Creative Learners Academy
A child day center in Portsmouth, Virginia 23702
3200 & 3204 Victory Boulevard, Portsmouth, Virginia 23702. (757) 485-3589.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 272026 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?
17 inspections on record, the latest on May 27, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
8 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 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.
Dec 11, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“REPEAT VIOLATION Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. The children were sleeping in the preschool classroom without sufficient lighting, which prohibited adequate supervision.”
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8VAC20-780-340-F
“Children under 10 years of age always shall be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. The staff supervising was cleaning in another area of the classroom and did not have sight of all the children.”
Jun 3, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-E
“REPEAT VIOLATION The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child #1, under two years old has been in care for 9 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 an operable condition. The following maintenance issue was observed. The napping mat used for child #1 was ripped exposing the interior fabric.”
Dec 20, 2024: 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 #1, under two years old has been in care for 9 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 issues were observed: The eating area floor had a cracked tile and the infant and toddler room had various areas with peeling paint within reach of children.”
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8VAC20-780-340-D
“In each grouping of children at least one staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director shall be regularly present. Staff #1, who is qualified as an aide was supervising two infants alone in the classroom.”
Feb 7, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation and interview the center did not ensure there was a one-day’s emergency supply of disposable bottles, nipples, and commercial formulas appropriate for the children in care.
“Evidence: The center did not have emergency infant formula for the 4 infants that were in care.”
Feb 3, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based on observation the center did not ensure all areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside were maintained in a safe condition. Evidence: The wooden border surrounding the playground equipment had a section that was broken and splintered.”
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Based on observation the center did not ensure where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with the procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials standard F1292-99.
“Evidence: There was a Little Tykes plastic slide on the playground that did not have at least 6 feet of resilient surfacing on all sides including the fall zones of the slide.”
Oct 24, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based on observation the center did not ensure all areas and equipment of the center were maintained in a safe condition. Evidence: The gate to the kitchen was opened and there was an unlocked drawer containing sanitizing tablets.”
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8VAC20-780-340-C
“Based on observation and interview the center did not ensure all supervision requirements were met. Evidence: When the inspector arrived around or about 11:45am, there was only 1 staff member in the building with 4 children napping. There was not a second staff in the building or immediately available.”
Mar 28, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-340-C
“Based on observation and interview the center did not ensure all supervision requirements were met. Evidence: When the inspector arrived around or about 12pm, there was only 1 staff member in the building with 4 children napping. There was not a second staff in the building or immediately available.”
All 17 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 11, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 20, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 7, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 3, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 24, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 28, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 28, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 17, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years.
- Capacity: 72 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?
- 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 88 child care providers in the City of Portsmouth, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| Patricia Hardy | 6 |
| Angela Hines | 6 |
| Perfect Harmonies Childcare and Development | 42 |
| Creative Learners Academy This child care provider | 8 |
| Biltmore Baptist Church | Not given |
| Rising Stars Learning Center | 5 |
| La Petite Academy #7139 | 20 |
| Children’s Harbor - Olde Towne | 25 |
| Effingham Street Family YMCA | 32 |
| Terry Landy | 0 |
| Denise Godfrey | 7 |
| Mrs. Sheran Oliver | 12 |
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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