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Bright Stars Childcare & Preschool

A licensed child care center in Middletown, Delaware 19709

5350 Summit Bridge Rd, Middletown, Delaware 19709. (302) 570-0543.

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 13 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 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 Jul 2, 2026; Delaware doesn’t list visits that found nothing.

13 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

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

13 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.

Jul 2, 2026: unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations

  • Staff Qualifications

    “Ensure Administrator has Specialized training for School Age. Send documentation to OCCL by August 3, 2026.”

    Rule 24U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 31, 2026.

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs release of employment and service letters Staff #2 needs Health Appraisal w/TB results Staff #3 needs six training hours Staff #4 cannot return to work until updated eligibility letter is received. Send corrections to OCCL by August 3, 2026.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 31, 2026.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child files are complete. Child #10 and #12 need Developmental Plans. Send documentation to OCCL by August 3, 2026.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 31, 2026.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure bottle warmers do not exceed 120 degrees. Infant room crock pot style bottle warmer was reading 130 degrees at the time of the visit. Send pic of adjusted temperature and a plan to keep the warmer 120 degrees or below to OCCL by August 3, 2026.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 31, 2026.

Jul 16, 2025: unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 and #3 need health appraisal with TB.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 31, 2025.

  • Child Files

    “Ensure child #2 has an updated health appraisal with immunizations.”

    Rule 40U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 24, 2025.

Jul 11, 2024: unannounced Full Compliance Review7 violations

  • Personnel Files

    “Ensure staff files are complete. Annual review of safe sleep and Child abuse prevention for Staff # 1 and 4. Health appraisal with TB results for Staff # 5 and 6 One reference is needed for staff #5 Send documentation to OCCL by August 12.”

    Rule 30U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 25, 2024.

  • Indoor Space

    “Ensure all areas are clean and in safe condition. Clean vents in all bathrooms. Clean vents in one-year-old and three-year-old classrooms Remove crayon marks on walls and furniture in ones, twos, and three-year-old classrooms. Removed stored cribs near the water heater and replaced the barrier for the hot water heater in the older school-age room. Replace stained ceiling tile in school-age bathroom. Fix the drop ceiling in the boys’ bathroom. Secure sinks in the bathrooms. Send documentation or photos to OCCL by August 12.”

    Rule 49U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 19, 2024.

  • Outdoor Area

    “Ensure the outdoor area has working self-closing gates. And the fence is safe. Replace or fix three of the four self-closing gates on the playground. Replace the broken picket on the left side of the older children s area fence. Send documentation or photos to OCCL by August 12.”

    Rule 53U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 19, 2024.

  • Diapering and Soiled Clothing

    “Ensure foot/motion activated diaper pail in infant room is in working order. Fix or replace diaper pail. Send documentation or pictures to OCCL by August 12.”

    Rule 61U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 19, 2024.

  • Feeding of Infants

    “Ensure parents provide a written feeding statement listing foods and drinks, including specific formula or breast milk, and what the infant eats or drinks. The schedule must be updated monthly as needed. Send updated forms for enrolled infants to OCCL by August 12, 2024. Ensure bottle warmers are 120 degrees or less. We removed the small bottle warm at the visit. Send a picture of the bottle warmer reading 120 degrees or less. Send documentation or pictures to OCCL by August 12.”

    Rule 72U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Jul 25, 2024.

  • Lesson Plans

    “Ensure current lesson plans are posted for easy reference for parents, guardians, and staff. Review lesson plan regulations and decide how you will best meet these regulations. Send your plan or picture of posted lesson plans to OCCL by August 12, 2024.”

    Rule 74U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 19, 2024.

  • Infant and Toddler Care

    “Ensure a T-shaped safety strap is used for infant seats with trays. Send a picture of the chair with a T-shaped strap or remove the chair for use.”

    Rule 77U. Correction date, as Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing recorded it: Aug 19, 2024.

All 3 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Jul 2, 2026Unannounced Full Compliance Review4 violations cited
Jul 16, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review2 violations cited
Jul 11, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review7 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 838390.
  • Capacity: 103 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?

  • No complaint investigations in the last three years. 1 more has no usable completion date.
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
IA Investigation: no result yetDelaware 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?

  • 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2023: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2022: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
  • 2021: 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.

13 compared
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Bright Stars Childcare & Preschool This child care providerNot given
Katherine ManningNot given
Barbara NeedlesNot given
Shaun Mullan-Wright DBA Sunshine Children’s HouseNot given
Happy Place Child Care of MiddletownNot given
Jeffrey WhitingNot given
Susan ThompsonNot given
Peace Arousa Augusta OsayanmwenNot given
Mercy Land AcademyNot given
Brilliant Little Minds @apcNot given
Grow & Learn Childcare CenterNot given
Charlotte GoodeNot given
Celebree School of MiddletownNot 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.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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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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