Apple Tree Learning Center #1006
A child day center in Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
163 Mt. Pleasant Road, Chesapeake, Virginia 23322. (757) 410-8532.
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The short answer
- 9 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 272026 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?
12 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 27, 2026.
9 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
9 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. 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.
Dec 15, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-E
“The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child #2 and child #4, under two years old has been in care for at least 10 months did not have additional immunizations in their record.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe and operable condition. The following maintenance and safety issues were observed: Approximately 4 large metal bolts around the play area perimeter were protruding causing a potential tripping hazard.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“REPEAT VIOLATION 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. There was a bottle of hand sanitizer on a shelf in the two-year-old room with the label ?keep out of reach of children? The bottle was accessible to children.”
May 21, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-600-F
“Staff shall annually attend at least 16 hours of training to include the department’s health and safety update course. The record for staff #1 and staff #2 did not have documentation of a completed updated 3 hour Virginia Pre-service health and safety training.”
May 21, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“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. There was an unlocked cabinet in the two-year-old room that had a can of air freshener with a ?keep out of reach of children? label and a roll of plastic trash bags, which could be a suffocation hazard. The items were accessible to children.”
May 9, 2024: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to ensure that required ratios are followed. Evidence:
“1. The name to face sheet shows that on May 1, 2024, for approximately 1 to 15 minutes Staff #1 was alone with as many as eleven children in care where two staff are required. 2. During telephone and in person interviews it was confirmed that the 2-year-old room had been out of ratio during the week of April 29, 2024. 3. Staff #2 confirmed that the ratio was that staff #1 was alone with as many as eleven children in care where two staff are required.”
Jan 18, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Based on observation the center failed to ensure that staff wash hands before diaper changes. Evidence: In the toddler room, Staff #2 did not wash her hand before changing the diaper of a child in care.”
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“Based on observation the center failed to ensure that staff dispose of diapers in such a way that neither the staff member’s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. Evidence: In the toddler room, Staff #2 used her hand to lift the lid of the foot operated trash can to dispose of a soiled dipper and other items used during diaper changing.”
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8VAC20-780-570-I
The inspectors’ words, 98 words
“Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that a one-day’s emergency supply of commercial formulas appropriate for children in care is maintained at the center. Evidence: 1 - There were two containers of Enfomil with expiration date stamps 1DEC2023. The date stamps were on the bottom of the boxes a. Written on the top of each box in black marker was the date 12/1/2023 2 - A single canister of Similac had a date stamp on the bottom of 1/1/2024. 3 - Staff #1 confirmed that the formulas had expired based on the date stamps.”
Jan 27, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“Based on record review the center failed to obtain all required out of state background checks. The information provided for staff record review for staff 1 did not contain any documentation that an out of state search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent was requested and obtained prior to employment. Staff 1 had a documented date of hire as October 25, 2021.”
All 12 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 21, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 9, 2024 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 18, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 11, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 11, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 27, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 7, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 120 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 121 child care providers in the City of Chesapeake, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| Apple Tree Learning Center #1006 This child care provider | 9 |
| KINDERCARE EDUCATION - GREAT BRIDGE | 17 |
| La Petite Academy #7135 | 15 |
| Just Beginning Day Care | 29 |
| Messiah United Methodist Church | Not given |
| Centerville Baptist Church | Not given |
| Great Bridge Presbyterian Church | Not given |
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS-BUTTS ROAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL | 48 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care-Cedar Road Elementary | 59 |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads--Great Bridge Intermediate | 36 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care at Southeastern Elementary | 44 |
| Great Bridge Freewill Baptist Church | 5 |
| The Goddard School (Chesapeake) | 1 |
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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