentence structure, narrative development, listening training, auditory skills, and communication abilities, including psycho-education on managing hearing loss and hearing devices.
• Children's Physiotherapy (Kinderfysiotherapie) Specialized physiotherapy addressing motor development, balance skills, and sensory information processing for hard-of-hearing children who often experience vestibular dysfunction and motor development challenges.
• Ambulant Begeleiding (Outreach Support) Mobile support service where specialists visit regular or special primary schools to support teachers and students with hearing impairments or language disorders, including information sharing, teacher consultations, observations, assessments, and student support. Approximately 30 hearing-impaired students in regular primary schools receive this ambulatory support in the Amsterdam region.
• Ontdeklab (Discovery Lab) Innovative learning environment promoting discovery-based, inquiry-based, and design-based learning for hearing-impaired students, stimulating student ownership of learning through project-based collaboration with parents and the neighborhood.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% of students targeted for VMBO-basisberoepsgerichte/kaderberoepsgerichte learning route (leerroute 2)
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ambulante Dienst AmsterdamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Ambulante Dienst Amsterdam provides outreach support services to hearing-impaired students placed in regular primary schools. The service helps mainstream schools and teachers support these students based on their support needs.
• PO Raad (Primary Education Council)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe PO Raad approved an innovation subsidy of €10,000 for the school's Ontdeklab project. The PO Raad provides guidance on structuring collaboration with parents and the neighborhood.
• Elderly Care Home (Bejaardentehuis)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommunity partnership for the Ontdeklab innovation project, providing 3D printing assignments that connect students with elderly residents, fostering intergenerational learning.
• Lola Luid (Creative Neighborhood Space)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreative neighborhood partnership for the Ontdeklab project, exploring collaborative opportunities to make student learning more meaningful through community engagement.
• Alexander RoozendaalschoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaboration with Alexander Roozendaalschool (which serves students with Language Development Disorders/TOS) under the same VierTaal foundation. Shared director Lieke Rigter oversees both schools and the ambulatory service.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Auris: Dutch organization supporting children and adults with hearing or communication difficulties through special education, treatment and ambulatory guidance. Direct peer in cluster-2 special education and ambulatory service delivery.
• Kentalis: Dutch national organization providing education, care and services for people who are deaf, hard of hearing or have communication disabilities. Directly comparable as a Dutch cluster-2 special education provider with multiple locations and ambulatory services.
• Alexander Roozendaalschool: Sister school under the same Stichting VierTaal foundation serving students with language development disorders (TOS); shares the regional director Lieke Rigter and the ambulatory service SO Amsterdam. Directly comparable as a VierTaal special education location.
• Stichting NSDSK (Nederlandse Stichting voor het Dove en Slechthorende Kind): Dutch foundation supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing children through early intervention, family support, and educational advocacy. Comparable as a sector-specialist organization serving the same hearing-impaired pediatric population in the Netherlands.

Regional players

• Mary Hare School for the Deaf: UK secondary/maintained school for deaf children offering specialist auditory-oral education and bilingual signing provision. Comparable as a national-specialist school for hearing-impaired students but in a different geography.
• Pentaloo / Kolom荷 Special Education Foundations: Amsterdam-region special education collaborative overseeing cluster-2 referrals and allocations. Comparable as a regional special-education infrastructure body that routes hearing-impaired students to institutions like Professor Burgerschool.
• Royal School for Deaf Children (Derby, UK): Specialist residential and day school in the UK for hearing-impaired children, offering multidisciplinary support and mainstream reintegration pathways. Comparable as a primary-age special education provider for hearing-impaired students.

Broad incumbents

• Clarke Schools for Hearing and Speech: Multi-campus US organization providing listening and spoken language education for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Comparable in mission and methodology (auditory-verbal therapy integrated with schooling) but operates across a much wider geography.

Market position

Strengths1 record

Weaknesses1 record

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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