Grow Early Learning-Cheriton Center
A child day center in Cheriton, Virginia 23316
22198 South Bayside Road, Cheriton, Virginia 23316. (757) 331-4897.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 92026 the latest visit on record
- 72 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 9, 2026.
8 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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2025. The last 3 years, to Oct 27, 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 |
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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 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
Sep 24, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The child day center obtain a copy of the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. According to the sworn disclosure statement signed by staff 3, staff 3 has lived in two states other than Virginia in the past five years. No background checks were obtained from those states.”
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“Disposable diapers shall be disposed in a leak-proof storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member’s hands nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. A staff member was observed disposing of a child’s soiled diaper by using her hands to open the lid of the diaper disposal system.”
Aug 25, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. There were pokeberry plants with berries, toxic to humans, growing through the fencing on the large outdoor playground.”
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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 a container of lotion and a container of hand sanitizer, both with warning labels, on a desk at the end of the central hallway.”
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8VAC20-780-340-A
“When staff are supervising children, they shall always ensure their care, protection, and guidance. Children, in a mixed age group of infants to three years, were observed eating food off the floor and reaching into and eating each other’s food without staff intervention or assistance.”
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8VAC20-780-350-B-1
“When infants are in care there shall be one staff person for every four children. There were ten children ages infant to three years in the infant classroom with only two staff until the inspector notified the coordinator that a third staff person was needed.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Repeat violation Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which contains the names, addresses, telephone numbers and employment information for each parent. The record provided for child 3 indicated N/A for the father with no additional information, however a father was documented on the birth certificate.”
Apr 30, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the name, address, employment and telephone numbers for the parents. The record for child 2 did not include the address, employment and telephone contact numbers for the father.”
Oct 4, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-240-D
“Based upon staff interview, the facility has not ensured that prior to working alone with children and within seven days of the first day of employment, staff are provided in writing the center’s written policy for the administration of medication. Evidence: Staff 1 was unable to provide the facility’s written medication policy that is provided to all stay when hired. Staff 1 confirmed that all staff were trained but was unable to provide a written medication policy document that is/was provided to staff.”
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8VAC20-780-40-E
“Based upon review of documents, the facility has not ensured that the operational responsibilities of the licensee have ensured that that services are maintained to be in compliance with the center’s own policies. Evidence: The center’s policy regarding the administration included in the medication administration notebook indicates that medication is to be administered only by staff who are trained to administer the medication (MAT). Documentation provided showed that on 6/7/2023 and 6/20/2023, medication was administered to child 3 by staff 4 and staff 5 neither of whom are MAT certified.”
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8VAC20-780-510-I
The inspectors’ words, 108 words
“Based upon review of records and staff interview, the facility has not ensured that medication is administered by a staff member who meets the required qualification of certification to administer medications - medication administration certification (MAT). Evidence: 1. According to medication administration documentation provide, albuterol was administered via an inhaler to child 3 by staff 4 on 6/20/2023. Staff 4 is not MAT certified. 2. According to medication administration documentation and staff interview, albuterol was administered via an inhaler to child 3 by staff 5 on 6/7/2023 and via a nebulizer on 6/20/2023. Staff 5 confirmed administering the mediation and that she does not currently have MAT certification.”
Aug 23, 2023: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-240-A
“Based upon review of five staff records, the facility has not ensured that new staff complete the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE)-sponsored orientation course within 90 calendar days of employment. Evidence: The facility was unable to provide documentation that staff 2, employed since 3/10/2023, had completed the required VDOE orientation course.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Based upon observation, the facility has not ensured that hazardous substances are kept in locked places using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Evidence: The door to the laundry room located in the main hallway was not locked. There were containers of laundry detergent, bleach, sanitizing wipes, stain remover and multi-surface cleanser, all with warning labels, stored in this closet.”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
The inspectors’ words, 102 words
“Based upon review of records and staff interview, the facility has not ensured that in each group of children, a written record of daily attendance documenting the arrival and departure of each in care as it occurs is maintained. Evidence: 1.The attendance record in the mixed age two year old classroom indicated three children in attendance. There were four children in care. Child 1 had not been added to the attendance sheet when she arrived. 2. Staff on duty in the mixed age two year old classroom acknowledged that child 1 had not been added to the attendance sheet when she arrived.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 3, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 4, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Sep 27, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Oct 5, 2027.
- Ages: Birth - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 72 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 27, 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 Oct 27, 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 10 child care providers in Northampton County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7.5; this one had 8.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 27, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Carleen Battle | 7 |
| Grow Early Learning-Cheriton Center This child care provider | 8 |
| Broadwater Academy Prekindergarten | 6 |
| Franktown United Methodist Church | Not given |
| Hare Valley Head Start | 10 |
| Ms. Francethia Upshur | 0 |
| Small Wonders Childcare Center | 11 |
| Cape Charles Christian School | 3 |
| Kathleen Edwards | 5 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care @ Kiptopeke Elementary | 57 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care @ Occohannock Elementary | 26 |
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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 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 27, 2026.
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