SBO De Kans

What SBO De Kans does

SBO De Kans is a public special primary education school (School voor Speciaal Basis Onderwijs) located in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Netherlands, operating as a non-profit educational institution under the Stichting Westelijke Tuinsteden (STWT) foundation. The school serves children aged 4-12 who require specialized learning and social-emotional support beyond what regular primary schools can provide, operating 13 classes with permanent class teachers supported by additional teaching staff, a school psychologist, and a speech therapist (logopedist). Enrollment is managed through referrals from regular primary schools and the Amsterdam municipality's educational system.

The curriculum pairs core academic instruction with structured social-emotional development methodologies, notably the Leefstijl approach (values and norms), the Vreedzame School (peaceful school) program for conflict resolution and citizenship, and SOVA-training for social skills. Differentiated programming includes SBO+ specialized support classes for higher-need students, an extended school day (Verlengde Schooldag) cycling through activities such as cycling lessons, cooking, ICT, drama and boxing, the Jump-in sports program funded by the municipality of Amsterdam, and BeweegWijs outdoor-integrated learning. The school also uses educational technologies — Bee-bots for coding, 3D pens for spatial creation, VR glasses for immersive environments (e.g., virtual roller coaster design), holograms, and Augmented Reality — to deliver its pedagogical programs. After-school care is delivered through a partnership with Vesper BSO for children with additional support needs.

SBO De Kans is government-funded through the Dutch education system via STWT and offers education at no direct cost to parents, with no private equity, venture capital, or external shareholder structure indicated. The school reaches prospective families through its website (sbodekans.nl), Facebook, Instagram, the Kanskrant newsletter, and parent word-of-mouth referrals. Operations are single-site (Amsterdam Nieuw-West) and the school shares its building with the Raeger organization.

Name

SBO De Kans

Legal name

SBO De Kans (School voor Speciaal Basis Onderwijs)

Website

https://sbodekans.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

SBO De Kans is a publicly funded Dutch special primary education school in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, serving children aged 4-12 who need specialized learning and social-emotional support across 13 classes under the STWT foundation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Special Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAJACAF

Charter Special Education & Inclusive Programs

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/Charter K–12 Schools

SECONDARYEDAJALAI

Executive Function & Learning Coaching (Organization/ADHD Coaching)

Education/K–12 / Primary & Secondary Education/K–12 Educational Support Services (Tutoring & Counseling)

SECONDARYEDAGAKAA

K–12 Instructional Design & Curriculum Development Services

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Instructional Design & Content Development Services

Keywords

• Special primary education
• Special needs schooling
• Social-emotional learning
• After-school care
• Outdoor education programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

SBO De Kans is a publicly funded special primary education school (SBO) in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, operating 13 classes for children aged 4-12 who need additional learning and social-emotional support. The school delivers small-class specialized instruction supported by dedicated class teachers, speech therapy, school psychology, and methodologies such as Leefstijl, Vreedzame School, and SOVA-training, alongside extended school day activities, the Jump-in sports program, and the BeweegWijs outdoor learning curriculum.

Product overview

SBO De Kans operates as a special primary education school offering a unified educational program with integrated support services and extended offerings. The core product is the SBO school itself (13 classes) providing specialized education for children needing support in learning and social-emotional development. The portfolio includes Vesper BSO as a specialized after-school care sub-brand, the Extended School Day (Verlengde Schooldag) offering activities like ICT and cooking, the Jump-in Sports Program providing daily after-school sports, and BeweegWijs for outdoor-integrated learning. Supporting methodologies include Leefstijl (values and norms), Vreedzame School (peaceful conflict resolution), and SOVA-training (social skills). SBO+ specialized support classes serve students needing additional assistance. The school emphasizes small class sizes, personal attention, and a structured, safe pedagogical climate.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SBO De Kans Special Primary Education

Quantifiable outcome

• Children develop pleasure in learning in small classes with personal attention

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Vesper BSOcoreOthersVesper BSO provides specialized after-school care services for children with extra support needs. They offer small-scale, structured care with specialized guidance for children with behavioral challenges and/or (mild) intellectual disabilities.
• Jump-in (Municipality of Amsterdam)coreOthersJump-in is a sports program funded by the municipality of Amsterdam. SBO De Kans is a Jump-in school, receiving support for sports and movement activities. Jump-in also conducts annual sports interviews with students from groups 3-8.
• RijksmuseumminorOthersCultural partnership for educational excursions. Groups 3 and SBO+MB visited the Rijksmuseum as part of cultural education program, learning about Dutch masters like Rembrandt and Vermeer.
• ConfuciuspleinminorOthersPickup location for cultural bus transportation for school excursions.
• NatureluurminorOthersEnvironmental education partner providing outdoor learning experiences in the park. SBO+MB classes visit for lessons about insects and nature exploration using fishing nets and observation tools.
• RaegercoreOthersOrganization sharing the school building with SBO De Kans. Students from Groep 6B created coloring pages for Raeger children as part of their Vreedzame School (Peaceful School) theme 'We have hearts for each other.'
• Woeste Westen (Amsterdam West)minorOthersEducational farm experience partner. SBO+BB students visited the 'Woeste Westen' in Amsterdam West for hands-on learning including grinding grain, making butter, searching for eggs, and baking pancakes.
• MadurodamminorOthersCultural excursion destination for lower school students. Underbouw classes visited Madurodam as part of their diversity week activities.
• WereldmuseumminorOthersCultural museum visited by Middenbouw students during diversity week. Part of school's cultural education program.
• Artis (Amsterdam Zoo)minorOthersAmsterdam zoo planned for visit as part of animal-themed curriculum for Groep 1-2B students.
• VVN (Veilig Verkeer Nederland)minorOthersDutch traffic safety organization. Group 8 received a traffic lesson about blind spots from a VVN instructor, then created scale models and simulated traffic situations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• KPC Groep: KPC Groep is a Dutch educational consulting and support organization serving primary, special, and secondary schools on leadership, innovation, and learning. Compared to SBO De Kans: KPC provides the strategic and pedagogical advisory layer that an SBO school like SBO De Kans engages with for school-plan and method implementation work, making it an enabling/ecosystem peer rather than a direct operator.

Direct peers

• CPS (onderwijsontwikkeling en advies): CPS is a Dutch education development and advisory organization that works with primary and special primary schools on curriculum, instruction, and school improvement. Compared to SBO De Kans: CPS enables the same SBO pedagogical practice space (curriculum design, teacher coaching, school-plan development) that SBO De Kans embodies internally through its Leefstijl and Vreedzame programs.
• Bazalt Groep: Bazalt Groep is a Dutch educational support provider focused on primary and special education, including behavior, social-emotional learning, and inclusive practice. Compared to SBO De Kans: Bazalt supplies the Vreedzame School and social-emotional curricula ecosystem that SBO De Kans deploys, making them a methodology peer in special primary education delivery.
• Stichting CED-Groep: CED-Groep is a Dutch educational services organization that supports primary and special primary schools with curriculum, inclusion, and pupil-care expertise. Compared to SBO De Kans: CED supports SBO-style schools operationally and pedagogically, overlapping on special primary education methodology (Leefstijl-adjacent values work, social-emotional development, instructional coaching).
• Stichting Vesper: Stichting Vesper is the specialized after-school care (BSO+) provider that operates Vesper BSO on-site at SBO De Kans. Compared to SBO De Kans: Vesper shares the same high-need pupil segment (behavioral challenges, mild intellectual disabilities) and is the operator of the school's sub-brand care offering, making it the most directly adjacent operational peer.

Broad incumbents

• Kentalis: Kentalis is a large Dutch special-needs education organization providing primary, secondary, and specialist support across multiple disability categories. Compared to SBO De Kans: both deliver K-12 special education in the Netherlands, but Kentalis operates nationally with broader disability specializations (deaf/HoH, language development), whereas SBO De Kans is a single-site Amsterdam SBO focused on general learning/social-emotional support.
• Stichting Siméa: Siméa is a Dutch cluster of special-needs schools and expertise centers (vision, deaf/HoH, language, physical) operating across regions. Compared to SBO De Kans: both are Dutch special-education providers serving primary-age pupils with extra support needs, but Siméa operates a multi-site cluster model focused on sensory/language disabilities whereas SBO De Kans is a single-site SBO focused on learning/social-emotional needs.

Regional players

• Renn4 (Stichting Renn4): Renn4 is a regional Rotterdam-area cluster of Dutch special primary (SBO) and special secondary schools. Compared to SBO De Kans: both are SBO providers with embedded specialist teams and structured pedagogical programs, but Renn4 is geographically concentrated in the Rotterdam region rather than Amsterdam.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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