The Goddard School
A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77077
1720 Crescent Plaza Dr, Houston, Texas 77077. (281) 596-0300.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 7 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
- 2 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 14 inspections on record
- 4-Star Texas Rising Star rating
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.
- Texas’s risk levels
- Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
- 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 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.
14 inspections on record. The latest, on Oct 22, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Ensure total number of children both at & away from center within capacity, at the inspection on Feb 10, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Dec 5, 2024
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 deficiency, in Texas’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Feb 24, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“During the follow up, the caregiver was asked to provide the ages of the children in the classroom but was unable to do so.”
Feb 10, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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AP Ensure total number of children both at & away from center within capacity
“The infant capacity is 20. There were 21 infants present during the inspection.”
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children’s names and ages
“When asked the caregiver the age of the children in the classroom, the caregiver was unable to state the ages of the children being cared for.”
Dec 5, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“The last fire inspection was conducted on 11/7/23.”
Jul 19, 2024: assessment1 deficiency
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“One out of five caregivers were missing the 24 hours of annual training. The operation failed to have training in by the requested original deadline of 6/6/24.”
May 23, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - 24 Annual training
“One out of five caregivers was missing the 24 hours of annual training.”
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Medication No Longer Used
“I observed one expired emergency medication during the inspection. NOTE: This was corrected during the inspection by removing the medication and calling the parent.”
7 deficiencies older than three years
Nov 2, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months
“Last fire inspection was conducted 10/26/22.”
Sep 21, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Cots, Beds, Mats Labeled With Child’s Name
“Observed mats not properly labeled in two classrooms. Note: This was corrected during inspection with a number chart generated.”
Jul 13, 2023: report to the state2 deficiencies
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Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
“Poor judgement was used by a caregiver when a child in care was placed in the restroom on the floor to take a nap.”
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Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
“A child in care was placed in the restroom for naptime which left the child unsupervised.”
Oct 4, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
“2 infants 2 months and 5 months were observed to be sleeping in a baby bouncer and swing. One child was removed upon entering the classroom, the other infant was not removed until Licensing informed the caregiver the infant was sleep”
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AP Infants Sleep on Backs or Must Have Completed and Signed Sleep Exception Form for the Infant
“An infant was observed being placed on their stomach for sleep”
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Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment - Crib for Each Non-walking Infant Younger Than 12 Months of Age
“A 5 month old infant was observed sleeping on the floor. NOTE: The infant was removed and placed in a crib”
All 19 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 3, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Feb 24, 2026 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Feb 10, 2026 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Dec 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 19, 2024 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 23, 2024 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Sep 21, 2023 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jul 13, 2023 | Report to the state | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 6, 2013.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 172 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Texas acted against it?
- No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
- 4 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were A complaint allegation the state investigated and found true: the evidence showed it more likely than not happened. Inconclusive means the evidence couldn’t show it either way. Neither inconclusive nor unsubstantiated proves it didn’t happen. Source: California Department of Social Services, complaint findings; each state’s licensing agency..
Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 7.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| Ashford Child Enrichment Center | 9 |
| Jewish Community Ctr West Houston | 9 |
| After 3 After School Programs | 1 |
| The Goddard School This child care provider | 7 |
| Tiny Feet Child Care | 13 |
| Kce Champions @ Shadowbriar Elementary | 6 |
| America’s Choice Children Center | 24 |
| A-1 Montessori Academy | 17 |
| Kingdom Kids Learning Center | 0 |
| Computer Kids Westheimer | 22 |
| My Kids Daycare | 15 |
| The Village School | 0 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
- Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
- Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
Sources
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.
Released Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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