Baylake Academy
A child day center in Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455
4300 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455. (757) 985-5440.
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The short answer
- 17 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 102026 the latest visit on record
- 140 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?
11 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 10, 2026.
17 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
17 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
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| 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.
Dec 15, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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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.”
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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.”
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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. In a bathroom on the first floor there was a spray can of disinfectant stored on an open shelf, an unlocked place.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
Jun 5, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
Oct 17, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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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.”
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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.”
Feb 12, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
Mar 22, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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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.”
Nov 21, 2021: inspection1 deficiency
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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.”
All 11 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jun 5, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Oct 17, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 12, 2024 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 22, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 21, 2021 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 21, 2021 | Inspection | 1 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.
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 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.
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 |
|---|---|
| Baylake Academy This child care provider | 17 |
| KinderCare Learning Center at Diamond Springs | 23 |
| Haygood United Methodist Church | 7 |
| Bayside Presbyterian Church | 6 |
| Bayside Baptist Church | 2 |
| Old Donation Episcopal Church | Not given |
| Armed Services YMCA of Hampton Roads | 8 |
| Forever Young Montessori School and Day Care | 30 |
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS-CAMP RED FEATHER | 25 |
| Mini Miracles Learning Center | 17 |
| Honeygrove Learning Academy | 5 |
| Ivy League Christian Academy | 4 |
| Children’s Palace Academy | 24 |
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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Replies
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