Guidepost Montessori at Cary

A child care center in Cary, North Carolina 27518

316 Colonades Way Suite 107, Cary, North Carolina 27518. (984) 299-7245.

administrative action in the last three years

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The last 24 months 4 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. Every month

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.

On this record

Who runs it

Child Care Center.
One Star Center License since Jul 13, 2026.
Licensed capacity: 77 children.
Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Guidepost Global Education, Inc..

Licence number 92004065

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.

Where it comes from

Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violationsNorth Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), checked Oct 21, 2026

Every source, in full

What did inspectors find?

5 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Sep 30, 2026.

4 violations cited in the last three years, 4 of them marked corrected.

When those violations happened

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

4 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2023												Dec
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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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

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.

Sep 30, 2026: unannounced2 violations

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. A new staff member was not added to the ABCMS system within the required five business days.”

Rule A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Oct 13, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.
New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks.

“One staff member did not complete 3 of the required 16 hours of training. Topics missing were instruction in the administration of medication and prevention and response to emergencies due to food and allergic reactions.”

Rule New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Oct 13, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

Jun 5, 2026: unannounced1 violation

Children were not adequately supervised at all times.

“A three year old child was left alone in the restroom for approximately one hour in space 5.”

Rule Children were not adequately supervised at all times.. Corrected during the inspection.

Mar 10, 2026: unannounced1 violation

All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair.

“A high cabinet door on the cabinet in space 2, was not on all three hinges. The top hinge was not secure. The second hinge was loose. The cabinet door could fall off the hinges and hit a child or a teacher.”

Rule All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair.. Correction date, as North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE) recorded it: Mar 24, 2026. Correction verified: by a letter from the provider.

All 5 visits on record

Visits on record
Date	Visit	What the record says
Sep 30, 2026	Unannounced visit	2 violations cited
Jun 5, 2026	Unannounced visit	1 violation cited
Mar 10, 2026	Unannounced visit	1 violation cited
Jan 13, 2026	Unannounced visit	No violations cited
Dec 1, 2025	Unannounced visit	No violations cited

Is it licensed?

Child Care Center, holding a One Star Center License since Jul 13, 2026.
Licensed for 77 children, ages 0 through 6.
Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
North Carolina’s licence number: 92004065.

Has North Carolina acted against it?

DCDEE says it has issued one or more administrative actions for this facility in the past three years; North Carolina’s page doesn’t say what they were, and shows one only after its 30-day appeal period.

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: Guidepost Global Education, Inc..

How is it rated?

Star Rated License: 1 star of five.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 470 child care providers in Wake County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 4.

11 of the 470 in Wake County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Violations cited in the last three years
The Goddard School of Cary Lochmere	13
Triangle Academy Preschool	12
Kiddie Academy of Cary	9
Afreya’s Playground	12
Creme de la Creme School of Cary	0
Guidepost Montessori at Cary This child care provider	4
Stella Lowery Small Day Care Home	6
Heritage Christian Academy Daycare	1
Lucy Daniels Center for Early Childhood	2
The Happy Face Preschool	3
Denise’s Learn and Play	0
Jan’s Day Care	6

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

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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