Creative Learning Center, Inc.
A child day center in Bristol, Virginia 24201
125 Sedgefield Street, Bristol, Virginia 24201. (276) 466-6490.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 272026 the latest visit on record
- 120 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 27, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 8, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-770-40-D-1-a
“The center is required to have each officer of the corporation and agent obtain a completed national criminal background check, a search of the central registry and a completed sworn statement whenever a new officer is appointed. Before the end of 30 days after the change. Board officers # 2-4 and agents # 1-2, new officer for ( ) months, did not have documentation of requesting a national criminal background check, a search of the central registry and a completed sworn statement .”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming in contact with the children. Staff #3 had no documentation and had been employed for two months.”
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Staff shall complete orientation training in subsection C of this section prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Staff # 3, 4 & 5, who are working with children, has not yet completed the orientation training which is over due by two months.
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8VAC20-780-70
“Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment. Staff # 4 & 5, who have been actively working at the center for the past 2 months, did not have any completed reference verifications on file.”
Oct 16, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-240-B
“Based on record review the center failed to ensure that staff shall complete orientation training prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Evidence: Staff # 3, 4, 6 (hire date 8/28/23) and staff # 5 & 7 (hire date 10/23) have not received orientation training.”
May 4, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“Based on an interview with the program director and a review of documents, the facility failed to ensure that all persons who indicate on a sworn statement having lived outside Virginia in the last five years. and who work alone with children, have completed all required background checks prior to employment. Evidence: 1. There was no out-of-state sex offender background check conducted for staff #3 prior to the hire date of 1/2022.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 8, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 6, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 16, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 4, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 4, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Oct 25, 2027.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 120 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 5, 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 14 child care providers in the City of Bristol, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 4.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| State Street United Methodist Church | 1 |
| Creative Learning Center, Inc. This child care provider | 4 |
| Girls Incorporated of Bristol | 9 |
| Boys & Girls Club of the Mountain Empire -Bristol, Virginia Unit | 24 |
| People Incorporated of Virginia-Bristol | 1 |
| North Bristol Baptist Church | 1 |
| APPLE Academy of Central Presbyterian Church | 1 |
| St. Anne Catholic School | 10 |
| Melissa Chapman | 12 |
| Lolita Smith | 2 |
| Children Inc. - Bristol | 12 |
| The Nurtury | 34 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026.
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