Childrens Courtyard

A licensed child care center in Irving, Texas 75063

8909 Valley Ranch Pkwy W, Irving, Texas 75063. (972) 869-9908.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas Workforce Commission on Nov 2, 2026.

21 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Dallas County: 2
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
29 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 21 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. 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?

21 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 986 child care providers in Dallas County had 2.

29 inspections on record. The latest, on Sep 14, 2026: no violation found.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

21 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

21 deficiencies 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 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 Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Feb 9, 2026: assessment3 deficiencies

Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

“2 out of 10 children’s files reviewed still do not have current immunization records.”

Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“2 out of 3 infant files reviewed still do not have a current infant feeding plan.”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.
Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program

“8 out of 10 children’s records reviewed still do not have a current health statement.”

Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 23, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.

Jan 13, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

“3 out of 10 children’s files reviewed did not have current immunization records.”

Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“2 out of 3 infant files reviewed did not have a current infant feeding plan.”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.
Required Health Statement - Written, dated within past year, indicates child is physically able to participate in operation’s child-care program

“9 out of 10 children’s records reviewed did not have a current health statement.”

Rule 746.611(a)(1). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 9, 2026.

Oct 9, 2025: report to the state1 deficiency

Complying with Laws and Rules

“This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and violation was found. There was sufficient evidence to show that lock down drills and weather drills were being documented but not practiced.”

Rule 746.201(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Oct 29, 2025. Correction verified: Nov 12, 2025.

Jul 24, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

“3 out of 10 children’s records reviewed did not have current immunization records.”

Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 1, 2025.
Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days

“1 infant did not have a current infant feeding form on file within the past 30 days.”

Rule 746.2421(b). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 14, 2025. Correction verified: Aug 1, 2025.

Jan 6, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies

Immunization Records, Exceptions, and Exemptions Current

“2 out of 10 children’s records reviewed did not have current immunization records.”

Rule 746.613(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2025.
Documentation of Drills

“The operation did not document severe weather and lock down drills.”

Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 16, 2025.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“2 out of 10 children’s records reviewed did not have a health statement.”

Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 28, 2025.
Required Personnel Records- Meets Requirements

“2 out of 10 employee files reviewed did not have the education document.”

Rule 746.901(2). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2025.
Minimum Qualifications Child Care Center Employees and Caregivers - TB Exam

“2 out of 10 employee files reviewed did not have a TB test.”

Rule 746.1105(2). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2025.
Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985)

“2 out of 10 employee files reviewed did not have a notarized affidavit.”

Rule 746.1105(3). Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 20, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2025.

Jan 30, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Transportation training

“Two of the drivers at the operation did not have transportation training hours.”

Rule 746.1301(a)(7)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.
Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric CPR

“The director CPR and First Aid expired.”

Rule 746.1315(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 31, 2024.
Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

“The loose fill around the landing areas on the playground equipment was below six inches.”

Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.
Electronic Carbon Monoxide Detection Sys Connected to Alarm/Smoke Detection System

“The operation did not document monthly checks for the carbon monoxide detector.”

Rule 746.5537(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.
First Aid Kit - Incomplete Kit

“The transportation vehicles were missing items from the first aid kit: The vehicles were missing tweezers, a thermometer, and an antiseptic solution.”

Rule 746.4003(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.
Children’s Records - Immunizations

“Two out of ten children files had incomplete immunizations records.”

Rule 746.603(a)(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 13, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 13, 2024.

27 deficiencies older than three years

Aug 25, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The operation still has not obtain a current fire inspection.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 15, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2023.

Aug 11, 2023: inspection6 deficiencies

Employment Affidavit

“This standard was evaluated in regard to a previous citation. 2 out of 10 employee’s records reviewed did not have an affidavit.”

Rule HRC42.059. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2023.
Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion

“This standard was evaluated in regard to a previous citation. 1 employee out of 10 employee’s records reviewed did not have an education documentation on file.”

Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 6, 2023.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“This standard was evaluated in regard to a previous citation and a violation was found. The operation was observed and not clean. The floors and sink were still not clean.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2023.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“3 of the seats on the school age lunch table are broken. The plastic striping between the floor and the carpet was raised causing a tripping hazard.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2023.
Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Hazards Removed or Repaired

“On the older playground, the barrier around the playground equipment was cracked with a sharp edge. There were deep holes in the ground which could cause a tripping hazard. On the toddler playground, there is a valve covering that is not secure. The gate was not secured tightly with a large gap that children can get through.”

Rule 746.4751(c). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2023.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“This standard was evaluated in regard to a previous citation. 8 out of 10 children’s records reviewed did not have a current health statement.”

Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Sep 6, 2023. Correction verified: Sep 20, 2023.

Jul 28, 2023: assessment1 deficiency

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The operation does not have a current fire inspection.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 25, 2023.

Jul 21, 2023: inspection7 deficiencies

AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

“A caregiver was in the classroom caring for children and did not have an eligible background.”

Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Corrected during the inspection. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 21, 2023.
Required Immunizations

“2 out of 10 children’s records reviewed did not have current immunization records.”

Rule 746.613(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 11, 2023.
Employment Affidavit

“4 out of 10 employee’s records reviewed did not have an affidavit.”

Rule HRC42.059. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 11, 2023.
Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion

“2 out of 10 employee’s records reviewed did not have an education documentation on file.”

Rule 746.1107(2). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 11, 2023.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“This standard was evaluated in regard to a previous citation and a violation was found. The operation was observed and not clean. The floors and sink was not clean.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 11, 2023.
Documentation of Drills

“The operation did not document safety drills.”

Rule 746.5205(4). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 4, 2023.
Children’s Records - Health Statement

“8 out of 10 children’s records reviewed did not have a current health statement.”

Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 4, 2023. Correction verified: Aug 11, 2023.

May 14, 2023: report to the state4 deficiencies

Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

“This standard was evaluated regarding the investigation and a violation was found. It was found that a caregiver was yelling at the children in the preschool and school-age children classroom.”

Rule 746.2805(5). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2023.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and a violation was found. It was found that the operation’s ratio was not in compliance.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2023.
Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

“The operation was observed and not clean. The floors were not clean.”

Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2023.
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Employees’ Attendance

“This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and a violation was found. The director was not keeping her attendance.”

Rule 746.801(5). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 10, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2023.

Apr 21, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies

Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

“The annual fire inspection was not available for review.”

Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Aug 11, 2023. Correction verified: Jul 21, 2023.
Annual Sanitation Inspection

“The annual health inspection was not available for review.”

Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 23, 2023. Correction verified: May 30, 2023.
Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean

“There are holes in the wall, tears in the carpet, a broken restroom door and a broken wall outlet that pose a risk to children.”

Rule 746.3407(9). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 12, 2023. Correction verified: May 5, 2023.
Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

“A drill and hammer were accessible to children. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver put these things out of the reach of children.”

Rule 746.3701. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 21, 2023. Correction verified: May 5, 2023.

Apr 19, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency

Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

“This standard was evaluated in regard to an investigation and a minimum standard violation was found. Children were left in a restrictive device for more than 15 minutes.”

Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 16, 2023. Correction verified: May 30, 2023.

May 2, 2022: report to the state3 deficiencies

Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes

“Children are left in buggies longer than fiftteen minutes which is the maximum time frame a child may be in a restrictive device.”

Rule 746.2417(2)(B). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2022. Correction verified: May 19, 2022.
Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device

“Through observation, it was reviewed that children sleep in buggies. The buggie is an example of a restrictive device.”

Rule 746.2426. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2022. Correction verified: May 19, 2022.
Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

“Children’s class roster show that the classrooms have been out of ratio on multiple occasions.”

Rule 746.1601. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 5, 2022. Correction verified: May 19, 2022.

All 48 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Sep 14, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 2, 2026	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 9, 2026	Assessment	3 deficiencies cited
Jan 13, 2026	Inspection	3 deficiencies cited
Oct 23, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 9, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 9, 2025	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Jul 24, 2025	Inspection	2 deficiencies cited
Mar 10, 2025	Inspection	No violation found
Mar 6, 2025	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 6, 2025	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Oct 1, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 26, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
May 3, 2024	Inspection	No violation found
May 1, 2024	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 30, 2024	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Sep 20, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Aug 25, 2023	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Aug 11, 2023	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited
Jul 28, 2023	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Jul 21, 2023	Inspection	7 deficiencies cited
Jun 14, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
May 30, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
May 15, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
May 14, 2023	Report to the state	4 deficiencies cited
May 8, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 28, 2023	Report to the state	No violation found
Apr 21, 2023	Inspection	4 deficiencies cited
Apr 19, 2023	Report to the state	1 deficiency cited
Dec 8, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Dec 6, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Sep 9, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Sep 6, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Aug 9, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Jul 21, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 20, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Jul 7, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jul 5, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
May 19, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
May 4, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
May 2, 2022	Report to the state	3 deficiencies cited
Feb 23, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 14, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Feb 10, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Jan 7, 2022	Inspection	No violation found
Jan 5, 2022	Report to the state	No violation found
Dec 22, 2021	Inspection	No violation found
Oct 14, 2021	Report to the state	No violation found

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued Feb 22, 2002.
Accepts state child care subsidies.
Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 283 children.

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
16 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 31, 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 2, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

Among 986 child care providers in Dallas County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 21.

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 31, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 986 in Dallas County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Childrens Courtyard This child care provider	21
New Age Montessori	3
Jhansi Solasa	Not given
Bluebonnet Montessori	11
YMCA @ Canyon Ranch	2
Ibloom Montessori	12
The Children’s Courtyard	7
Kinderranch	12
Jyothi Yennam	23
Jung Sook Han	3
Lionheart Childrens Academy at Mcarthur Blvd	18
YMCA @ Landry Carrollton-Fb	0
YMCA @ Freeman Carrollton-Fb	4

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

Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Inspections and investigations (m5q4-3y3d).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Deficiencies (non-compliance data) (tqgd-mf4x).

Released Oct 31, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
Texas Workforce Commission, Subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star.

Released Nov 2, 2026 and checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.

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