Our Small World Children’s Center
A child day center in Mc Lean, Virginia 22101
1700 Great Falls Street, Mc Lean, Virginia 22101. (703) 893-3889.
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The short answer
- 11 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 182026 the latest visit on record
- 50 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 Aug 18, 2026.
11 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
11 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 10, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.011-F
“The license and any other documents required shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The findings from the most recent inspection, dated 2/21/2025, were not posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.”
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22.1-289.057-A
“The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead. The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan. The plan was to be implemented by January 1, 2025.”
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8VAC20-780-380-A
“A daily schedule was not posted.”
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8VAC20-780-560-F
“A menu listing foods to be served for meals and snacks during the current one-week period was not posted.”
Feb 21, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.057-A
“The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead. The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan. The plan was to be implemented by January 1, 2025.”
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“Repeat Violation: A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Staff #2 updated screening was due 6 months ago. The updated screenings have not yet been completed.”
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8VAC20-780-420-E-3
“Staff shall request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the child’s record is up to date. Up-to-date information is required to be requested from the parent for each child’s record at least annually. The information in the record of child #1 had not been updated in over 2 years and the information in the record for child # 2 had not been updated for over 1 year. The information in the record for child # 4 had not been updated for over 1 month.”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“For each group of children, the center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. At approximately 9:15 a.m. on 2/21/2025, there were 15 children present in the program none of the children were marked present on the attendance record.”
Sep 9, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“Based on a review of staff records, 1 staff does not have results from a tuberculosis screening at least every 2 years from the last test. Evidence: Staff #1 does not have a current tuberculos screening, the last test was dated 8/18/2022.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on a review of children records, 1 child’s record did not have documentation of the child’s physical and immunization record. Evidence: Child #1, date of enrollment 10/1/2022 did not have documentation of a physical and immunization record.”
May 8, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review, staff did not request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the child’s record is up to date.
“Evidence: Child 1’s record was last updated in 2021. Child 2 and Child 3’s record was last updated in 202.2”
Mar 1, 2023: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review, the center did not request in writing parent confirmation that the required information in the child’s record is up to date.
“Evidence: Child 1 and 2 did not have written confirmation of annual reviews that the information in their records are up to date.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Feb 21, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Sep 9, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 8, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 1, 2023 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 12, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Sep 6, 2028.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 50 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 11.
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 |
|---|---|
| The Brooksfield School | 3 |
| SACC at Kent Gardens | 2 |
| SACC at Churchill Road | 14 |
| SACC at Chesterbrook | 12 |
| SACC at Franklin Sherman | 7 |
| The Speech and Language Center of Northern Virginia | 18 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer | 1 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Our Small World Children’s Center This child care provider | 11 |
| Langley Children’s Center | 19 |
| Maliheh Shahrestani | 11 |
| Montessori School of McLean | 10 |
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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