Northwood Montessori School

A licensed child care center in Houston, Texas 77014

14901 Welcome Ln, Houston, Texas 77014. (281) 444-9433.

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The short answer

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

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years Middle in Harris County: 4
0 rated High by Texas, its most serious level
5 inspections on record
Not rated Texas Rising Star rating

The last 24 months 5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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?

5 deficiencies cited in the last three years

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

5 inspections on record. The latest, on Jan 22, 2026: 1 deficiency cited.

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

When those deficiencies happened

5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. Most serious: Medium High. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.

5 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

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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 22, 2026: inspection1 deficiency

Education Outside of U.S.

“Two staff did not have translated education documentation showing the equivalency of a High School diploma.”

Rule 746.1111. Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 20, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 17, 2026.

Jan 29, 2025: inspection1 deficiency

Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal

“Fire inspection observed dated 1/25/2024.”

Rule 746.5101(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 28, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 21, 2025.

Jan 21, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“The center did not report the number of employees that left employment in 2024 by the required date of 1/15/25.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 24, 2025. Correction verified: Jan 29, 2025.

Feb 7, 2024: inspection1 deficiency

Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less

“During inspection there was less than 6 inches of mulch observed on the playgrounds.”

Rule 746.4907(a)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 21, 2024. Correction verified: Feb 26, 2024.

Jan 19, 2024: assessment1 deficiency

Report Number of Employees

“A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2023 by January 15, 2024, as required.”

Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 22, 2024. Correction verified: Jan 23, 2024.

11 deficiencies older than three years

Apr 1, 2022: assessment5 deficiencies

Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

“As of 4/1/22, verification of compliance has not been received. This deficiency is being re-cited. Please provide the required information by 4/8/22. Of the eight personnel records evaluated, two did not complete orientation to the child care center.”

Rule 746.1301(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2022.
Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s operational policies

“As of 4/1/22, verification of compliance has not been received. Please provide the required information by 4/8/22. Of the eight personnel records evaluated, two did not sign a statement showing a copy of the operational policies were received.”

Rule 746.901(6)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2022.
Required Personnel Records - Dates of Employment

“As of 4/1/22, verification of compliance has not been received. This deficiency is being re-cited. Of the eight personnel records evaluated, one lacked the staff’s hire date. Please provide the required information by 4/8/22.”

Rule 746.901(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2022.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

“As of 4/1/22, verification of compliance has not been received. This deficiency is being re-cited. Please provide the required information by 4/8/22. Of the eight personnel records evaluated, one lacked a notarized affidavit.”

Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2022.
Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s personnel policies

“As of 4/1/22, verification of compliance has not been received. This deficiency is being re-cited. Please provide the required information by 4/8/22. Of the eight personnel records evaluated, two did not sign a statement showing a copy of the personnel policies were received.”

Rule 746.901(6)(B). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 8, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2022.

Feb 18, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

Policies Comply with Rules

“The operational policies is lacking the following information: 1. Procedures for parental notifications 2. The promotion of outdoor and physical activities 3. Procedures for parents to discuss question and concerns with the director. 4. Vaccine policy for staff 5. Procedures for parents to visit the center without prior approval.”

Rule 746.201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2022.
Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Orientation

“Of the eight personnel records evaluated, two did not complete orientation to the child care center.”

Rule 746.1301(1)(A). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 11, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2022.
Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s operational policies

“Of the eight personnel records evaluated, two did not sign a statement showing a copy of the operational policies were received.”

Rule 746.901(6)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2022.
Required Personnel Records - Dates of Employment

“Of the eight personnel records evaluated, one lacked the staff’s hire date.”

Rule 746.901(1). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2022.
Required Personnel Records - Required Affidavit

“Of the eight personnel records evaluated, one lacked a notarized affidavit.”

Rule 746.901(4). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2022.
Required Personnel Records-signed dated statement that employee received child care center’s personnel policies

“Of the eight personnel records evaluated, two did not sign a statement showing a copy of the personnel policies were received.”

Rule 746.901(6)(B). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Mar 14, 2022. Correction verified: Apr 1, 2022.

All 8 visits on record

Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
Date	Visit	What the record says
Jan 22, 2026	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jan 29, 2025	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jan 21, 2025	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Feb 7, 2024	Inspection	1 deficiency cited
Jan 19, 2024	Assessment	1 deficiency cited
Feb 9, 2023	Inspection	No violation found
Apr 1, 2022	Assessment	5 deficiencies cited
Feb 18, 2022	Inspection	6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

Licensed Center, permit issued May 13, 1987.
Licensed for ages: Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
Capacity: 91 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.
0 reports to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .

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 2139 child care providers in Harris County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 4; this one had 5.

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

12 of the 2,139 in Harris County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
Place	Deficiencies, 3 years
Northwood Montessori School This child care provider	5
Klever Kids Learning Academy LLC	6
Ai Duc Nguyen	0
Donnata Evan Ford	11
Tam T Nguyen	24
Renee Marie Cooley-Walker	8
Xuan Thi Vu	0
Debra Katrice Rogers	Not given
Totally Kids	14
Tuong Nguyen	0
My First Steps Learning Academy 2	3
Van Tuyet Khuong	0
Home Sweet Home in Home Childcare Facility	29

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 Nov 5, 2026 and checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated daily. Creative Commons 1.0 Universal (Public Domain Dedication).
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).
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).
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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