Brentwood Academy
A child day center in Alexandria, Virginia 22309
3725 Nalls Road, Alexandria, Virginia 22309. (703) 780-5750.
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The short answer
- 3 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 202026 the latest visit on record
- 85 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 Oct 20, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
3 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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.
Apr 14, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. The center did not implement a fire evacuation drill for February and March 2026.”
Mar 22, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-245-J
“Based on a review of staff records and medications and staff interview, there is not a staff member trained to administer a rectal medication. Evidence: Child #1 requires a rectal medication for seizures. Multiple staff have MAT training but there is no staff that has completed the MAT administration of Emergency Rectal Medications in Child Care Programs course.”
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8VAC20-780-510-I
“Based on a review of children medications, a child’s medication that needs to be administered in an emergency is not in the original container with the prescription label and the prescribers instruction pertaining to dosage, frequency and manner of administration. Evidence: Child # 2 has a medication to be administered in an emergency. The epi pen is stored without the original container with the prescription label and the prescribers instruction pertaining to dosage, frequency and manner of administration.”
May 17, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Based on observation, resilient surfacing is not in compliance with the minimum safety standards of 9 inches under every playground equipment. Evidence: There was not enough surfacing under and around the large climber in the center of the playground and the smaller climber on the far left side of the playground. The surfacing measured about 3-4 inches in certain areas.”
Sep 28, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-510-F
“Based on a review of medications, medication authorization for a child’s emergency medication has expired. Evidence: Child #1’s medication authorization for a emergency medication expired on 7/26/2022 and has not been renewed.”
Sep 28, 2022: complaint inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-350-B-1
“Based on observation, the staff to child ratio 1:4 for ages birth to 16 months was not followed whenever children were in care. Evidence: The Inspector arrived in the “Crawlers” room at 8:25 am. There was1 staff with 6 children, ages ranging from 9 months to 12 months old. This class continued to be out of ratio with 1 staff to 6 children until 9:00 am when the second staff arrived.”
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8VAC20-780-350-B-2
“Based on observation, the staff to child ratio 1:5 for ages 16 months up to 24 months was not followed whenever children were in care. Evidence: The Inspector arrived in the “Young Toddler” room at 8:15 am. There was1 staff with 8 children, ages starting at 16 months. This class continued to be out of ratio with 1 staff to 8 children until 8:30 am when the second staff arrived.”
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8VAC20-780-350-B-3
“Based on observation, the staff to child ratio 1:8 for ages 2 year old was not followed whenever children were in care. Evidence: The Inspector arrived in the “Two’s” room at 8:50 am. There was1 staff with 9 children, ages 2 years old. This class continued to be out of ratio with 1 staff to 9 children until 9:00 am when the second staff arrived.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 2, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 25, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 22, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 27, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 17, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 7, 2022 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 28, 2022 | Complaint inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 20, 2022 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jun 10, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 85 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?
- 5 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 3.
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 |
|---|---|
| Brentwood Academy This child care provider | 3 |
| Nicole Ferguson | 6 |
| Engleside Baptist Church | 0 |
| Aquinas Montessori School | 3 |
| SACC-Riverside | 8 |
| SACC at Washington Mill | 1 |
| SACC at Woodley Hills | 4 |
| Fauzia Zubair | 7 |
| Sunita Malvea | 7 |
| Elizabeth Tsamah | 9 |
| Dilshad Begum | 15 |
| Idalia Vigil Gomez | 12 |
| Cintia Alvarado | 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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