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La Petite Academy (Limestone)

A licensed child care center in Hockessin, Delaware 19707

5986 Limestone Road, Hockessin, Delaware 19707. (302) 234-2968.

Delaware’s own record, on data.delaware.gov

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The short answer

Record last released by Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on Oct 23, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Every month

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?

3 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Aug 13, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

7 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

7 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

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

Hover or focus a month to read it.

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 violation, in its source’s words

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

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 13, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure all personnel files are complete. Staff #1, 3, 4, 5 need Administration of Medication. Staff #2 needs a health appraisal. Send documents to OCCL.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 3, 2026.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure all child files are complete. Child #6 needs updated infant feeding schedule for August. Child # 9, 14, 19 need health information. Send documents to OCCL.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 3, 2026.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure indoor space requirements are followed. Repair/replace worn green chair in Toddler 2 room so it is cleanable. Remove all air fresheners throughout center. Ensure all trash can have lids. Send photos to OCCL.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 3, 2026.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure there is enough mulch on playgrounds for fall zones and to avoid tripping hazards. Repair “pipe” edging on PS playground. Send photos to OCCL.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 2, 2026.

  • Administration of Medication

    “Ensure MAR is completed for all OTC topical and RX meds. Send MAR for Tod 2 epi-pen. Audit all classrooms for diaper creams and sunscreens. Email OCCL confirmation when completed.”

    Rule 63U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 25, 2026.

Aug 13, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure Staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs two references and service letters returned.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 20, 2025.

Mar 21, 2025: unannounced1 violation

  • Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision

    “On March 14, 2025, Child #1 was left unsupervised for four minutes on the playground. Staff #1 and Staff #2 were retrained on name-to-face policy regarding supervision.”

    Rule 27U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Mar 21, 2025.

All 3 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 13, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations cited
Aug 13, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation cited
Mar 21, 2025Unannounced1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Child Care Center.
  • Ages served, in Delaware’s words: 6 weeks through 12 years.
  • Takes part in: Purchase of Care (state-subsidized child care).
  • Special conditions, in Delaware’s words: Variance.
  • Licence number 27726.
  • Capacity: 128 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • 2 complaint investigations in the last three years. Results, in Delaware’s words: Substantiated (1), Unsubstantiated with Concern (1).
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

On record, newest first
DateWhatDetail
Apr 29, 2025OCCL Standards Complaint: SubstantiatedOn March 28, 2025, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding not following positive behavior supports, improper interactions with toddlers by placing a toddler in confining equipment for more than 30 minutes and failing to follow their suspension and expulsion policy. This complaint is substantiated for improper interactions with toddlers. As viewed on video footage, Child #1 was confined for longer than 30 minutes in a highchair. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint for not using positive behavior supports. The administrators and staff members report using several strategies to support Child #1 and the family through communication, obtaining behavioral intervention with support from Person #1, and implementing recommended ideas and activities in the classroom. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for failing to follow their suspension and expulsion policy. After reviewing the center s family handbook, the administrators followed their policy regarding suspension or disenrollment which states in certain circumstances it may be necessary to discontinue a child s enrollment. Every effort will be made to correct a situation before a final decision is made and we reserve the right to end the enrollment of a child at any time for any reason deemed appropriate.
Nov 13, 2023IA Investigation: Unsubstantiated with ConcernDelaware gives no summary.

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: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2024: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2023: 5 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Source:

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.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Oct 23, 2026. Updated daily.

12 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Boys & Girls Club @ William F. Cooke Jr ElementaryNot given
Carmen BarnettNot given
Enchanted Minds Child Care CenterNot given
Wilmington Christian School Early Learning CenterNot given
Goddard School of HockessinNot given
Innovative Kids Early Learning Academy - HockessinNot given
The Goddard School in HockessinNot given
C.a.c.c. Montessori SchoolNot given
La Petite Academy (Limestone) This child care providerNot given
Early Learning CenterNot given
The Hockessin Montessori SchoolNot 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

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing. Delaware’s own record is on data.delaware.gov. 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 24, 2026.

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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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