The Covenant School
A child day center in Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
1000 Birdwood Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903. (434) 220-7319.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 242026 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?
9 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 24, 2026.
3 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 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Nov | Dec | ||||||||||
| 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 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Mar 24, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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Staff are to complete the VDOE sponsored online orientation course within 90 days of hire.
“Staff #4 and #7, who are working with children, have not yet completed this course which is overdue by 12 months. Staff #12 who is working with children, has not yet completed this course which is overdue by 3 months. Staff #13 who is working with children, has not yet completed this course which is overdue by 2 months.”
Nov 13, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Repeat violation
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Staff #1 updated screening was due 2 months ago. Staff #5 updated screening was 14 months ago. Staff #6 updated screening was due one month ago.The updated screenings have not yet been completed.”
May 27, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening.
“An updated TB screening was not obtained for Staff #1 and #5 and was overdue by seven months.”
May 25, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Repeat violation
“Based on review of five staff records, the program failed to ensure that the VDOE sponsored orientation course be completed within 90 days of employment. Evidence: 1. The first day of employment for Staff #4 was 01/30/2023. The certificate was not in the file. 2. The administrator confirmed that the training had not been completed.”
Dec 14, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on review of five staff records, the program failed to ensure that staff obtain and submit results of a follow-up tuberculosis (TB) screening every two years for four staff.
“Evidence: 1. The most recent TB screening for Staff #1 was 9/11/2019. 2. The most recent TB screening for Staff #2 was 8/17/2020. 3. The most recent TB screening for Staff #3 was 8/30/2019. 4. The most recent TB screening for Staff #5 was 9/22/2019.”
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Based on review of five staff records, the program failed to ensure that the VDOE sponsored orientation course be completed within 90 days of employment.
“Evidence: 1. The first day of employment for Staff #4 was 9/8/2022. The certificate was not in the file. 2. The administrator confirmed that the training had been started, but not completed.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 27, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 4, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 16, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 25, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 14, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 31, 2028.
- Ages: 4 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 120 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 30, 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 30, 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 40 child care providers in the City of Charlottesville, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 4.5; this one had 3.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| University Montessori School, Inc. | 18 |
| St. Mark Lutheran Church (ELCA) of Charlottesville, VA | 1 |
| Jacqueline Tyree | 2 |
| The Covenant School This child care provider | 3 |
| Montessori School of Charlottesville | 6 |
| Malcolm Cole Child Care Center | 19 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA Early Learning Center | 26 |
| Boar’s Head Outfitters | 32 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA, Inc at Charlottesville Early Learning Cen | 1 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA @ Jackson-Via Elementary | 2 |
| Tabitha Courtney | 1 |
| Piedmont Family YMCA @ Tall Oaks Elementary | 0 |
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 30, 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 30, 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 30, 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 30, 2026.
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