Stichting Op Kop

What Stichting Op Kop does

Stichting Op Kop is a Dutch nonprofit foundation (stichting) that operates a network of 14 public primary schools (openbare basisscholen) across the Steenwijkerland and Zwartewaterland municipalities in the Kop van Overijssel region of the Netherlands. The foundation is the designated provider of openbaar (public, non-denominational) primary education in its territory and is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education on a per-student basis. With approximately 200 staff members, it serves around 1,650 students across schools ranging in size from roughly 40 to 300 pupils.

The foundation supplements its core primary-education offering with adjacent early-childhood and out-of-school services delivered through partnerships with Stichting Kinderopvang Op Kop, Kaka Kinderopvang, SKZ, Jabadoe, Speel@home, and De Kindervilla, covering toddler playgroups (peuterspeelzaal) and before-, after-, and holiday care (BSO). It also runs a teacher-training pipeline through the 'Samen Opleiden & Professionaliseren' partnership with Katholieke Pabo Zwolle under Partnerschap Vista, hosting 13 internship schools including three dedicated opleidingsscholen. Technology use is non-proprietary and limited to standard educational administration systems and the Social Schools communication platform; the organization is GDPR (AVG) compliant under a designated Functionaris Gegevensbescherming.

The foundation is governed by a Bestuurder (executive director, currently Wim Bok) and a five-member Raad van Toezicht (Supervisory Board) reconstituted in February 2025. In April 2025, Stichting Op Kop joined three peer foundations — Stichting Kinderopvang, Stichting Onderwijs Accrete, and Stichting Samenlevingsscholen — in a research initiative evaluating intensive administrative cooperation that would cover approximately 1,500 children in childcare and 3,900 students in primary education across the same two municipalities.

Name

Stichting Op Kop

Legal name

Stichting Op Kop

Website

https://www.stichtingopkop.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stichting Op Kop is a Dutch nonprofit foundation operating 14 public primary schools serving about 1,650 students in the Steenwijkerland and Zwartewaterland municipalities, funded by the Dutch Ministry of Education and supplemented by childcare and teacher-training partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (61111)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Public Elementary Schools (EDAJAAAB)

Keywords

• Public primary education
• Primary school network
• Out-of-school care
• Teacher training programs
• Educational foundation services

Headquarters

HQ city

Giethoorn

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Education Funding: Stichting Op Kop receives government funding from the Dutch Ministry of Education (Ministerie van Onderwijs) for providing public primary education. Funding is based on student enrollment numbers across the 14 schools.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Stichting Op Kop is a Dutch nonprofit foundation that operates a network of 14 public primary schools (openbare basisscholen) across the Steenwijkerland and Zwartewaterland municipalities in the Kop van Overijssel region, serving approximately 1,650 students with around 200 staff. The foundation centrally governs and supports these schools, supplemented by out-of-school childcare (BSO) and toddler playgroup services delivered in collaboration with partner childcare organizations, as well as teacher training and internship programs.

Product overview

Stichting Op Kop is an educational foundation operating 14 public primary schools across the Kop van Overijssel region (Steenwijkerland and Zwartewaterland municipalities), serving approximately 1,650 students with around 200 staff. The foundation functions as a centralized management structure for its member schools, providing organizational governance through a bestuurder (executive director), Raad van Toezicht (Supervisory Board), and a central staff bureau. The portfolio includes the core network of primary schools (the primary offering), supplemented by childcare services including out-of-school care (BSO) and toddler playgroups delivered through partnerships with external childcare organizations. The foundation also operates teacher training and internship programs through the 'Samen Opleiden & Professionaliseren' initiative, with 13 internship schools including three dedicated opleidingsscholen (training schools) with in-house school trainers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• OBS De Driesprong: Openbare basisschool in Eesveen
• OBS De Vogelaar
• OBS De Punter
• OBS De Toermalijn
• OBS Burg. De Ruiterschool
• OBS De Slinge
• BS De Lepelaar
• OBS Beatrixschool
• OBS De Samensprong
• OBS School B voor Daltononderwijs
• ODBS De Voorpoort
• OBS Gen. v.d. Boschschool
• OBS Arembergschool

Products and services

• 14 Openbare Basisscholen (Public Primary Schools)
• Buitenschoolse Opvang (BSO)
• Peuterspeelzaal (Toddler Playgroup)
• Stage en Samen Opleiden (Internship and Collaborative Teacher Education)

Quantifiable outcome

• 14 schools collaborating under unified quality framework
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Stichting Kinderopvang en Stichting Onderwijs AccretecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Joint research initiative into intensive administrative cooperation. Accrete provides childcare and primary education for 1500 children. The partnership aims to explore benefits of closer collaboration to maintain quality childcare and education in the region, addressing challenges including personnel shortages, housing, and funding pressures.
• Stichting SamenlevingsscholencoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025Partner in the research initiative for intensive administrative cooperation alongside Accrete and Stichting Op Kop. Together the four organizations serve approximately 1500 children in childcare and 3900 students in primary education across the Kop van Overijssel region.
• Katholieke Pabo Zwolle (KPZ)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership in 'Samen Opleiden & Professionaliseren' (Collaborative Education and Professional Development) for training future teachers. This partnership operates within Partnerschap Vista, a platform for collaborative teacher education. The organization provides placement opportunities for teacher training students from KPZ.
• Partnerschap VistacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPlatform for Samen Opleiden (Collaborative Teacher Education) that brings together educational institutions to train future teachers through practical school placements. Stichting Op Kop participates as a training school network within this partnership.
• Kaka KinderopvangminorOthersChildcare organization collaborating with Op Kop schools in Steenwijkerland for early childhood care and education services.
• SKZ (Stichting Kinderopvang Zwartewaterland)minorOthersChildcare organization providing early childhood services in partnership with Op Kop schools in Zwartewaterland municipality.
• Jabadoe, Speel@home, De KindervillaminorOthersAdditional childcare organizations that collaborate with various Op Kop schools for before-school, after-school, and holiday childcare services.
• Hallo WereldminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProgram bringing together teachers from religious (Christian and Islamic) and humanistic education. Provides education about beliefs and worldviews, helping children grow and find their place in a diverse society.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Innoord: Amsterdam-based foundation that operates multiple public primary schools under a single stichting structure. Comparable to Op Kop as a multi-school Dutch public primary education foundation with central governance and shared support services.
• Stichting Kinderopvang: Dutch childcare and primary education foundation named alongside Op Kop in the April 2025 administrative cooperation research. Provides childcare for ~1,500 children in the same region, sharing geographic footprint, governance model, and operating challenges with Op Kop.
• Stichting Samenlevingsscholen: Dutch primary education foundation and named administrative-cooperation partner of Op Kop. Operates public primary schools in the same Kop van Overijssel region (Steenwijkerland and Zwartewaterland municipalities) and is exploring intensive administrative collaboration alongside Op Kop, Accrete, and Stichting Kinderopvang.
• Stichting Onderwijs Accrete: Dutch educational foundation providing primary education for ~1,500 children in the Kop van Overijssel region. Direct administrative-cooperation partner of Op Kop and overlapping in mission, governance structure (stichting), and target geography.

Broad incumbents

• Lucas Onderwijs: Large Dutch education foundation operating many primary and secondary schools across multiple regions. Comparable to Op Kop in operating model (multi-school stichting governance) but much larger in scale and broader in geographic and educational scope.

Regional players

• Stichting Openbaar Onderwijs Drenthe: Regional Dutch public primary education foundation serving a similar rural-province footprint as Op Kop. Comparable in mission (openbaar onderwijs) and multi-school stichting governance model, but operating in the neighboring province of Drenthe rather than Overijssel.
• Salvo (Stichting Algemeen Bijzonder Onderwijs): Dutch multi-school foundation operating general primary education across multiple locations in the Netherlands. Comparable to Op Kop as a non-denominational multi-school foundation with centralized governance, though serving a different region.
• Stichting Katholiek Onderwijs Purmerend (SKOP): Dutch denominational multi-school primary education foundation comparable to Op Kop in organizational form (stichting managing multiple primary schools) and governance, but serving a different geographic area.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/stichtingopkop

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

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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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