The Goddard School in Hockessin
A licensed child care center in Hockessin, Delaware 19707
157 Lantana Drive, Hockessin, Delaware 19707. (302) 223-2205.
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The short answer
Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 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?
2 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Jul 16, 2025; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.
11 violations cited in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
11 violations in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.
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| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct |
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 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 16, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations
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Indoor Space
“Ensure ceiling tiles are in good repair and free of water damage. Replace water damage ceiling tiles in Bakery 3 classroom.”
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Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
“Ensure nap equipment is in good repair. -Replace torn nap mats in recycling 1 and post office classroom.”
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Equipment
“Ensure equipment is accessible to the children in all required areas. -Add additional equipment in Toddler 1 and Toddler 2 classroom.”
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Emergency Planning
“Enusre there is enough emergency water for the number of children enrolled.”
Jul 10, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations
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Positive Behavior Management
“Ensure positive behavior management statement is posted.”
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Personnel Files
“Ensure staff files are complete. Orientation is needed for Staff #1, #2, #3, #7, #8, and # 9. Health appraisal with Tb for Staff #2 and #7. Reference for Staff #3, #7, #8, and #9. Job Description for Staff #7. Review of sleep safe for Staff #4 and #7. Review of abuse and neglect for Staff # 4 and #5.”
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Hazardous Materials
“Ensure hazardous materials are inaccessible to children. Move cleaner in the get set room and toddler classroom.”
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Indoor Space
“Ensure all walls are clean and cleanable. Repair chips of paint in the toddler classroom, get set 2, and preschool classrooms.”
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Kitchen and Food Preparation
“Ensure all stored food is labeled with contents and expiration date.”
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Diapering and Soiled Clothing
“Ensure non-absorbing diaper changing mat is cleanable.”
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Lesson Plans
“Ensure lesson plans are posted or available for review. Post lesson plans need to be posted.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 2025 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 4 violations cited |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Unannounced Full Compliance Review | 7 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Child Care Center.
- Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 5 years.
- Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
- Licence number 183981.
- Capacity: 117 children.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Delaware acted against it?
- No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.
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.
- 2023: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
- 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
- 2021: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 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 23, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Boys & Girls Club @ William F. Cooke Jr Elementary | Not given |
| Carmen Barnett | Not given |
| Enchanted Minds Child Care Center | Not given |
| Wilmington Christian School Early Learning Center | Not given |
| Goddard School of Hockessin | Not given |
| Innovative Kids Early Learning Academy - Hockessin | Not given |
| The Goddard School in Hockessin This child care provider | Not given |
| C.a.c.c. Montessori School | Not given |
| La Petite Academy (Limestone) | Not given |
| Early Learning Center | Not given |
| The Hockessin Montessori School | Not given |
| Kindercare (Lancaster Pike) | 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 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 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews (pnbd-85r6).
Released Oct 23, 2026 and checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public Domain.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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