The Goddard School
A licensed child care center in Austin, Texas 78748
2111 Frate Barker Rd, Austin, Texas 78748. (512) 280-1713.
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The short answer
Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.
- 4 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Travis County: 3
- 4 rated High by Texas, its most serious level (needs attention)
- 12 inspections on record
- 3-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?
4 deficiencies cited in the last three years
The middle of the 624 child care providers in Travis County had 3.
12 inspections on record. The latest, on Aug 3, 2026: no violation found.
Rated High by Texas: AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited, at the report to the state on Mar 27, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment, at the report to the state on Mar 27, 2026
Rated High by Texas: Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling, at the report to the state on Mar 27, 2026
1 more rated High; all are listed below.
Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
Mar 27, 2026: report to the state4 deficiencies
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AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
“This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
“Based on the evidence gathered during the DFPS investigation, it was determined that children were made to do jumping jacks as a form of punishment.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling
“Based on the evidence gathered during the DFPS investigation, it was determined that a child sustained a fractured tibia due to being put down on the floor roughly by a caregiver.”
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Prohibited Punishments - Withholding Active Play
“Based on the evidence gathered during the DFPS investigation, it was determined that active play was withheld from a child as a form of punishment.”
3 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 17, 2023: report to the state1 deficiency
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Responsibilities of Caregivers - Supervision of Children
“It was found during the investigation a caregiver was unaware a child was left in the restroom during transition time.”
Dec 5, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Space Requirements - Under 18 Months of Age Activity Area
“It was found during the inspection the operation had 24 infants in care and their permit only allows for 18. This was corrected at the inspection when I measured an additional infant room.”
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Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
“It was found during the inspection the operation had reduced ratio during naptime with an infant present.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 12, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 31, 2026 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Report to the state | 4 deficiencies cited |
| Aug 12, 2025 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Sep 13, 2024 | Inspection | No violation found |
| May 15, 2024 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Report to the state | No violation found |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 18, 2023 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Jan 17, 2023 | Report to the state | 1 deficiency cited |
| Dec 16, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Inspection | 2 deficiencies cited |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violation found |
Is it licensed?
- Licensed Center, permit issued Mar 24, 2010.
- Accepts state child care subsidies.
- Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
- Capacity: 168 children.
Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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: 3-Star (the middle of three levels).
Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 624 child care providers in Travis 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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Deficiencies, 3 years |
|---|---|
| The Goddard School This child care provider | 4 |
| Chisholm La Petite Academy | 6 |
| Cowan Crew | 0 |
| Parkside Community Montessori School | 0 |
| Sunshines in the Rain Licensed Child Care | 6 |
| The Pint-Size Playhouse | 0 |
| Green Monkey Daycare | 4 |
| Ms. Sam’s Daycare | 4 |
| Star Center Gymnastics | 2 |
| Cadets Childcare Inc. DBA Clubhouse Cadets @ Cowan Elementary | 1 |
| Happy Hearts Bilingual Learning Center | 4 |
| Primrose School of Shady Hollow | 0 |
| Kukumi | 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
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Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child care operations (bc5r-88dy).
Released Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026 and checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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