Hearth Record

The Goddard School (The Greater Heights)

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77008

835 W 23rd St, Houston, Texas 77008. (832) 930-7553.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.

The last 24 months 1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Medium. 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.
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?

1 deficiency cited in the last three years

The middle of the 2,139 child care providers in Harris County had 4.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 18, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

1 deficiency in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. Most serious: Medium. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

1 deficiency by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 Dec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNov

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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
Source:

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.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

Aug 18, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

    “One child’s infant feediing form was not updated and signed by the parent within 30 days.”

    Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 1, 2026.

11 deficiencies older than three years
Sep 11, 2023: inspection7 deficiencies

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.

    “A caregiver in the infant classroom did not have the required first aid training and has been at the operation for more than 90 days.”

    Rule 746.1315(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 13, 2023.

  • Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

    “A caregiver in the infant classroom did not have the required CPR training and has been at the operation for more than 90 days.”

    Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 13, 2023.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “The older children’s playground area is missing unitary surfacing materials at the bottom of the slide.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 29, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 28, 2023.

  • Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering

    “One child did not wash their hands after using the restroom. Corrected: When the caregiver sent the child to wash their hands.”

    Rule 746.3417(3). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2023.

  • Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes

    “The operation did not conduct a fire drill for the month of August.”

    Rule 746.5205(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 15, 2023. Correction verified: Oct 11, 2023.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “One caregiver is missing 3 hours of annual training year 3-25-2022 to 3-25-2023. Corrected: When 3 hours of training was taken from training year 3-25-2023 to 3-24-2024.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2023.

  • Children’s Products- Annual Certification

    “The operations child product certification expired on 8/16/2022,”

    Rule 746.4135(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 11, 2023.

Sep 12, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion

    “An caregiver dose not have qualifications for having a high school diploma.”

    Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 21, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 16, 2022.

  • Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact

    “A child was missing an emergency contact information in their file.”

    Rule 746.605(6). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 15, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 14, 2022.

  • Documented Annual Training Area - 24 Hours Required

    “A caregiver is missing three hours of annual training for training year 5/2021 to 5/2022. Another caregiver is missing five hours of annual training for training year 3/2020 to 3/2021. Corrected: When used the caregiver five hours for the current training year 3/2021 to 3/2022 year.”

    Rule 746.1309(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 16, 2022. Correction verified: Sep 14, 2022.

Nov 24, 2021: report to the state1 deficiency

  • Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness

    “This operation have had multiple COVID-19 cases that went unreported to licensing.”

    Rule 746.305(a)(4). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Dec 1, 2021. Correction verified: Dec 10, 2021.

All 13 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Aug 18, 2026Inspection1 deficiency cited
Aug 26, 2025InspectionNo violation found
Oct 1, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 19, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Sep 16, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 13, 2024Report to the stateNo violation found
Aug 29, 2024InspectionNo violation found
Sep 11, 2023Inspection7 deficiencies cited
Sep 12, 2022Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Aug 23, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Aug 16, 2022Report to the stateNo violation found
Dec 1, 2021InspectionNo violation found
Nov 24, 2021Report to the state1 deficiency cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued Oct 3, 2019.
  • Its permit has conditions.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 207 children.
Source:

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 .
Source:

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?

  • Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Source:

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 1.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Immanuel Lutheran Church and School12
Grace Weekday School10
Principrin School3
Great Little Minds Academy11
The Goddard School (The Greater Heights) This child care provider1
Miss Pattycake Childcare of Heights2
Heights Garden Montessori8
Alianza Eco International School6
After 3 After School Program at Love E.s.4
The Kenworthy School16
After 3 After School Program at Sinclair E.s3
Spanish School 4kids12

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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