SWV De Verbinding

Name

SWV De Verbinding

Legal name

SWV De Verbinding

Website

https://swvdeverbinding.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Educational Support Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (6117), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Special Education Staffing & Contracted Providers (Paras, Therapists, Specialists) (EDAJAKAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialized Learning Support (Dyslexia/LD Coaching, Assistive Strategies) (EDAJALAJ), Attendance, Engagement & Truancy Intervention Services (EDAJAIAI)

Keywords

• Inclusive education coordination
• Special education partnership
• Student support services
• School network coordination
• Educational placement services

Headquarters

HQ city

Arnhem

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: As a publicly funded educational partnership, SWV De Verbinding receives government funding to organize appropriate education across its member schools. Funding is allocated based on student numbers and support needs.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

SWV De Verbinding is a publicly funded educational cooperation association (samenwerkingsverband) that coordinates appropriate and inclusive secondary education across 30+ schools organized under 7 school boards in the Arnhem and De Liemers region of the Netherlands. The organization provides a portfolio of educational support services including Symbiose-onderwijs (collaborative regular and special education), pathway classes (Trajectklassen), the Leercentrum temporary learning facility, OPUS giftedness education, absenteeism counseling, the Onderwijszorgconcept GRIP education-care arrangement, and a Scholenzoeker school search tool. All services are funded through government allocations and provided free to member schools, parents, and students in the region.

Product overview

SWV De Verbinding is a cooperation association for secondary (special) education in the Arnhem and De Liemers region. The organization does not offer a single software product but rather provides a portfolio of educational support services including the Scholenzoeker (school search tool), Symbiose-onderwijs (symbiosis education combining regular and specialized education), Trajectklassen (pathway classes), Onderwijszorgconcept GRIP (educational care arrangement), Leercentrum (learning center), OPUS (giftedness education), and various forms of support including basic support, extra support, gap year programs, and absenteeism counseling. The services work together to ensure every student receives appropriate educational placement and support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scholenzoeker

Named customers11 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

Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AerescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool board that is a member of SWV De Verbinding partnership, operating secondary schools in the region including Aeres Velp which offers symbiose provisions.
• COGcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool board member of the educational partnership, contributing to the governance and coordination of appropriate education in the Arnhem and De Liemers region.
• GuidocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool board operating GSG Guido which provides symbiose trajectories in collaboration with VSO Mariëndael for students at vmbo-k/t through havo levels.
• LingeRijncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool board member operating several schools in the partnership network including Dorenweerd College which exchanges knowledge on high-ability education.
• De OnderwijsspecialistencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool board member providing professional development opportunities for teachers on topics like trauma-informed education and adolescent brain development.
• Pro CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchool board member operating Pro College schools within the partnership network.
• QuadraamcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor school board member operating multiple secondary schools; Organizes research events like 'Onderwijs Anders' and coordinates high-ability education initiatives.
• at.groep ZorgcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerHealthcare provider executing the Grip underwijszorgconcept program together with VSO Mariëndael for students with complex internalizing problems.
• Playing for Success ArnhemcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerOrganization executing the Leercentrum program at Gelredome Arnhem, providing temporary educational placement for students rebuilding school attendance.
• Scala OnderwijsadviescoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvides verzuimcoaches (absence coaches) who help students with high absence rates return to school as part of the regional VSV program.
• Steunpunt Midden-GelderlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParent and Youth Support Point providing information, advice, and support to parents and students about appropriate education options.
• RBL Midden-GelderlandcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerRegional Student Affairs Bureau working with the partnership on preventing early school leaving (VSV) and supporting students to appropriate educational or work pathways.
• Municipalities in Arnhem and De Liemers regioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal governments collaborating with the partnership on student attendance, youth care integration, and support for students with complex needs.
• VSO MariëndaelcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized secondary education provider partnering with regular schools for symbiose provisions and executing the Grip program with at.groep Zorg.
• VSO Briant CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized secondary education provider collaborating on symbiose provisions with Liemers College Landeweer and OBC Huissen.
• VSO De BrouwerijcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized secondary education provider operating school-in-school arrangement with Olympus College and providing symbiose trajectories.
• VSO Kentalis College ArnhemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSpecialized education provider for deaf and hard-of-hearing students operating school-in-school arrangement with Leerpark Arnhem.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• VO-raad: Dutch sector association for secondary education, representing school boards nationally; engages with SWVs on policy, funding frameworks, and passend onderwijs implementation — a broader umbrella body for the same ecosystem.

Regional players

• Samenwerkingsverband VO Nijmegen e.o. Neighboring regional SWV covering secondary education in the Nijmegen area of Gelderland; performs the same statutory coordination function across its own school boards but in a separate catchment.
• Samenwerkingsverband VO Twente: Regional SWV for secondary education in the Twente region, operating the same passend onderwijs coordination model with comparable symbiose and support services across its member school boards.

Direct peers

• Samenwerkingsverband VO Utrecht: Regional SWV for secondary education in the Utrecht province, responsible for coordinating appropriate education and symbiose provisions across its member school boards — structurally identical to SWV De Verbinding's model and mandate.
• Samenwerkingsverband VO Amsterdam-Diemen: Regional samenwerkingsverband for secondary (special) education in the Amsterdam-Diemen region, performing the same statutory coordination function as SWV De Verbinding — allocating support, coordinating symbiose arrangements, and advising on TLVs across member school boards.

Others

• RBL Midden-Gelderland: Regional Student Attendance Bureau working with SWV De Verbinding on VSV prevention and school-return pathways — operates as an adjacent enforcement/coaching body in the same regional attendance and inclusion ecosystem.
• Scala Onderwijsadvies: Dutch education advisory and consulting firm that supplies verzuimcoaches to SWV De Verbinding as part of the regional VSV (early school leaving) program — operates as a contracted specialist provider in the same student-support value chain.
• Steunpunt Midden-Gelderland: Parent and Youth Support Point in the Midden-Gelderland region, contracted by SWV De Verbinding to deliver information and advice services to parents and students — an adjacent ecosystem partner in the same regional inclusion chain.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/swv-de-verbinding

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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