Salem Christian School
A religious exempt child day center in Gum Spring, Virginia 23065
35 Church Lane, Gum Spring, Virginia 23065. (804) 556-6070.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 202026 the latest visit on record
- 40 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 20, 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 Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 20, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.031-B-3
“The center must establish and implement procedures for daily simple health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such screenings. The center does not have a procedure to conduct a daily simple health screening on school age children arriving at the after-school program.”
May 15, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-2
“Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment. Caregiver #1, who had been employed for one year and nine months, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
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22.1-289.035-B-4
“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #1, employed for one year and nine months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check, criminal history, and sex offender search from one state.”
May 15, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Based on a review of the parent handbook and interview, the center failed to provide a written disclosure to parents and guardians of the children in the center and the general public that includes information regarding the centers enrollment capacity and food services.
“Evidence: The parent handbook was reviewed. There was no information regarding enrollment capacity and food service.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to implement a procedure in which a daily health screening and exclusion of sick children by a person trained to perform such a screening is conducted daily.
“Evidence: There is no staff present from 7:30 AM, when the center opens, to 8:00 AM trained in daily simple health screening.”
Feb 3, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to establish and implement a procedure in which a daily health screening is conducted by a person trained to perform such a screening daily.
“Evidence: The administrator stated the center has a procedure to ensure a daily simple health check is conducted daily. However, no staff have received training.”
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Based on record review, the center failed to obtain fingerprint-based criminal history check determination letters prior to the first day of employment for one out of two staff records reviewed.
“Evidence; The record for staff 1 documents the hire date as 7/22/21. The fingerprint-based criminal history check determination letter is dated 8/2/21.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to obtain out of state sex offender registry search and a search of child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry maintained by any other state in which a new staff has resided in the preceding five years for any founded complaint of child abuse or neglect against him/her prior to the first day of employment.
The inspectors’ words, 95 words
“Evidence: 1. The hire date for staff 2 is documented as 8/30/21. The sworn statement documents staff 2 lived out side the state of Virginia within the last five years. The record did not contain out of state sex offender registry search or a search of child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry maintained by any other state. 2. The administrator verified the center did not obtain out of state sex offender registry search or a search of child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry maintained by any other state for staff 2.”
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Based on record review and interview, the center failed to have staff sign a sworn disclosure statement prior to the first day of employment and have a completed central registry record check by the end of the 30th day of employment.
“Evidence: The record for staff 1 documents the hire date as 7/22/21. The results of the central registry record check is dated 10/8/21.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 15, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 15, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Religious Exempt Child Day Center: Exempt from licensure, expires May 31, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 40 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?
- 0 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 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 15 child care providers in Louisa County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; 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 |
|---|---|
| Providence Presbyterian Church | 4 |
| Salem Christian School This child care provider | 5 |
| Bethany Christian Church | 3 |
| New Life Community Church | 1 |
| Zion United Methodist Church | 7 |
| Abundant Love Child Development Center | 7 |
| Ms. Phyllis Richardson-Holland | Not given |
| Ms. Elizabeth’s Daycare, LLC | 3 |
| Abundant Love Learning Center - Louisa | 33 |
| Louisa Park & Rec - Thomas Jefferson Elementary | 9 |
| Louisa Park & Rec - Jouett Elementary | 4 |
| Louisa Park & Rec - Trevillians Elementary | 5 |
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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