Dramatic Play Learning Academy, LLC
A child care center in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Address not published at provider’s request, Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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The short answer
- 8 violations in the last three years
- Jul 102026 the latest visit on record
- 12 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- 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.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- 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?
7 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 10, 2026.
8 violations cited in the last three years, 8 of them marked corrected.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
8 violations in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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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.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 10, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection.
“Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The last fire inspection was dated for May 28, 2026. The fire inspection was not completed within 12 months of the previous inspection.”
Jul 28, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S.
“110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The operator did not complete the requirements for the ABCMS provider portal. The operator was unable to provide a staff roster.”
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Center has not passed required sanitation inspection and received an approved or superior rating.
“The center has not received an approved or superior rating sanitation inspection.”
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Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection.
The inspectors’ words, 97 words
“Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The current fire inspection is dated for April 28, 2025, and the fire inspection was not received within one week of the inspection visit. On July 18, 2025, the fire inspection was confirmed to be completed on April 28, 2025, however, the fire inspection was not completed on a form provided by the Division. Prior to the completion of the visit, the fire inspection was completed on the form provided by the division.”
Aug 6, 2024: unannounced3 violations
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A violation was found for which there is no item number.
“The sanitation inspection was not completed within 12 months of the previous inspection. The previous inspection was dated for March 1, 2023, and the current sanitation inspection is dated for March 7, 2024.”
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Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook.
“The current menu was not posted where easily seen by parents and the cook. This was corrected when the staff member posted the menu.”
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Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection.
“Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The fire inspection was not completed within 12 months of the previous inspection. The previous inspection was dated for April 27, 2023 and the current fire inspection is dated for May 28, 2024.”
Feb 20, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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A violation was found for which there is no item number.
“The two sinks used by children, one in the bathroom and one in the classroom, were not tempered between 80 degrees Fahrenheit and 110 degrees Fahrenheit. The temperature for both sinks were measuring below 80 degrees and cold to touch. The staff member was able to adjust the water temperatures for both sinks and the water temperatures were measuring 83 degrees Fahrenheit and warm to touch for both sinks.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 28, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Jan 9, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 19, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Mar 4, 2022.
- Licensed for 12 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 26002309.
- Restriction: Other - Enhanced ratios minus one.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Has North Carolina acted against it?
- DCDEE says it has taken no action against this facility, for its current licence and location, in the last three years.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- North Carolina’s page gives a staff-to-child ratio policy as the provider reports it, unverified by DCDEE, so it isn’t shown.
Who owns it?
- Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Dramatic Play Learning Academy, LLC.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Star Rated License: 5 stars of five.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 260 child care providers in Cumberland County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 8.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Dramatic Play Learning Academy, LLC This child care provider | 8 |
| Owl’s Academy | 5 |
| Annie’s Day & Night Care | 12 |
| Wonder Years Child Development Center | 9 |
| Panda Day Care & Creative School #2 | 15 |
| Panda Day Care & Creative School | 12 |
| Ponderosa Daycare, LLC | 6 |
| Academe Child Development Center | 45 |
| Lil’ Angels Day Care | 1 |
| New Forever Young Day Care | 24 |
| Hay-Branson Head Start | 1 |
| Tiny Town Day Care | 1 |
What the record doesn’t say
- North Carolina doesn’t show a visit summary tied to an open child maltreatment investigation while the case is active, and shows an administrative action only after its 30-day appeal period, without saying what it was.
- DCDEE’s descriptions of violations are shown in its own words; a description that names or may name a person isn’t shown. Visit summaries, the consultants’ full reports, aren’t read.
- North Carolina’s page lists the provider’s own features (transport, ratios) as furnished by the provider and unverified by DCDEE, so they aren’t shown.
Sources
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations.
Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily. nc.gov terms: copying and distribution for non-commercial use, without alteration, citing the source. Shown free and never sold; DCDEE’s own words are quoted.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). North Carolina’s own record is on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.
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