The Childrens Courtyard
A licensed child care center in Southlake, Texas 76092
1601 Corporate Cir, Southlake, Texas 76092. (817) 442-8782.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Nov 5, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Tarrant County: 3
- 0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
- 11 inspections on record
- Not rated 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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 920 child care providers in Tarrant County had 3.
11 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 23, 2026: no violation found.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2025. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 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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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.
Jan 16, 2025: assessment1 deficiency
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Report Number of Employees
“The total number of employees who had left the operation in the previous calendar year was not completed by the January 15 as required.”
Nov 8, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Screen Time Activities - Age-appropriate
“Two children had access to inappropriate material while using the tablets.”
May 16, 2024: report to the state1 deficiency
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Basic Requirements for Infants - Holding and Comforting
“An infant cried for attention while leaning forward with his hands towards a caregiver, the caregiver pushed his right arm to lean him up right, the caregiver did not hold or comfort the infant while he was crying.”
Apr 17, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Requirements for Feeding Infants - Other Use of Handwashing Sink
“A hand washing sink was used to warm bottles and wash eating utensils.”
4 deficiencies older than three years
May 24, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - Anchoring devices Below Level of Playing Surface
“On the playground area, two equipment fixtures were observed to have chipped wood.”
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Administering Medication - Not After Expiration date
“During the inspection, expired medication was observed stored for Ian B. The expiration date for the medication was November 9, 2022.”
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Electronic or Battery-Operated CO System-Document Tests, New Battery Installation and Name of Responsible Employee
“During the inspection, there was no recent documentation on file stating that the carbon monoxide detection system is being serviced and inspected as required. The last documentation on file was for the year 2018.”
Jul 7, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional
“At the time of inspection there were 4 children with listed food allergies who did not have food allergy plans in their enrollment files.”
All 15 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 16, 2025 | Assessment | 1 deficiency cited |
| Nov 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Nov 8, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| May 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 20, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 16, 2024 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 24, 2023 | Inspection | 3 deficiencies cited |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jul 13, 2022 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Jul 7, 2022 | Inspection | 1 deficiency cited |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 4, 2002.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 205 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.
- 3 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?
- Not rated in Texas Rising Star.
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 920 child care providers in Tarrant County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 4.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Childrens Courtyard This child care provider | 4 |
| Trinity Private School | 0 |
| Primrose of Southlake | 0 |
| Primrose School at Hidden Lakes | 4 |
| Chapel Hill Childrens School | 0 |
| Little Sunshine’s Playhouse | 1 |
| Southlake Pse | 5 |
| Southlake-Grapevine Kindercare | 6 |
| Goddard School of Southlake | 3 |
| Excel Academy | 5 |
| Spanish Schoolhouse | 1 |
| The Learning Experience | 7 |
| Smart Quest Academy | 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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