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Bright New Scholars Academy

A licensed child care center in Newark, Delaware 19702

355 Corporate Blvd, Newark, Delaware 19702. (302) 533-5844.

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 Nov 4, 2026.

The last 24 months 11 violations in 4 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?

4 visits with violations in the last three years, the latest on Aug 11, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

11 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

11 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

11 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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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 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 Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 11, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. 4 references for Staff #3, 5, 6. Declaration and drug/alcohol statement for Staff #5 Health appraisal w/TB test for Staff #5. Health appraisal for Staff #7. OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #3. Send to OCCL.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 17, 2026.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure infant feeding statements are updated at least monthly. Send all to OCCL.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 18, 2026.

Sep 1, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation

  • Annual Training

    “Training hours needed for Staff #19 and #20.”

    Rule 33U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 30, 2025.

Aug 12, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations

  • General Qualifications

    “Ensure staff are re-fingerprinted every 5 years. Send eligibility letter for Staff #12.”

    Rule 28U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 14, 2025.

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. CPR/FA needed for Staff #3, 6, 16, 21. Signed PD plan needed for Staff #1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15-22. Annual review of safe sleep and abuse and neglect needed for Staff #3, 5, 6, 7, 12, 21. OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #22. Job description for Staff #10 and 22. One reference for Staff #15. Adult abuse for Staff #14. Health appraisal needed for Staff #6 and 10.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 15, 2025.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Health appraisal for Child #3 and 9. Immunizations needed for Child #9. Blood lead screening for Child #5, 6, and 19. Developmental plans for Child #7.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Sep 15, 2025.

Jun 5, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations

  • Personnel Files

    The inspectors’ words, 142 words

    “Ensure staff files are complete. First aid and CPR needed for Staff #1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 23. Professional Development Plan needed for Staff #2, 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 22, 24. Annual review of safe sleep and abuse and neglect needed for Staff #4, 9, 15, 22. 7-Hour OCCL Health and Safety training needed for Staff #5, 6, 11, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 25. Job description needed for Staff #3, 25. 2 references needed for Staff #3, 6, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26. 1 reference needed for Staff #10. Adult abuse registry check needed for Staff #11, 17, 26. Health appraisal w/TB test for Staff #3, 6, 10, 19, 21. Release of employment needed for Staff #6, 11, 23. Service letters (or two additional reference letters) for Staff #6, 25, 26.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 24, 2024.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Child #2 and 17 need health appraisal with immunizations. Child #5 and 17 need blood lead results. Child #6 needs a health appraisal Child #2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 17 need a developmental plan.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 22, 2024.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure line leader tape in Penguin class is in good repair.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 1, 2024.

  • Toilet Facilities

    “Ensure bathrooms are in good repair. First bathroom on the right needs the sink repaired.”

    Rule 51U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 10, 2024.

  • Lesson Plans

    “Ensure lesson plans are posted and up to date. This was corrected during the visit.”

    Rule 74U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jun 5, 2024.

All 4 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 11, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations cited
Sep 1, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review1 violation cited
Aug 12, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 violations cited
Jun 5, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 violations 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 564819.
  • Capacity: 144 children.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Delaware acted against it?

  • No complaint investigations in the last three years.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews and Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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?

  • 2026: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2024: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2022: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
Source:

Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing, Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities. Released Nov 4, 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 Nov 4, 2026. Updated daily.

13 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Bright New Scholars Academy This child care providerNot given
The Little Campus, LLCNot given
Cradles to Crayons and Beyond Early Learning CenterNot given
A. S. Academy of Learning 1Not given
Sunshine Bright Kids LLCNot given
All Aspire AcademyNot given
Lacc Learning Center @ La Academia Antonia AlonsoNot given
Tysela Young DBA Young Scholars Childcare LLCNot given
Tarbiyah SchoolNot given
Jade ThompsonNot given
Olivette JacksonNot given
Lil’ Einsteins Learning Academy IIINot given
Tamikya WhittleNot 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 Nov 5, 2026.

From the provider

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Replies

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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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