Rock Spring Cooperative Preschool
A child day center in Arlington, Virginia 22207
5010 Little Falls Road, Arlington, Virginia 22207. (703) 625-0334.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 212026 the latest visit on record
- 55 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- 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.
- 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?
11 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 21, 2026.
4 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 7, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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A child care center must have a search of the central registry done for new staff within 30 days of employment.
“One staff is missing the Central registry check and has been employed since the beginning of the school year.”
Nov 1, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Whenever the center has agreed to administer prescribed medications, the administration shall be performed by a staff member or independent contractor who has satisfactorily completed a training program for this purpose.
“Written documentation of training for an emergency medication was not available for staff.”
May 3, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-510-I
“Based on the review of medications, the center failed to get the original prescription box for one medication. Evidence: One emergency medication is in the medication bag without the box and prescription label.”
Nov 13, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“Based on the review of 3 staff records, the center failed to get some of required background checks. Evidence: Two staff out of three records reviewd, Staff 2 and Staff 3 are missing the criminal records check for a state that is not part of NFF. Both staff have resided in the state within the last 5 years.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 7, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 8, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 1, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 3, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 13, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 13, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 7, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 30, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Nov 20, 2027.
- Ages: 1 year 6 months - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 55 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 0 complaint inspections on record.
- No complaint allegations published with findings.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations and Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who does the caring?
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t show a quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 157 child care providers in Arlington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 4.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Rock Spring Cooperative Preschool This child care provider | 4 |
| Arlington County-Madison | 2 |
| Ana Guerra | 2 |
| Children’s House Montessori School | 5 |
| Edna Squire | 14 |
| Early Years Preschool (Arlington CO) | 4 |
| Renu Kumar | 6 |
| The Children’s School Inc. | 75 |
| Cherrydale Baptist Church | 6 |
| Little Ambassadors’ Academy - Yorktown | 16 |
| Little Ambassadors’ Academy Cherrydale | 12 |
| Children’s Weekday Program | 1 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Virginia doesn’t grade how serious a violation is, so no severity is shown.
- Virginia publishes a complaint’s allegations and findings only when its inspection found a violation and the records are linked.
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- A plan of correction sent late, or not at all, isn’t online: Virginia says to ask the inspector.
- Virginia’s pages show about the last five years of inspections; for older ones, Virginia says to contact the licensing inspector.
- Virginia says this information may not be accurate, up to date or complete, and shouldn’t be the only source in choosing care.
Sources
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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