Wilmington Christian Academy Preschool
A child care center in Wilmington, North Carolina 28405
1401 N College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28405. (910) 791-4248.
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The short answer
- 9 violations in the last three years
- May 202026 the latest visit on record
- 285 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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 May 20, 2026.
9 violations cited in the last three years, 9 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
9 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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.
Feb 11, 2026: unannounced4 violations
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A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.
“In space 102, a diaper cream used on a child expired in December 2025.”
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Parent’s medication authorization did not include required information.
“In space 102, a diaper cream parent permission form did not include expiration date of cream and description of how to apply the cream.”
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Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age.
“In space 101, wipes stored in soft plastic labeled “keep out of reach of children” were observed stored on top of a shelf in the bathroom, less than five feet above ground and accessible to children.”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. the last quarterly drill was practiced on September 4, 2025.”
Aug 5, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.
“In space 110, a Benadryl prescribed for use as part of a medical action plan for an enrolled child expired in June 2025.”
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Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional.
“In space 102, triamcinolone acetonide 0.1 topical cream, used with a child was not stored in the original container/box.”
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The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child’s parent or health care professional.
“Action plans for two children in spaces 104 and 110 expired in June and July 2025.”
Feb 18, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.
“In space 105, an epi pen prescribed for use with a child expired in December 2024.”
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Prescribed medicine was not in original labeled container or accompanied by signed and dated written instructions from prescribing physician or health care professional.
“In space 103, an inhaler prescribed for use with a child was not in its original labeled container.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 11, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 4 violations cited |
| Aug 5, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 4, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a GS 110-106 since Sep 27, 2017.
- Capacity: 285 children, ages 2 through 12.
- Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 6559006.
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: Grace Baptist Church, Inc..
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?
- North Carolina’s licence for this facility is not star-rated: GS 110-106.
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 74 child care providers in New Hanover County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| Wilmington Christian Academy Preschool This child care provider | 9 |
| Pat’s Toyland Preschool | 0 |
| Classy Bears Day Care Preschool II, Inc. | 0 |
| Child Development Center | 3 |
| Trusting Hands | 0 |
| Children’s Express | 0 |
| Cici’s Child Care | 0 |
| Rising Stars of Wilmington | 7 |
| The Learning Center | 4 |
| Union Missionary Baptist Church After School | 28 |
| John J. Blair Elementary School | 3 |
| Quality Childcare Northchase, LLC | 5 |
| Little Journeys Childcare Center LLC | 0 |
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.
From the provider
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