Scott County Public School Head Start-Duffield Early Head Start
A child day center in Duffield, Virginia 24244
659 Duff Patt Highway, Duffield, Virginia 24244. (276) 431-0141.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 302026 the latest visit on record
- 8 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 30, 2026.
7 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
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Sep 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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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.
Sep 30, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“1. Staff shall wash hands with soap and running water before and after a diaper change. Staff #1 did not wash hands before and after changing children’s diapers. 2. Children’s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting, or any contact with bold, feces or urine. Staff #1 changed four children’s diapers and did not wash the child’s hands wit soap and water.”
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“The diapering surface shall be cleaned with soap and at least room temperature water and sanitized after each use. Staff #1 did not clean or sanitize the diapering surface after each use.”
Apr 16, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards.
“The resilient surfacing at the end of the slide on the playground had a hole at the bottom of it.”
Sep 24, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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Centers children three years of age or yonder may not be offered foods that are considered potential choking hazards.
“Tortilla chips were being served to children three years of age and younger during lunch.”
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Child’s records are required to contain documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity and age within 7 days of enrollment.
“The record for child #3 was missing documentation of viewing proof of the child’s identity an age. The child had been enrolled for over 1 month.”
Feb 7, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-540-C
“Based on observation, the center did not have all the required supplies in the first aid kit. Evidence: Their were no triangular bandages in the first aid kit.”
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8VAC20-780-540-E
“Based on observation and interview, the center did not have all the required nonmedical supplies. Evidence: The flashlight did not have the correct sized batteries for the flashlight, staff confirmed this.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 16, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Sep 24, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 2, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 25, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 19, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 27, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 3 years 11 months.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 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 8 child care providers in Scott County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| Scott County Public School Head Start -Duffield #1 and #2 | 3 |
| Scott County Public School Head Start-Duffield Early Head Start This child care provider | 7 |
| Scott County Public School Head Start-Shoemaker #1 and #2 | 3 |
| Scott County Public School Head Start-Nickelsville | 2 |
| Shoemaker Early Head Start 1 and 2 | 3 |
| Scott County Public School Head Start - Shoemaker #4 | 4 |
| Scott County Public School Head Start - Weber City | 2 |
| Scott County Public School Head Start - Weber City Early 1 & 2 | 3 |
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.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Virginia Department of Education. Virginia’s own record is on legacy.dss.virginia.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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