Beginnings Academy of Learning, LLC
A child day center in Newport News, Virginia 23602
400 Sharon Drive, Newport News, Virginia 23602. (757) 369-0670.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 12026 the latest visit on record
- 99 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?
21 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 1, 2026.
5 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Oct 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | 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 | 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Oct 1, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
“A bag of potting mix displaying the warning label, ?Keep out of reach of children,? was found open and stored on the floor in the three- and four-year-old classroom, within reach of the children.”
Oct 1, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Cribs shall be used for children under 12 months of age and for children over 12 months of age who are not developmentally ready to sleep on a cot or mat.
“Child #3 under 12 months of age was on a cot in the Infant room during the inspection.”
Sep 16, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Area and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition.
“The handlebars of two the scooter bikes were missing on the playground area accessible to children during outdoor activity. A toy truck had multiple cracked areas with sharp points located on the playground accessible to the children in care during outdoor activity. The”
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Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
“A container of disinfectant and dish washing liquid with the warning labels, “keep out of reach of children,” were unlocked on the shelf in the kitchen area, the kitchen doors were unlocked and accessible to children in care.”
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A nonabsorbent surface for diapering or changing shall be used.
“The diapering surface in the infant room was observed torn in multiple areas.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 1, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 16, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 28, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 26, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 26, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jul 12, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 10, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires May 3, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 99 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 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 2, 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 82 child care providers in the City of Newport News, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9.5; this one had 5.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Warwick River Mennonite Church | 30 |
| Newport News Parks and Recreation-Youth Programs-Kiln Creek | 2 |
| First Baptist Church Denbigh Child Development Center andAcademy | 52 |
| HRCAP Robert Ayers | 15 |
| Reformation Lutheran Church | 3 |
| The Peninsula Pentecostals | 23 |
| Denbigh Baptist Church | 1 |
| Hampton Roads Academy | 25 |
| Beginnings Academy of Learning, LLC This child care provider | 5 |
| HRCAP Denbigh | 23 |
| First Discovery Academy | 1 |
| Los Pentecostales De La Peninsula Church | 24 |
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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 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 2, 2026.
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