English-speaking nannies in Eindhoven
Eindhoven is the country’s engineering city. The high-tech campus, the university and the suppliers around them bring in engineers and researchers from across the world, often with young families and often on contracts that start at short notice.
The result is a large international community in a city that is not otherwise very big. International schooling exists here, but the surrounding towns are ordinary Dutch ones, so daily life quickly runs in Dutch outside the campus. Daycare is booked ahead in the same way as elsewhere, and a family arriving between school years usually waits.
For a household where both parents work on campus hours, a nanny is often the only arrangement that covers the whole day without a second commute.
Three steps to a nanny in Eindhoven
No agency in between, and no contract that ties you in.
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Request an introduction
Tell the nanny about your family and the care you need. They read your request and accept it if it is a good match.
Meet and agree directly
Once a nanny accepts, you both receive each other’s contact details. You meet in person and agree hours and rates together.
What we check — and what we don't
Every profile is reviewed by our team before it appears in the directory. Here is exactly what that means.
- Identity confirmed — before publishing, each nanny either sends ID photos or has a short video call with us, whichever they prefer. Document copies are deleted after the check; only the outcome is kept.
- Profile review — we read every profile before it goes live: the experience described, the way it is written, and whether it gives you enough to decide who to contact.
- Certificates — a VOG (Dutch certificate of conduct) or paediatric first-aid certificate appears on a profile when the nanny holds one. Neither is required to join, and plenty of experienced nannies do not have them. Ask to see the original document when you meet.
- References — nannies describe their own past families. We do not contact referees, so ask for their details and call them yourself.
The Verified by Expat Nannies badge means our team completed these checks for that profile before publishing it. If a nanny changes key profile details, the badge comes off until we have reviewed the profile again.
We confirm identity and review each profile; we do not employ nannies and cannot guarantee fit. Always meet in person, check references yourself, and do a trial day before you commit.
What you pay, and what nannies pay
Nannies never pay to join, be found or receive an introduction, and we never take a cut of what a family pays them. Creating an account is free, and browsing the directory is free — it needs an account because every profile here is a real person.
Families pay only to send introduction requests: a single introduction is €14.95, a Search Pass covering thirty days is €29, and the urgent search for care needed today or tomorrow is €35. Nothing renews by itself. Nannies set their own hourly rate, which you see on the profile and agree with them directly.
Good to know about Eindhoven
- International schooling serves the city, and many families combine it with Dutch activities and sports clubs locally.
- A lot of the international community here works to campus hours, so childcare needs cluster at the same times of day.
- Distances outside the Randstad are larger — check how a nanny would actually travel before assuming a neighbouring town is close.
Childcare in Eindhoven
Every daycare in Eindhoven has a waiting list. Can a nanny bridge the gap?
This is the most common reason families start looking. Waiting lists for daycare are a normal fact of life in Dutch cities, and a place almost never becomes free on the date you need it. Arriving in Eindhoven for a contract start date rarely lines up with when a daycare place becomes free. A nanny can cover the months in between, or become the long-term arrangement if it suits you better. You agree the scope directly with them.
Can I find part-time or after-school care in Eindhoven?
Yes. Nannies set their own availability, and plenty offer a few days a week or afternoons only rather than full weeks. Full days for pre-school children and long afternoons for school-age ones are the two patterns families in Eindhoven describe most. Dutch primary schools finish earlier in the afternoon than many international families expect, which is why after-school hours are such a common arrangement.
Which languages do nannies in Eindhoven speak?
English is the working language on and around the campus, and families here frequently want a nanny who can also speak Hindi, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, German or Dutch at home. You can filter profiles by language once you have a free account, so you can see who actually speaks what before you send anything.
How quickly can we be introduced to a nanny in Eindhoven?
That depends on the nanny. You send a short introduction request describing your family and the care you need; the nanny reads it and accepts it if it is a good match. As soon as they accept, you both receive each other’s contact details and you arrange to meet. Nobody is obliged to reply, and if a nanny never does, you cancel the request and your introduction credit comes back.
Nearby
Dutch cities sit close together and many nannies cover more than one, so it is worth looking at the places next door as well.
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