Stichting Primah

What Stichting Primah does

Stichting PrimAH (legal name: Stichting Openbaar Primair Onderwijs Aa en Hunze) is a Dutch non-profit foundation (stichting) that delivers openbaar primair onderwijs — public primary education — across the municipality of Aa en Hunze in the province of Drenthe, Netherlands. The organization operates 12 schools spread across 11 villages, serving approximately 1,500 pupils aged 4-12 with roughly 140 teachers and a total headcount exceeding 200 colleagues when the central stafbureau is included. Each school has its own director and operates as a community hub within its village, reflecting the rural, geographically dispersed character of the municipality. Centralized shared services operate cross-school, including the PrimAH Expertise Team (PET) for consultative student counseling and ambulatory guidance, the PrimAH ICT Team (PIT) for educational technology infrastructure, and PlanB2 for student development tracking. Specialized programs include the Bovenschoolse plusklas 'Prikl' for gifted students and the Taalklas for newcomer/NT2 language learners. The foundation is governed by a Directeur-bestuurder (Jeroen Kleyberg), a Raad van Toezicht chaired by Ferdinand Vinke, and a Gemeenschappelijke Medezeggenschapsraad (GMR).

The business model is exclusively government-funded: revenue is derived from Dutch Ministry of Education per-student allocations for primary education, supplemented by weighted funding for passend onderwijs (tailored education), small-school supplements, and special-needs support routed through the Samenwerkingsverband Noord- en Midden-Drenthe. There are no tuition fees, no commercial revenue streams, and no equity holders — the foundation has no shareholders and operates as a stichting under Dutch law. Go-to-market is direct-to-family via physical school enrollment in the resident municipality; the foundation holds the statutory designation for public primary education within its service area and does not compete for enrollment beyond it. Personnel compensation follows the CAO PO (Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst Primair Onderwijs), and supervisory board compensation is legally mandated. Strategic positioning is articulated through the Koersplan 2023-2027, which sets four organizational focus areas.

In 2026 the foundation initiated an exploratory study with neighboring Stichting Baasis into a potential bestuurlijke fusie (administrative merger) under the leadership of J.A. Kleyberg and F. Kingma, signaling consolidation intent rather than expansion. Partnerships include SchoolpleinNoord (regional educational employer association), SLIM Personeelsbemiddeling (substitute teacher placement), the Samenwerkingsverband for special-needs coordination, and data-sharing arrangements with CBS and NRO under the Nationaal Cohortonderzoek Onderwijs.

Name

Stichting Primah

Legal name

Stichting Openbaar Primair Onderwijs Aa en Hunze

Website

https://www.primah.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stichting PrimAH is a Dutch non-profit foundation operating 12 public primary schools across 11 villages in the municipality of Aa en Hunze, serving approximately 1,500 pupils aged 4-12 with around 200 staff under government per-student funding.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Primary Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (611110), Educational Support Services (611710), Educational Support Services (61171)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Public K–12 Combined Schools (EDAJAAAE)

Keywords

• Public primary education
• Primary school network
• Gifted education program
• Newcomer language support
• Special needs schooling

Headquarters

HQ city

Gieten

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, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government-funded primary education: Stichting PrimAH is a publicly funded primary education foundation receiving government funding for operating 12 primary schools serving approximately 1500 students in the municipality of Aa en Hunze. Revenue is derived from public education funding allocations based on student enrollment numbers and政策性 funding.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Stichting PrimAH provides public primary education (openbaar primair onderwijs) to approximately 1,500 children aged 4-12 across 12 schools in the municipality of Aa en Hunze, employing around 140 teachers. Beyond standard curriculum delivery, the foundation operates specialized cross-school programs including a gifted student plusklas (Prikl), a Taalklas language program for newcomer (NT2) children, and specialist-led Bewegingsonderwijs physical education, while supporting schools with centralized expertise teams for ICT (PIT) and student development (PET).

Product overview

Stichting PrimAH is an educational foundation operating 12 primary schools in the municipality of Aa en Hunze, serving approximately 1,500 students with around 140 teachers. The organization offers a unified educational service portfolio centered on quality primary education, supported by specialized internal teams: the PrimAH Expertise Team (PET) provides consultative counseling, research, and ambulatory guidance for students with specialized needs; the PrimAH ICT Team (PIT) manages educational technology infrastructure and training; and the organization operates specialized programs including the gifted student program 'Prikl' and the Taalklas language class for newcomers. Core educational offerings are delivered through individual schools with consistent quality frameworks, supported by PlanB2 for student development tracking.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Public Primary Education at 12 Schools Openbaar primair onderwijs (public primary education) delivered through twelve individual schools in the municipality of Aa en Hunze (including obs Anloo, obs de Drift, obs de Flint, obs de Kameleon, de Bonnerschool, obs J Emmens, obs Gieten, sws Oostermoer, obs de Dobbe, obs de Eshoek, obs Jan Thies, obs Prins Willem Alexander). Schools range in size from approximately 30 to over 300 students and each is led by a school director.
• Bovenschoolse plusklas 'Prikl' A cross-school (bovenschoolse) gifted education program where gifted pupils from across PrimAH's schools gather one half-day per week to meet intellectual peers and work on personal goals through project-based and design-based learning.
• Taalklas (Language Class for Newcomers) An intensive NT2 (Dutch as second language) program delivered centrally in Assen for newcomer children aged 4-12 who lack sufficient Dutch proficiency. The program provides language instruction, other subjects, and attention to socio-emotional development and Dutch culture, until students can return to mainstream primary schools.
• Bewegingsonderwijs (Physical Education) A specialist-led physical education program delivered twice weekly by dedicated PE teachers, covering movement forms (balance, jumping, climbing, swinging, tumbling, running, dancing) and game forms (tag, goal games, targeting, juggling, wrestling). Provided to pupils across the foundation's primary schools.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and flagship.

• SLIM PersoneelsbemiddelingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSLIM Personeelsbemiddeling handles substitute teacher placement and planning for PrimAH schools. SLIM manages deployment and scheduling, while substitutes come directly under PrimAH employment for their work activities. Contact is via www.slimonline.nl, 050-210 35 36, or [email protected].
• SchoolpleinNoordcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerSchoolpleinNoord is an association of educational administrators from Northern Netherlands. PrimAH is a member, gaining access to a platform that brings together labor market, career, and professional development resources. The platform features vacancies, activities, information about working in education, and profiles of educational organizations in the North.
• Samenwerkingsverband Noord- en Midden-DrenthecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPrimAH schools participate in the Samenwerkingsverband Noord- en Midden-Drenthe (Cooperative Association for Northern and Central Drenthe), which coordinates passend onderwijs (tailored education) support across all primary and secondary schools in the municipalities of Aa en Hunze, Assen, Midden-Drenthe, and Tynaarlo.
• Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS)minorOthersCBS receives student assessment data and identifying information (BSN, gender, date of birth) from PrimAH schools as part of the National Cohort Research Onderwijs (NCO). Data is used exclusively for scientific research and statistical purposes and is destroyed after linking.
• Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek (NRO)minorOthersNRO receives student assessment data and identifying information from PrimAH schools as part of the National Cohort Research Onderwijs (NCO), alongside CBS. Data is used exclusively for scientific research and statistical purposes.
• Stichting BaasisflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerStichting PrimAH and Stichting Baasis have initiated a joint research project to explore possibilities for more intensive and structured cooperation, potentially leading to a bestuurlijke fusie (administrative merger). Under the leadership of J.A. Kleyberg (PrimAH) and F. Kingma (Baasis), opportunities and challenges are being mapped with the guidance of an external party.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• PO-Raad: Sector organization representing Dutch primary school boards (besturen). Not a competitor but the umbrella association whose visitation process PrimAH participated in; functions as a peer reference for governance standards and sector benchmarking.
• SchoolpleinNoord: Northern Netherlands association of educational administrators (schoolbesturen) that PrimAH belongs to. Provides a shared platform for vacancies, professional development, and labor market information; functions as a peer network of comparable school foundations in the North.
• Samenwerkingsverband Noord- en Midden-Drenthe: Regional cooperative for passend onderwijs (tailored education) across Aa en Hunze, Assen, Midden-Drenthe, and Tynaarlo. PrimAH schools participate in it; the body coordinates specialized student support across all primary and secondary schools in the region.
• SLIM Personeelsbemiddeling: Substitute teacher staffing partner that handles deployment and planning for PrimAH schools. Operates in adjacent educational HR/staffing space rather than as a competitor; comparable as an operational dependency and ecosystem participant in Dutch primary education.

Direct peers

• Stichting Baasis: Direct peer and explicit merger partner. Stichting Baasis is another Dutch primary education foundation in the Drenthe region that operates public primary schools in a comparable rural/community-based model. The two foundations are jointly exploring an administrative merger in 2026.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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