Stichting Meerkring

What Stichting Meerkring does

Stichting Meerkring is a Dutch nonprofit foundation (stichting) headquartered in Amersfoort, Netherlands, that provides governance and centralized support for 21 affiliated schools serving public primary, special primary, and general special education. The portfolio comprises 14 basisscholen (primary schools) and 6 scholen voor speciaal (basis)onderwijs, plus the jointly operated Taalschool Amersfoort, collectively employing approximately 600 education professionals. Schools operate under multiple pedagogical concepts — Dalton, Montessori, Jenaplan, Covey, and integrated kindcentra — while sharing a common administrative backbone and professional development infrastructure including the Meerkring Academie KlasMastr learning management system, the IRIS Connect video interaction guidance platform, and the Meer-leerkringen themed knowledge networks.

The foundation's revenue model is government-funded primary education: funding flows from Dutch national and municipal education subsidies allocated on a per-pupil basis, with no commercial pricing or tuition fees charged to families. Specialized programs operate under sub-brands — most notably Meerkring GO! (extra support for gifted and highly capable learners, children with learning difficulties, and newly arrived immigrant children), Centrum voor Ontwikkeling (development center including De Gedragstolk behavioral interpretation services), and the recently launched Taalschool Amersfoort — while the foundation itself remains openbaar (public), admitting children regardless of background, religion, or belief. Distribution is direct-to-consumer through individual school enrollment procedures with sibling priority, supported by top-of-funnel marketing via the corporate website, social channels, an annual Joint Open Morning, and per-school open days.

The organization is governed by a College van Bestuur led by Bestuurder Marieke Doddema (in office since August 2025) with supervisory oversight from a Raad van Toezicht and a Gemeenschappelijke Medezeggenschapsraad chaired by Martijn Bonte. Strategic collaboration is concentrated in Amersfoort: Meerkring is one of three school boards (alongside PCBO Amersfoort and Scholengroep AnnoNu) that jointly provision Taalschool Amersfoort and a city-wide language-education expertise center, and it maintains a co-location arrangement with care provider 's Heeren Loo at so De Kolibrie for integrated education-and-behavioral services. The training school partnership with Hogeschool Utrecht covers 13 schools, anchoring the foundation's teacher pipeline and reinforcing its position as the largest openbaar primary education provider in the Amersfoort/Soest catchment.

Name

Stichting Meerkring

Legal name

Stichting Meerkring

Website

https://meerkring.nl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Stichting Meerkring is a Dutch nonprofit foundation headquartered in Amersfoort that governs and supports 21 public primary and special education schools plus a joint language school, serving approximately 4,000-6,000 children across the Amersfoort and Soest region under a government-funded openbaar education model with multiple pedagogical concepts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Primary Education Services

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialized Learning Support (Dyslexia/LD Coaching, Assistive Strategies) (EDAJALAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Title I & Compensatory Education Programs (EDAJAGAJ)

Keywords

• Primary education services
• Special education schools
• Dutch language instruction
• Public education foundation
• Teacher professional development

Headquarters

HQ city

Amersfoort

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Government-funded Primary Education: Publicly funded primary education organization receiving government funding for operations. Revenue derived from government educational subsidies for primary schools and special education.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Stichting Meerkring operates publicly funded primary education services in Amersfoort, Netherlands, running 14 primary schools (basisscholen) and 6 schools for special (basis)onderwijs for children ages 4-13 under various educational concepts (Dalton, Montessori, Jenaplan, Covey, and integrated kindcentra). The foundation additionally delivers specialized programs including Meerkring GO! for gifted and special-needs students, Taalschool Amersfoort for intensive Dutch-language instruction to newcomer children, and an internal professional development academy (Meerkring Academie KlasMastr) for the roughly 600 education professionals it employs.

Product overview

Stichting Meerkring is a foundation for primary education in Amersfoort, operating 20 schools (14 primary schools and 6 special education schools) under various educational concepts including Dalton, Montessori, Jenaplan, Covey, and integrated child centers. The organization offers a unified educational platform with specialized programs including Meerkring GO! for gifted and special needs students, Meerkring Academie KlasMastr for professional development, and Taalschool Amersfoort for Dutch language integration. The schools are centrally managed while maintaining individual educational identities and approaches.

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Functional benefit

Brands

• Meerkring GO!: A collective within Stichting Meerkring providing extra support to gifted children (meer- en hoogbegaafde leerlingen), children with learning difficulties (zeer moeilijk lerende kinderen), and children who are new to the Netherlands and require intensive Dutch language support.
• Meerkring Academie KlasMastr
• Centrum voor Ontwikkeling
• Meer-leerkringen

Products and services

• Primary Schools (14 basisscholen) 14 publicly funded primary schools (basisscholen) for children ages 4-13 operating under multiple educational philosophies including Dalton, Montessori, Jenaplan, Covey, and integrated child centers (kindcentra) within the Amersfoort and Soest region.
• Special Education Schools (6 scholen voor speciaal (basis)onderwijs) 6 schools for special primary education (special (basis)onderwijs) serving children ages 4-13 with various support needs including behavioral issues (ADHD, autism), attachment problems, and significant learning challenges.
• Meerkring GO! A collective program within Stichting Meerkring providing extra support for gifted and highly gifted students (meer- en hoogbegaafde leerlingen), children with learning difficulties (zeer moeilijk lerende kinderen), and children newly arrived in the Netherlands requiring intensive Dutch language support.
• Taalschool Amersfoort A language school for children aged 6-12 who are new to the Netherlands and do not yet have sufficient Dutch language skills for regular primary education. Children attend for 40-60 weeks before transitioning to regular schools. The program is jointly established with PCBO Amersfoort and Scholengroep AnnoNu and includes a city-wide expertise center supporting all primary schools on NT2 instruction.
• Centrum voor Ontwikkeling (Development Center) A center for educational development within Stichting Meerkring, offering programs including De Gedragstolk (behavioral interpretation services) that support schools across the foundation.
• Meerkring Academie KlasMastr (Professional Development Academy) Internal professional development academy for Stichting Meerkring staff, offering physical and digital training on educational and personal development topics. The platform uses KlasMastr as its online learning management system with personal login, diverse training offerings, and personal development portfolio tracking, complemented by Meer-leerkringen knowledge networks organized around specific themes.

Quantifiable outcome

• Children complete primary education prepared for secondary education with strong foundation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PCBO AmersfoortcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2026Three largest school foundations in Amersfoort (PCBO Amersfoort, Stichting Meerkring, and Scholengroep AnnoNu) jointly established Taalschool Amersfoort to strengthen language education. Together they founded an expertise center providing support to all primary schools in the city for teaching children learning Dutch as a second language.
• Scholengroep AnnoNucoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 16 April 2026Three largest school foundations in Amersfoort (PCBO Amersfoort, Stichting Meerkring, and Scholengroep AnnoNu) jointly established Taalschool Amersfoort to strengthen language education. Together they founded an expertise center providing support to all primary schools in the city for teaching children learning Dutch as a second language.
• Stichting Kei voor de BijminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFirst school group to embrace the BeeWell concept in collaboration with Stichting Kei voor de Bij. BeeWell gardens are being established on school playgrounds to support wild bee populations and biodiversity education.
• Hogeschool UtrechtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThirteen Meerkring schools serve as training schools in partnership with Hogeschool Utrecht for teacher education. Students from various programs complete internships at Meerkring schools.
• ABC AmersfoortminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerListed as a cooperation partner in organizational structure
• 's Heeren LoocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAt De Kolibrie school, Meerkring (education) and 's Heeren Loo (behavioral expertise) work closely together in one building to provide specialized education for children who have struggled in regular schools.
• TransvitaminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCollaboration with Transvita's planning department for the substitute teacher pool (STIP invalpool). Also participates in regional substitute pool (PiO) for Midden-Nederland.
• PiO (Primair Onderwijs Midden-Nederland)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional substitute teacher pool coordination for all participating schools in Midden-Nederland region

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Stichting Proominent: Proominent is a Dutch primary education school board in the Heerhugowaard/North Holland area. It is comparable to Meerkring as a multi-school primary education foundation with a similar openbaar/public identity and government funding model.
• Stichting OPSPOOR: OPSPOOR is a Dutch public school board operating primary and special primary education in the Spijkenisse/Voorne-Putten region. It is comparable in scale and structure to Meerkring as a multi-school primary foundation offering diverse educational concepts.
• Stichting Tabijn: Tabijn is a Dutch primary and special primary education foundation in the North Holland region. It is comparable to Meerkring as a multi-pedagogy school board operating primary schools under one governance umbrella.
• Stichting Penta Primair Onderwijs: Stichting Penta is a primary education school board in Zoetermeer and surrounding municipalities. It is comparable to Meerkring as a publicly-funded foundation operating multiple primary schools serving families with diverse educational philosophies.

Direct peers

• Scholengroep AnnoNu Amersfoort: Scholengroep AnnoNu is the third Amersfoort-area primary school board and co-founded Taalschool Amersfoort together with Meerkring and PCBO. It operates a comparable portfolio of primary schools and competes for the same municipal enrollment pool.
• Stichting PCBO Amersfoort: PCBO Amersfoort is a primary and special primary education school board operating in the same Amersfoort catchment and is Meerkring's joint partner in Taalschool Amersfoort. Together the two boards collectively dominate public primary education in Amersfoort.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries20 records

Funding overview

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Investors

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Investments

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