Basisschool De Meander

What Basisschool De Meander does

Basisschool De Meander is a Dutch primary school (basisschool) located at Lochtersweg 1, Nijverdal, in the province of Overijssel, Netherlands. The school provides standard primary education for children ages 4-12 across groups 1 through 8 under a continuous schedule (continurooster), with classes running Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 8:30-14:45 and Wednesday and Friday from 8:30-12:30. It operates under a Christian identity with an emphasis on respect for individual characteristics, holistic child development across social, emotional, cognitive, motor, and creative domains, and structured parent participation through the Medezeggenschapsraad (MR) council. The school is part of the Stichting Ieder Kind Telt foundation, which provides administrative, financial, and policy oversight.

The service portfolio centers on core educational delivery, augmented by a small set of operational and digital services. Before and after-school care (Buitenschoolse Opvang, BSO) is delivered in partnership with KOSMO on the school premises, with supplementary capacity at BSO De Krummel on Wednesdays, Fridays, and during holidays. Digital infrastructure includes ParnasSys for student information management and the SchoolWise Portal, which connects the school library to the Dutch public library catalog. Administrative products include a digital leave request form (Verlofformulier), an annual school guide (Schoolgids), an information booklet (Informatieboekje), and a calendar (Jaarkalender). The school maintains AVG/GDPR compliance through data minimization, processor agreements, and adherence to the Privacy-convenant Onderwijs.

The business model is a publicly funded Dutch primary school, with no tuition fees for regular education. Revenue is derived from Dutch government per-pupil funding allocated through the foundation, with no commercial pricing or productized revenue streams disclosed. The current director, Dineke Hek, is temporarily absent, with Marianne Nordt serving as interim director. The school has 18 staff and serves the local Nijverdal catchment area with no disclosed expansion plans beyond the 2023-2027 school plan.

Name

Basisschool De Meander

Legal name

Basisschool De Meander

Website

https://meander-ikt.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Basisschool De Meander is a Dutch Christian primary school in Nijverdal, Overijssel, providing government-funded education for children ages 4-12 across groups 1-8, operated by Stichting Ieder Kind Telt foundation with 18 staff.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Nijverdal

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Basisschool De Meander is a Dutch Christian primary school providing standard primary education for children in groups 1 through 8 (ages 4-12). It operates a continuous schedule (continurooster) and integrates before- and after-school care (BSO) through a partnership with Kosmo. The school also provides digital library access via the SchoolWise Portal linked to the public library system.

Product overview

Basisschool De Meander is a primary school offering standard primary education for groups 1-8 with a continuous schedule. The school's service portfolio centers on core educational delivery supported by SchoolWise Library Portal for digital library access, Buitenschoolse Opvang (BSO) before and after-school care services in partnership with Kosmo, and administrative tools including the Verlofformulier leave request system, Schoolgids annual guide, Informatieboekje information booklet, and Jaarkalender annual calendar. The school also provides parent participation through the Medezeggenschapsraad (MR) council and operates under Stichting Ieder Kind Telt foundation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Basisschool De Meander Primary Education
• Buitenschoolse Opvang (BSO) - Before and After-School Care
• SchoolWise Library Portal

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stichting Ieder Kind TeltcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStichting Ieder Kind Telt is the governing foundation of Basisschool De Meander. The foundation oversees multiple schools and provides administrative, policy, and strategic support. De Meander is part of this educational foundation.
• KOSMOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKOSMO provides Buitenschoolse Opvang (BSO/after-school care) on the Meander premises. They use the 'leerplein' (learning square) of the middle building for childcare on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday afternoons from 14:45-18:00. On Wednesdays and Fridays, care is combined with BSO De Krummel.
• BSO De KrummelminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAfter-school care location at Boomcateweg 12A where Meander students are cared for on Wednesday and Friday afternoons and during holidays when combined with main BSO services.
• GGD TwenteminorOthersMunicipal health service that the school works with regarding student attendance monitoring. School is required to report extended illness absences to GGD Twente's youth doctor.
• Verkeersouders.nlminorOthersOrganization supporting traffic safety around schools. The school has a 'verkeerscommissie' (traffic committee) of parent volunteers who work with this organization to promote traffic safety education and safe school environments.
• ANWBminorOthersDutch automobile association involved in traffic safety initiatives. The verkeerscommissie initiates traffic projects and activities that may be supported by ANWB.
• Veilig Verkeer Nederland (VVN)minorOthersDutch road safety organization that the school's verkeerscommissie collaborates with for traffic safety education and initiatives.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• KOSMO: Dutch childcare organization operating the on-site BSO at De Meander. Comparable as a regional BSO/childcare provider serving the same school-age children and working-parent segment in the same geography.
• Stichting Ieder Kind Telt: The parent foundation that operates Basisschool De Meander and multiple other Dutch primary schools, providing shared administrative, policy, and strategic support. Most directly comparable as the umbrella organization for an identical operating model.

Regional players

• BSO De Krummel: Local after-school-care partner at Boomcateweg 12A handling Wednesday/Friday and holiday coverage for De Meander pupils. Comparable as a regional BSO operator serving the same parent base and integrated with the school's schedule.

Broad incumbents

• ThiemeMeulenhoff: Large Dutch educational publisher with primary and secondary school materials, including digital learning resources. Comparable as a content and platform supplier into the same Dutch K-12 market De Meander participates in.
• Cito: Netherlands-based assessment and testing organization whose instruments are used across Dutch primary and secondary education. Comparable as a long-standing institution serving the same Dutch primary school market with measurement and benchmarking services.
• Malmberg: Major Dutch educational publisher supplying curriculum and learning materials to basisscholen including De Meander's segment. Comparable as an established content provider to the same primary-school buyer.
• Zwijsen: Dutch educational publisher known for literacy and reading methods widely used in basisscholen. Comparable as a literacy-focused publisher whose products are adopted by schools similar to De Meander.

Others

• Heutink: Dutch supplier of educational materials, furniture, and school supplies to primary schools. Comparable as an enabling vendor serving the same procurement cycle that De Meander's foundation network follows.
• ParentCom: Provider of the school-website and communication platform powering meander-ikt.nl. Comparable as a school-communication SaaS vendor serving the same Dutch primary school customer segment.

Emerging players

• Topicus (ParnasSys): Parent company of ParnasSys, the student information system used at De Meander. Comparable as a Dutch EdTech provider whose product is embedded across primary education operations similar to De Meander's.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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