Mount Landing Children’s Center
A child day center in Tappahannock, Virginia 22560
1413 Teakwood Drive, Suite F, Tappahannock, Virginia 22560. (804) 443-1060.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jun 242026 the latest visit on record
- 100 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?
12 inspections on record, the latest on Jun 24, 2026.
7 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jun 24, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A hole was located on the wall in the boys bathroom located in Classroom A, exposing plaster.”
Feb 17, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening.
“The updated TB screening for Staff #1 was overdue by 25 days.”
Apr 21, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-E
“The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child #2 has been attending the center for two years and seven months. The record for Child #2 contained one original immunization record from when the child first enrolled at the center at the age of four months.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. There was a hole approximately two inches in diameter on the wall in the school age bathroom.”
Dec 12, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the date of the previous screening. Staff #5?s TB screening has been overdue for more than three months.”
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8VAC20-780-550-H
“The center shall maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills for one year. The drill log did not document information for the evacuation drill completed in November 2024. Management stated the evacuation drill was completed but was not written down on the drill log.”
Jun 26, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation, the center did not ensure where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing complied with the minimum safety standards to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles.
The inspectors’ words, 98 words
“Evidence: 1. The climber with a slide located on the center’s preschool playground did not have the required amount of resilient surfacing in the fall zone at the end of the slide shut. There must be at least six inches of resilient surfacing throughout the fall zone. The fall zone at the slide had approximately 1 inch of pea gravel. Areas of compacted dirt were visible where pea gravel was lacking. 2. The director stated the landscaping timbers had to be removed from around the equipment making it difficult to maintain the pea gravel for the fall zone.”
Aug 18, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on review of five staff records and interview, the center failed to ensure a search of the central registry was completed for each staff by the end of the 30th day of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The record for Staff #1 (date of employment 2/22/22) documented a search of the central registry dated, 4/4/22 which is beyond 30 days of employment. 2. No additional information was provided.”
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Based on observation, the center did not ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, were maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.
“Evidence: The toilet in the Pre-K room had brown dirt build up stains on the back lower sides of the toilet.”
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Based on review of documentation and interview, the center failed to implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.
“Evidence: 1.The practice evacuations documented at the center, did not include an evacuation drill for May 2023. 2.During an interview, the center director acknowledged the drill was not conducted.”
Mar 20, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on record review, the center failed to ensure that program leaders shall meet all the required qualifications.
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff #1 did not have documentation to demonstrate how staff meet program leader qualifications. 2. A member of management confirmed that staff #1 did not have documentation on file to demonstrate program leader qualifications.”
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Based on a review of records and interview, the center did not ensure to develop written procedures for prevention of shaken baby syndrome or abusive head trauma including coping with crying babies, safe sleep practices and sudden infant death syndrome as required.
“Evidence: 1. The written procedures for prevention of shaken baby syndrome or abusive head trauma including coping with crying babies, safe sleep practices and sudden infant death syndrome were not observed. 2. Administration acknowledged that the center had not developed the written procedures.”
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Based on a review of children’s records, the center did not ensure that each record contains all required information.
“Evidence: 1. The records for child #1 (enrolled: 8/15/22) and child #3 (enrolled: 3/23/21) did not contain the name, address, and phone number for each custodial parent. 2. The record for child #1 (enrolled: 8/15/22) did not contain the work phone number and place of employment for each custodial parent. 3. The records for child #3 (enrolled: 3/23/21), child #4 (enrolled: 02/06/17), and child #5 (enrolled: 2/03/20) did not have documentation of annual updates.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 17, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Aug 18, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 17, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: Birth - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 100 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 6 child care providers in Essex County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7.5; this one had 7.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Gayle Dunn | 0 |
| Mount Landing Children’s Center This child care provider | 7 |
| Tender Care Children’s Center | 28 |
| Tappahannock Junior Academy | Not given |
| Mile High Kids and Community Development - Essex | 8 |
| Ephesus Baptist Church | 2 |
| Blossoms Childcare Center | 21 |
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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026.
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