PPO Delflanden

What PPO Delflanden does

PPO Delflanden (legal entity: Stichting Passend Primair Onderwijs Delflanden) is a Dutch non-profit educational cooperative established on 1 August 2014 under the Wet Passend Onderwijs. It aggregates 23 primary-education school boards operating more than 80 schools across the municipalities of Delft, Lansingerland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, and Midden-Delfland, collectively serving approximately 20,000 children. The organization exists to coordinate passend onderwijs (inclusive and special-needs education support) on behalf of its member boards, with a mandated role in issuing toelaatbaarheidsverklaringen (TLVs) that determine eligibility for special (basic) education placements.

Its core service platform is the bureau PPO Delflanden — a roughly 28-person office organized around a Directeur-Bestuurder, policy and quality staff, a secretariat, controller, local support advisors (LOAs), preventive supporters, and ambulant supporters with domain specializations spanning behavior, SBO, ZML, language, TOS, young children, HB, ASS, and motor disabilities. Operations are supported by TOP dossier, a web-based platform (delivered via Perspectief op School) that handles preventive support requests, school arrangements, TLV issuance, and secure student-data exchange with parents and chain partners. An independent Toelaatbaarheidscommissie (TLC) sits inside the organization to decide TLV cases, monitor issued certificates, and manage return placements.

PPO Delflanden is funded through Dutch government (Rijk) allocations for passend onderwijs, which the cooperative redistributes to member school boards according to its own policy; there is no commercial pricing model. Governance is exercised through a Raad van Toezicht (Supervisory Board) chaired by Mieske Lieuwen (with Martin Metselaar as Vice-Chair) and a Raad van Aangeslotenen (Board of Affiliates) representing the 23 member boards. Day-to-day leadership transitioned to Elise Spruijt effective 1 January 2026. The organization is headquartered at Buitenhofdreef 8, 2625 XR Delft, and operates exclusively in Dutch within its mandated four-municipality region.

Name

PPO Delflanden

Legal name

Stichting Passend Primair Onderwijs Delflanden

Website

https://ppodelflanden.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

PPO Delflanden is a Dutch non-profit educational cooperative mandated under the Wet Passend Onderwijs to coordinate inclusive and special-needs education support for 23 member school boards, 80+ schools, and approximately 20,000 children across Delft, Lansingerland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, and Midden-Delfland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Education Support Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (6117), Educational Services (611), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Independent Educational Consultant Case Management & Service Coordination (EDAKACAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wraparound Student Support & Case Management Services (At-Risk K–12) (EDAJAEAJ), Family-School Collaboration & Inclusion Planning Support (EDAKABAK)

Keywords

• Inclusive education support
• Special education coordination
• School support services
• Educational cooperative
• Passend onderwijs advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Delft

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: PPO Delflanden receives fixed budget from the Dutch government (Rijk) for organizing support for children who need extra support in education. The cooperative distributes this funding to member school boards according to its own policy.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PPO Delflanden operates as the regional Dutch cooperative association (samenwerkingsverband) for passend onderwijs, coordinating extra educational support for primary schools. Through its Bureau, it advises 23 school boards and 80+ schools, issues toelaatbaarheidsverklaringen (TLVs) for special (basic) education via the independent Toelaatbaarheidscommissie (TLC), and assembles customized Arrangementen (support packages) for children with additional needs. It also delivers professional development (TOP dossier training, HGW training, hoogbegaafdheid workshops, onboarding sessions) and information services to schools, parents, and chain partners.

Product overview

PPO Delflanden is a cooperation association (samenwerkingsverband) for passend onderwijs (inclusive education support) comprising 23 school boards with approximately 80 primary and special education schools serving about 20,000 children across Delft, Lansingerland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, and Midden-Delfland. Its core offerings consist of Bureau PPO Delflanden — a support office providing policy, quality, and advisory services — and TOP dossier, a web-based platform for managing preventive support requests, school arrangements, and toelaatbaarheidsverklaring (admissibility certificates). The portfolio also includes the Toelaatbaarheidscommissie (TLC), which issues TLVs for special (basic) education placements; a range of professional development programs (digital TOP dossier training, HGW training, giftedness workshops, and onboarding sessions); and newsletters (nieuwsbrieven) published via Microsoft Sway. The organization does not offer a public API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Bureau PPO Delflanden The Bureau office that prepares and implements passend onderwijs policy, supports and advises member schools on shaping inclusive education, and coordinates arrangements and TLV processes. Consists of a Directeur-Bestuurder, policy staff, quality staff, secretariat, controller, local support advisors (LOAs), preventive supporters, and ambulatory supporters, serving 23 school boards and 80+ primary and special-education schools across Delft, Lansingerland, Pijnacker-Nootdorp, and Midden-Delfland.
• Toelaatbaarheidscommissie (TLC) An independent commission within PPO Delflanden that decides whether a child qualifies for a toelaatbaarheidsverklaring (TLV) for special (basic) education, monitors issued TLVs, and handles return placements. Consists of a chair, first experts (LOAs), and second experts. Appeals are handled via the national Landelijke Bezwaarcommissie Toelaatbaarheidsverklaring sbo/(v)so (LBT).
• TOP dossier Web-based platform that member schools use to submit preventive support requests, school arrangements, and toelaatbaarheidsverklaringen (admissibility certificates), and to securely exchange student data with parents and chain partners. Used by schools within PPO Delflanden for administrative processes tied to passend onderwijs.
• Arrangementen (Support Arrangements) Customized support packages created within schools using financial resources, additional staff, or expertise from ambulant supporters, ranging from light and short-term to heavy and long-term. Assembled jointly by LOAs, the school, and parents to match the child's needs within passend onderwijs.
• Digitale knoppentraining TOP dossier A practical digital training session for first-time or occasional TOP dossier users, led by Perspectief op School in cooperation with PPO Delflanden, covering step-by-step platform use from importing students to submitting support requests.
• Training HGW TOP dossier A two-session training on Handelingsgericht Werken (HGW) action-oriented approach for internal coordinators using TOP dossier, offered by PPO Delflanden in cooperation with Helen Degenhart and Perspectief op School, covering observation, understanding, planning, and realization.
• Scholingsaanbod hoogbegaafdheid Five annual workshops on (high) giftedness provided in cooperation with Fontys Hogeschool (Angela Jansen-Zandbergen), plus two online Sparren voor verrijking peer-consultation sessions led by Fontys and PPO Delflanden ambulant supporters, aimed at teachers and internal coordinators within the cooperative.
• Informatiemiddag: 'Wegwijs in het samenwerkingsverband' An information session held twice per school year, led by PPO Delflanden Bureau staff, for new internal coordinators, directors, and municipal/child-care employees to explain how the cooperative operates and what passend onderwijs entails.

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Perspectief op SchoolcoreTechnology or IntegrationProvides TOP dossier platform for schools within the cooperative to submit support requests and manage toelaatbaarheidsverklaringen. PPO Delflanden schools use TOP dossier for their administrative processes.
• Perspectief op SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with PPO Delflanden to provide digital training on TOP dossier for directors, intern begeleiders, and teachers new to the platform.
• Fontys HogeschoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAngela Jansen-Zandbergen from Fontys Hogeschool provides workshops on hoogbegaafdheid (giftedness) for teachers and intern begeleiders in PPO Delflanden schools.
• Helen DegenhartminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with PPO Delflanden and Perspectief op School to provide HGW TOP dossier training for intern begeleiders.
• DelftSupportcoreOthersMunicipal organization executing youth care in Delft. PPO Delflanden schools collaborate with DelftSupport for coordinated child support.
• Team Jeugd (Lansingerland)coreOthersYouth team in Lansingerland municipality. Schools in Lansingerland work together with Team Jeugd for youth care coordination.
• Kernteam (Pijnacker-Nootdorp)coreOthersCore team in Pijnacker-Nootdorp municipality providing youth care. Coordinates with PPO Delflanden schools in the region.
• Maatschappelijk team (Midden-Delfland)coreOthersSocial team in Midden-Delfland municipality. Schools in Midden-Delfland collaborate with this team for integrated youth support.
• CED GroepminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvides external Functionaris Gegevensbescherming (Data Protection Officer) Ger Simjouw for PPO Delflanden's privacy compliance.
• Landelijke Bezwaarcommissie Toelaatbaarheidsverklaring sbo/(v)so (LBT)coreOthersNational Appeals Commission for toelaatbaarheidsverklaring decisions. PPO Delflanden is affiliated with LBT for handling appeals against TLV decisions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• SWV PO Gooi en Eemland: Samenwerkingsverband for primary passend onderwijs in the Gooi en Eemland region, comparable in structure, statutory role, and TLV/administrative workflows used by PPO Delflanden.
• SWV PO 3104 (Zaanstreek): Samenwerkingsverband for primary education in the Zaanstreek region operating under the same Wet Passend Onderwijs framework, comparable in mandate, scale profile, and bureau-led school-support operations.
• Stichting PPO West-Friesland: Regional Dutch PO cooperative for passend onderwijs in West-Friesland, structurally and operationally comparable to PPO Delflanden in mandate, governance, and TLV-issuing bureau role.
• SWV PO Kind op 1 (Eindhoven): Regional Dutch PO samenwerkingsverband covering the Eindhoven region with the same Wet Passend Onderwijs mandate for arranging support, TLVs, and cooperative governance across primary school boards.

Others

• CED Groep: Educational consulting and implementation partner that supplies PPO Delflanden's Functionaris Gegevensbescherming and supports other Dutch PO/VO cooperatives on data protection, policy, and organizational development relevant to passend onderwijs execution.
• Perspectief op School: Technology partner behind PPO Delflanden's TOP dossier platform, providing the underlying digital infrastructure for support requests, arrangements, TLVs, and TLV training that PPO Delflanden and similar Dutch cooperatives run on.

Direct peers

• PPO Rotterdam: Cooperative for passend primary education in Rotterdam, directly comparable in mandate (TLV issuance, arrangement funding, school-board coordination) and structural overlap with PPO Delflanden, including ties to the incoming Directeur-Bestuurder's prior role.
• SWV Passend Onderwijs PO Haaglanden: Regional Dutch samenwerkingsverband for primary passend onderwijs covering The Hague area, operating under the same Wet Passend Onderwijs framework and serving the same role of TLV issuance, arrangement coordination, and bureau-led school support as PPO Delflanden.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles11 records

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