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Sylvan Hills Learning Center Inc

A child care center in Sherwood, Arkansas 72120

10023 AR-107, Sherwood, Arkansas 72120. (501) 835-9307.

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The short answer

The last 24 months 13 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2024. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. Every month

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What these words mean6
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
The state’s most serious level
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Quality rating
Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
Capacity
The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

37 visits in the last three years, the latest on Aug 26, 2026.

13 deficiencies cited in the last three years, 5 of them serious.

Arkansas lists 4 complaints, the latest received Dec 9, 2025; it lists regulations cited for 4 of them.

Serious Deficiency: The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:, Dec 6, 2024

Serious Deficiency: The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:, Sep 20, 2024

Serious Deficiency: The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children, Jul 26, 2024

2 more at that level; all are listed below.

Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing and Facility complaints, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

13 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2024. Most serious: Serious Deficiency. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.

13 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.

Each deficiency, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Dec 6, 2024: monitor Visit1 deficiency

  • The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:

    Rule 500.501.5.i. Serious Deficiency.

Sep 27, 2024: monitor Visit1 deficiency

  • There shall be no pets or animals allowed that present a health and safety threat. A licensed veterinarian shall certify that dogs and cats have a current vaccination against rabies.

    Rule 1100.1101.19. Non-Compliant.

Sep 20, 2024: informal Conference Visit; Monitor Visit4 deficiencies

  • Safety straps shall be used at all times in high chairs or any other seats designed to be used with straps.

    Rule 1000.1001.5. Non-Compliant.

  • There shall be no pets or animals allowed that present a health and safety threat. A licensed veterinarian shall certify that dogs and cats have a current vaccination against rabies.

    Rule 1100.1101.19. Non-Compliant.

  • Infants no longer held for feeding shall either sit in low chairs at low tables or in infant seats with trays, or in high chairs with wide bases. Safety straps shall be used if directed by the manufacturer.

    Rule 700.702.5. Non-Compliant.

  • Equipment that has been determined by the Division to be unsafe for the children in the licensed facility to use shall be removed from the play area or enclosed by a fence or other suitable barrier so the children will not have access to it.

    Rule 900.902.2. Non-Compliant.

Sep 20, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • The following activities or threats of such activities are unacceptable as behavior guidance measures and shall not be used for children. These include, but are not limited to the following:

    Rule 500.501.5.h. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint.

Aug 30, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • The facility shall be free of insects, rodents, and pests.

    Rule 1100.1101.18. Non-Compliant. From a complaint.

Aug 21, 2024: monitor Visit1 deficiency

  • All space used by a center shall be kept clean and free of hazardous or potentially hazardous objects. (These objects include, but are not limited to, poisonous substances, firearms, explosives, broken toys or equipment, or other objects that could be harmful or dangerous, if they are determined to be accessible to children.)

    Rule 800.801.4. Non-Compliant.

Jul 26, 2024: monitor Visit2 deficiencies

  • During naptime for children two and one-half (2 ½) years of age and above, a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the staff shall remain with the children, with a total of seventy-five percent (75%) of the staff remaining in the building.

    Rule 300.301.12. Serious Deficiency.

  • The following staff child ratios shall be maintained: Ages of Children Number of Staff Number of Children

    Rule 300.301.2.e. Serious Deficiency.

May 9, 2024: monitor Visit1 deficiency

  • Bottles and “sippy cups” shall be labeled with the child’s name and shall be refrigerated.

    Rule 700.702.10. Non-Compliant.

Apr 11, 2024: complaint Visit1 deficiency

  • At no time shall children be left unsupervised or unattended. The child care center shall provide additional staff for any temporary absence of primary child caring staff for activities such as breaks, meal preparation, transportation, etc.

    Rule 300.301.8. Serious Deficiency. From a complaint.

All 37 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 26, 2026Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jul 21, 2026Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Jul 20, 2026Child Record Review Visit; Complaint Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review Visit; TransportationNo deficiencies cited
Jan 21, 2026Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
May 28, 2025Monitor Visit; Special VisitNo deficiencies cited
Feb 4, 2025Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 20, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 10, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 6, 2024Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Nov 25, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 15, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 6, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 1, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 23, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 16, 2024Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 16, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 9, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Oct 3, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Sep 27, 2024Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited
Sep 20, 2024Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Sep 20, 2024Informal Conference Visit; Monitor Visit4 deficiencies cited
Sep 13, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Aug 30, 2024Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited
Aug 30, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Aug 21, 2024Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited
Jul 26, 2024Monitor Visit2 deficiencies cited, 2 serious
May 9, 2024Monitor Visit1 deficiency cited
May 3, 2024Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Apr 11, 2024Complaint Visit1 deficiency cited, 1 serious
Mar 1, 2024Child Record Review Visit; Monitor Visit; Staff Record Review VisitNo deficiencies cited
Dec 28, 2023Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 30, 2023Complaint VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 30, 2023Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 21, 2023Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 15, 2023Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 9, 2023Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited
Nov 2, 2023Monitor VisitNo deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Care Center.
  • Provider type: Center Based.
  • Voucher Participant (School Readiness Assistance).
  • CACFP Facility (Child and Adult Care Food Program).
  • Approved capacity by age group: Infant/Toddler License Type 50, Preschool License Type 10, School Age License Type 39.
  • Capacity: 99 children.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Arkansas acted against it?

  • No corrective action agreements listed by Arkansas.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility corrective action agreements, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Arkansas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Owner, as Arkansas lists it: Sylvan Hills Learning Center Inc..
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How is it rated?

  • Better Beginnings: Level 3.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Find Child Care search and facility pages, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Comparisons appear once all of Pulaski County’s providers are read.
Source:

Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood, Facility visits: regulations inspected and deficiencies cited, Arkansas eLicensing. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily.

What the record doesn’t say

  • Arkansas’s visit records cover the last three years only.
  • Arkansas lists the regulation each deficiency cited, not what the licensing staff saw.
  • Arkansas lists complaints and the regulations their investigations cited, not what was alleged.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Arkansas Department of Education, Office of Early Childhood. Arkansas’s own record is on ardhslicensing.my.site.com. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.

From the provider

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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