Kindercare Learning Center
A child care center in King, North Carolina 27021
109 Village Way, King, North Carolina 27021. (336) 983-2024.
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The short answer
- 5 violations in the last three years
- Jul 202026 the latest visit on record
- 150 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?
13 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 20, 2026.
5 violations cited in the last three years, 5 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
5 violations in 5 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 20, 2026: unannounced1 violation
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All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing.
“The surfacing on playground number one was between one and three inches because it has been compacted.”
Mar 31, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Children were not adequately supervised at all times.
“A three-year-old child was left alone and unsupervised in the bathroom when the teacher took children to another classroom.”
Feb 6, 2025: unannounced1 violation
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference in space 1.”
Aug 12, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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The materials and equipment indoors and outdoors were not sufficient to provide a variety of play experiences to promote the children’s emotional and social development, health and physical development, approaches to play and learning, language and communication development, and cognitive development.
“There were only six books available in space 4, where there were 20 children present, and no other activities available in the book/writing area. There was only one activity (crayons and paper) available in the art center in space 4.”
May 6, 2024: unannounced1 violation
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A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference.
“There was either no lesson plan or the lesson plan did not have a date in spaces 1, 4, 6 and 7.”
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Jun 18, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 9, 2026 | Announced visit | No violations cited |
| Feb 26, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 6, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Aug 12, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| May 6, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Nov 1, 2024.
- Licensed for 150 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 85000146.
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: Kindercare Education 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 15 child care providers in Stokes County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| King Elementary Preschool | 3 |
| Kidz Community Childcare | 3 |
| Little Bears Day Care | 3 |
| Mt. Olive Head Start | 3 |
| Kindercare Learning Center This child care provider | 5 |
| Mount Olive Elementary Preschool | 0 |
| First Baptist Child Development Center | 12 |
| New Life Center | 4 |
| Walnut Cove Elementary Preschool | 0 |
| Pinnacle Elementary Preschool | 2 |
| Danbury Head Start | 8 |
| First Step Child Care | 12 |
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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Replies
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