Peter Pan Kindergarten & Day Care
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23701
609 City Park Ave., Portsmouth, Virginia 23701. (757) 488-2167.
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The short answer
- 16 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 62026 the latest visit on record
- 30 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?
17 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 6, 2026.
16 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
16 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 2026. 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.
Jan 16, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening. The documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment. The TB documentation for Staff #1 was not completed within 30 days of their employment. The TB documentation for Staff #2 was expired on the day of the inspection; the results had been expired for three days.”
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards. The mulch on multiple areas of the center’s playground was approximately one inch in depth, when the requirement is at least six inches.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Repeat Violation The following staff records shall be kept for each staff person: documentation that two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment. Both required references for Staff #1 were not checked before employment, which is required.”
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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. One of 22 children was not signed in on the daily attendance when the child arrived at the center.”
Jul 8, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. The records for Child #1 (enrolled for three months) and Child #2 (enrolled for 10 months) show that documentation of immunizations were not received before the children attended the center.”
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8VAC20-780-245-A
“Staff shall complete annually a minimum of 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care. The record for Staff #2 (employed for over a year) did not contain documentation that 16 hours of annual training was completed in 2024.”
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8VAC20-780-560-G
“When food is brought from home, the following shall apply: the food container shall be clearly dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner. Five water bottles in a four year old classroom and two water bottles in a three year old classroom were not labeled, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“The following staff records shall be kept for each staff person: documentation that two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment. The record for Staff #1 (employed for less than a month) did not contain all the required references.”
Jul 8, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-560-F
The inspectors’ words, 97 words
“When centers choose to provide meals or snacks, the following shall apply: Centers shall follow the most recent, age-appropriate nutritional requirements of the Child and Adult Care Food Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). On 7/3/25, the snack provided was cupcakes and ice-cream. All children were not given what was listed as snack on the menu or the nutritional components required for snack time. On the day of the inspection (7/8/25), children were served a snack other than what was listed for the day’s snack. However, the snack was not listed as a substitution.”
Jan 13, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.036-A
“The center must request repeat background checks every five years. The record for a listed officer of the center did not have a five year repeat criminal history search, central registry search, or sworn statement, which is required once each background check is expired.”
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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. The records for Child #1 and Child #2 (both enrolled for over two years) did not contain documentation of parents? confirmation that the required child records information is up to date.”
Aug 19, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Based on observation and interview the center did not ensure that resilient surfacing for playground equipment complies with required safety standards. Evidence: 1.The mulch on the playground was approximately two inches deep, when the requirement is at least six inches. 2. Administrative staff confirmed that the mulch was not compliant with the required safety standard of at least six inches.”
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8VAC20-780-560-G
“Based on observation and interview the center did not ensure that when food is brought from home the food container shall be clearly dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner. Evidence: 1. 15 out of 17 water bottles inspected were not dated and labeled to show who each water bottle belonged to. 2. Classroom staff confirmed that the water bottles were not labeled with the date and the children’s names.”
Feb 2, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on observation, the center failed to ensure that areas of the center shall be maintained in a safe condition.
“Evidence: 1. A sticky insect glue trap was observed in an unlocked cabinet in the preschool children’s bathroom.”
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Based on observation, the center failed to ensure that ground supports shall be covered with materials that protect children from injury.
“Evidence: 1. A metal ground support was protruding from the mulch in the circular area of the tricycle-on-a-track. 2. Two of the front area ground supports for the “bus” play structure were exposed.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to ensure that lockdown procedures shall be practiced at least annually.
“Evidence: 1. A lockdown practice drill was not conducted in 2023 according to the facility emergency practice drill. a. Administrative staff confirmed that a lockdown drill had not been conducted in 2023.”
Jan 19, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to obtain a copy of the results of a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
“Evidence: 1. Staff 1, hire date 08/01/2022, lacks the results of a central registry check from another state she has resided in within the past five years. 2. Administrative staff verified that a central registry check from another state had not been requested for staff 1.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 16, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 8, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 19, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 2, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 19, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 18, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 18, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 3, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 30 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.
- 1 complaint allegation published with Virginia’s findings, 1 of them found valid.
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.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2025 | Complaint | Allegation: Food service/Nutrition. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid. |
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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 16.
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 |
|---|---|
| Peter Pan Kindergarten & Day Care This child care provider | 16 |
| HRCAP Cavalier Manor | 8 |
| HRCAP Portsmouth Head Start | 8 |
| HRCAP JFK | 19 |
| Mary Almy | 50 |
| LaToya Wade | 4 |
| Ready-Set-Go Child Development Center | 5 |
| AlphaBEST @ Simonsdale Elementary | 49 |
| AlphaBEST @ Hodges Manor Elementary | 14 |
| AlphaBEST @ Lakeview Elementary | 35 |
| AlphaBEST @ Victory Elementary | 48 |
| Toddler Time Child Development Center | 6 |
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.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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