Delaware Learning Academy
A licensed child care center in Bear, Delaware 19701
3843 Wrangle Hill Road, Bear, Delaware 19701. (302) 834-8992.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 26, 2026.
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- 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.
- 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?
4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jun 8, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
10 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
10 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 2026.
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Hover or focus a month to read it.
Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each violation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
Jun 8, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation
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Child Files
“Ensure child files are complete. Child #1 needs blood lead results.”
Jun 4, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs OCCL health and safety training, references, adult abuse, ROE, and service letters.”
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Outdoor Area
“Send photos of repaired fence.”
Jun 4, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review6 violations
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are completed. Staff #1 needs OCCL health and safety training. Staff #2 needs an updated health appraisal.”
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Staff Attendance
“Ensure staff signs into the classroom when they arrive. No staff was signed into the classroom Correct at visit.”
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Child Files
“Ensure children’s files are completed. Child #13 needs blood lead screening results.”
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Outdoor Area
“Ensure fall zone requirements are met on the playground. Remove broken toys from the playground.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure all cots are rip-free. Replace torn mats in the one-year-old classroom. Label all cribs in the infant classroom. -Labels must be in front of the crib.”
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Emergency Planning
“Ensure evacuation plans are posted. No evacuation plans were posted in the one-year-old, three-year-old, and four-year-old rooms.”
Jan 11, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
“A child walked out of the building when another child was leaving at pick-up time. The child was immediately returned to the classroom by the child’s parent. Transition procedures were reviewed with all staff members.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 2026 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 6 violations cited |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Unannounced | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
- Takes part in: Child Care Food Program (meals reimbursed), Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 1432075.
- Capacity: 77 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- 5 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: No Evidence to Substantiate (2), No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern (2), Substantiated (1).
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
| Date | What | Detail |
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| Oct 23, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | : On September 22, 2026, LS #1 received a self-report from Administrator #1 regarding a confrontation between parents that had occurred at the center on September 21, 2026. On September 23, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of a lack of building security procedures, failing to follow procedures for handling parents’ complaints, disrespectful communication by staff, incorrect staff-to-child ratios, and inappropriate behavior support. An investigation began on September 23, 2026, and ended on September 29, 2026. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of security procedures because Administrator #1 and both staff interviewed stated children are not allowed to open doors for parents. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to follow procedures for handling parents’ complaints, disrespectful communication by staff, or inappropriate behavior supports. Administrator #1 and both staff interviewed stated Staff #1 was never disrespectful to Child #1 or any other child, and Staff #1 never used inappropriate behavior supports with Child #1 or any other child. All staff interviewed denied Parent #1 complaining about situations that were not addressed by staff. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for incorrect staff-to-child ratios as attendance records reviewed documented all classrooms to be in correct staff-to-child ratio. A concern noted at the visit was Staff #2 stepped out of the classroom to take Child #1 to Parent #1 during a confrontation between parents in the hallway, leaving the classroom unsupervised. |
| Sep 10, 2026 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate with Concern | On August 24, 2026, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding allegations of a lack of supervision and staff using a cellphone while responsible for caring for children. An investigation was conducted on August 28, 2026. After speaking with the administrator and the staff who were on the trip, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision or staff using a cellphone while responsible for caring for children. Administrator #1 stated they used the cell phone to call the center to have Staff #1 come and assist. Staff #1 stated they arrived at the park to assist, the children had access to water, and they checked in on Child #1 who was resting. Administrator #1 said Child #1 was resting, not actually sleeping and refused to move into the shade when asked to do so and stated Child #1 had access to water. An additional concern noted was inaccurate documentation of staff attendance. Staff #1 was documented as having been with the group the entire time, although they had remained at the center and only came to the park after being requested to do so by Administrator #1. |
| May 28, 2025 | OCCL Standards Complaint: Substantiated | On May 9, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding incorrect staff-to-child ratios. An investigation was conducted on May 14, 2025. Based on interviews and a review of attendance records, this complaint is substantiated for incorrect staff-to-child ratios. At the time of the investigation visit a classroom was observed to not be in correct staff-to-child ratio. In addition, a review of attendance records showed the two-year-old classroom having an incorrect staff-to-child ratio on May 9, 2025. Additional concerns were noted during this investigation. LS #1 observed an infant sleeping in a swing while wrapped in a fleece blanket. A staff member was working at the center without having been determine eligible or provisionally eligible by the Criminal History Unit, and both staff and child attendance had not been documented accurately. |
| Aug 7, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on July 22, 2024, regarding concerns of incorrect staff-to-child ratio and failing to complete an incident report and notify parents of an incident in the required time frame. An investigation was conducted on July 26, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for concerns of incorrect staff-to-child ratio based on attendance and video footage observed. The attendance records and video footage showed there were eight school-age children present with one qualified staff member. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to complete an incident report and notify parents in the required time frame based on interviews conducted and documentation collected. Staff interviewed stated parents were notified of Child #1 s behaviors and there was a written statement regarding Child #1 behaviors. |
| Mar 15, 2024 | OCCL Standards Complaint: No Evidence to Substantiate | The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on February 16, 2024, regarding concerns of improper discipline and not following the facility s suspension policy. An investigation was conducted on February 21, 2024. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline based on staff interviews conducted. Staff members stated files fell on Child #1 s head when she was crawling on the floor in the office. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for a violation of the center s suspension policy based on interviews conducted and documentation. Staff stated Child #1 was suspended from the facility, and they followed the facility s suspension policy and incident reports viewed. |
Who does the caring?
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers.
Who owns it?
- Delaware’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a count can’t tell a clean record from one never visited.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 26, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Delaware Learning Academy This child care provider | Not given |
| Germaine Oden | Not given |
| Kidz Ink I | Not given |
| Lil’ Einstein’s Learning Academy | Not given |
| St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Preschool | Not given |
| Valerie Chinn DBA A Kidz World LLC | Not given |
| Cornerstone Early Education and Youth Center, Inc. | Not given |
| Kidz Ink IV Academy of Early Learning | Not given |
| A. S. Academy of Learning 2 | Not given |
| Ashley Stanford DBA Little Arrows Childcare LLC | Not given |
| Grow N’ Learn | Not given |
| Dianne Peters | Not given |
| Bree Thompson | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Delaware doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
- Delaware’s open data lists a visit only when a violation was cited there, so visits that found nothing aren’t shown.
- Delaware publishes five years of reviews and complaints; this page shows the last three.
- Delaware doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- Delaware lists only the visits that found violations, so a provider with none listed may not have been visited at all: no count of violations is used to headline, filter or compare its providers.
Sources
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities (iuzd-3dbt).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information (wb83-pkcv).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 26, 2026 and checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 27, 2026.
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