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Baylake Academy

A child day center in Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455

4300 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455. (757) 985-5440.

Virginia’s own record, on legacy.dss.virginia.gov

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The short answer

The last 24 months 17 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. Every month

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?

11 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 10, 2026.

17 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

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

17 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.

17 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

Dec 15, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
  • 22.1-289.011-F

    “The license and any other documents required by the Superintendent shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The inspection posted in the center was dated 10/17/25. However, the most recent inspection was conducted on 6/5/2025.”

    Rule 22.1-289.011-F.

  • 8VAC20-780-260-B

    “After the first license, annual approval from the health department shall be provided, or approvals of a plan of correction, for meeting requirements for food service. The health department inspection available for review was dated 2/22/2024 and therefore past due for annual update.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-260-B.

  • 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. In a bathroom on the first floor there was a spray can of disinfectant stored on an open shelf, an unlocked place.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

  • 8VAC20-780-440-J

    “Centers are required to have at least thirty inches of space between service sides of occupied cribs and other furniture where that space is the walkway for staff to gain access to any occupied crib. Two occupied cribs had approximately 16 ? 18 inches between them.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-440-J.

  • 8VAC20-780-500-B

    “The diapering surface shall be used only for diapering or cleaning children. In the two-year-old room gloves and wipes used to clean and sanitize the lunch tables were stored on top of the designated diaper changing surface.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-500-B.

  • 8VAC20-780-570-E

    “Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child’s name. 2 out of 16 infant bottles were not labeled with a name and date.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-570-E.

Jun 5, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-780-270-A

    “Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in safe condition. There is a safety gate blocking the direct egress to outside between the two’s and the toddler care spaces. There is one loose fitting crib sheet in the infant room, posing an entanglement hazard.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-330-B

    “Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards and shall be under equipment with moving parts or climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles. There is less than the required resilient surface under around and into the fall zone of climb and slide equipment on the outside play space. Additionally, children were observed climbing on playground equipment that did not have any resilient surface.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-330-B.

  • 8VAC20-780-450-A

    “During the designated rest period children shall have linens consisting of a top cover and a bottom cover or a one-piece covering which is open on three edges. In the toddler room there were 13 children napping without a top or bottom cover.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-450-A.

Oct 17, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-780-350-B-4

    “The staff-to-children ratios are required whenever children are in care for children 3 year s old up to school age eligible 1:10. There were 15 four year old children on the playground with one staff.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-350-B-4.

  • 8VAC20-780-440-J

    “There shall be at least Thirty inches of space between service sides of occupied cribs and other furniture where that space is the walkway for staff to gain access to any occupied crib. Multiple occupied cribs did not have 30 inches of space on the service side of those cribs.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-440-J.

Feb 12, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
  • 8VAC20-780-270-A

    “Based on observation the center failed to ensure that areas are maintained in safe and operable condition. Evidence: There are trip hazards throughout of the outside play area due the poured-in-place resilient surface separating in many areas. The separation are wide enough in some areas to allow for a child’s foot to become wedged in the gap which may lead to a child tripping.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-270-A.

  • 8VAC20-780-280-B

    “Based on observation the center failed to ensure that hazardous substances are kept in a locked place. Evidence: In the infant room there was a spray bottle on top of the paper towel dispenser, an unlocked place.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-280-B.

  • 8VAC20-780-500-A

    “Based on observation the center failed to ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running after contact with bodily fluids. Evidence: In the toddler room the staff wiped the runny noses two children in care without washing her hands between each nose wipe.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-500-A.

  • Based on observation the center failed to ensure that a nonabsorbent surface is used for diapering or changing younger than three years.

    “Evidence: In the two-year-old room, Child #1, a two-year-old, was changed while standing up in front of the toilet rather than on a diaper changing nonabsorbent surface.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-500-B.

  • 8VAC20-780-550-D

    “Based on documentation review the center failed to ensure that emergency evacuation drills are practiced monthly. Evidence: There was not documentation that an emergency evacuation drill was held during the month of January 2024.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-550-D.

  • 8VAC20-780-550-E

    “Based on documentation review the center failed to ensure that shelter in place procedures are practiced a minimum of twice per year. Evidence: Documentation provided during the inspection shows two shelter-in-place drills were completed from July 5, 2022, through January 5, 2025, where five would be required.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-550-E.

Mar 22, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
  • 8VAC20-780-330-B

    “Based on observation and interview the center failed to ensure that resilient surface is maintained as required. Evidence: 1 - The poured-in-place resilient surface has begun to separate creating cracks throughout the outside play areas. The cracks vary in width from approximately 1/4 inch up to approximately 4 inches wide. a. The cracks create a tripping hazard and b. negate the resilient surface effectiveness in the areas where they are present. 2 - The program director confirmed that the resilient surface has separated in areas throughout the outside playspace.”

    Rule 8VAC20-780-330-B.

Nov 21, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
  • 22.1-289-036-B-4

    “Based on record review and observation the center failed to obtain all required background checks to employment as required. Evidence: 1 - Staff 3 was present and providing direct care to children on November 23, 2021. However, there is not an out of state central registry background on file for staff 3. a. Staff 3 has a documented date of hire November 23, 2021. 2 - Staff 1 and 2 confirmed that the out of state central registry background check had not been received for staff 3.”

    Rule 22.1-289-036-B-4.

All 11 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Mar 10, 2026Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Dec 15, 2025Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Dec 15, 2025Inspection6 violations cited
Jun 5, 2025Inspection3 violations cited
Oct 17, 2024Inspection2 violations cited
Feb 12, 2024Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Feb 12, 2024Inspection6 violations cited
Mar 22, 2022Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Mar 22, 2022Inspection1 violation cited
Nov 21, 2021Subsidy health and safety inspectionNo violations cited
Nov 21, 2021Inspection1 violation cited

Is it licensed?

  • Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 6, 2028.
  • A current subsidy provider.
  • Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
  • Capacity: 140 children.
Source:

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.

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 194 child care providers in the City of Virginia Beach, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 10; this one had 17.
Source:

Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.

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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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.

From the provider

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Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

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