The Goddard School
A child day center in Lake Ridge, Virginia 22192
12405 Cape Cod Court, Lake Ridge, Virginia 22192. (703) 490-8553.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 162026 the latest visit on record
- 136 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?
16 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 16, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2025. 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.
Jun 2, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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Repeat Violation
“The center is required to request a child abuse and neglect central registry search by the date of employment from any state in which staff have resided in the preceding five years. At the time of inspection, the center had not submitted an out of state child abuse and neglect central registry search request for Staff #4 who has been employed for over four months and was working alone with children.”
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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.
“In the Pre-K room there was a spray bottle of bleach and odor spray stored on a lower shelf in a closet with the door open.”
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When food is brought from home, it shall be dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner.
“In the Infant room there were two bottles of milk that were not dated. In the Toddler II room there was one child’s food container that was not dated.”
Jun 20, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on record review, the center did not request a search of the child abuse and neglect central registry within 30 days of employment from any states in which staff have lived in the preceding five years.
“Evidence: Staff #1 (Date of Hire: 4/15/2024) has resided in the state of Florida within the last 5 years as documented on the Sworn Disclosure Statement dated 4/11/2024. There was no documentation of a Florida child abuse and neglect central registry search request for Staff #1 on file.”
Oct 27, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on record review, the center did not ensure that all staff submit to a fingerprint-based national criminal history background check prior to hire.
“Evidence: Staff #2 (Date of Hire: 5/13/2022) had fingerprinting results on file dated 5/23/2022.”
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Based on record review, the center did not ensure that all staff complete the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course within 90 calendar days of employment.
“Evidence: Staff #1 (Date of Hire: 8/26/15), Staff #2 (5/13/22), Staff #3 (Date of Hire: 1/16/14), and Staff #4 (Date of Hire: 6/13/22) did not have the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course, Preservice Training, completed within 90 calendar days of employment.”
All 16 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 21, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 14, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 2, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 5, 2025 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 10, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 27, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 20, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jul 23, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 136 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?
- 2 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 299 child care providers in Prince William County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| The Goddard School This child care provider | 4 |
| Lake Ridge Creative Preschool and Summer Camp | 8 |
| Christ Chapel Assembly of God | 7 |
| Lake Ridge Baptist Church | 4 |
| St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church | 1 |
| Cloverdale School | 2 |
| Learning Paths Academy at Occoquan (12) | 16 |
| Little Lambs | 17 |
| Ms. Alicia Quiroga | 2 |
| The Merit School Learning Center #21 | 16 |
| Sandeep Kaur | 5 |
| Maria Miller | 11 |
| Ms. Marcela Rodriguez-Camacho | 11 |
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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