The Cherub School
A child day center in Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111
3263 Old Church Road, Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111. (807) 770-7874.
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The short answer
- 19 deficiencies in the last three years
- Mar 122026 the latest visit on record
- 48 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?
8 inspections on record, the latest on Mar 12, 2026.
19 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
19 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Mar 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 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 |
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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 Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
Mar 12, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“Repeat Violation The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. C3, who had been attending for four days, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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8VAC20-780-420-E-3
“Staff shall request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the child’s record is up to date. Up-to-date information is required to be requested from the parent for each child’s record at least annually. The information in the record of C3 had not been updated in over 13 months which is overdue by 5 months.”
Sep 5, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. S2?s screening was completed 12 days late.”
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8VAC20-780-240-E
“Within 30 days of the first day of employment, staff must complete orientation training in first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Orientation documentation for S5 did not document this orientation training.”
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. The center did not complete a drill in August 2025.”
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8VAC20-780-550-P
“Repeat Violation The center shall maintain written records of children’s injuries that contain all of the required information. Injury reports dated 03/24/2025, 04/10/2025, and 04/14/2025 did not document the date and time of parental notification and how the parent was notified. Injury report dated 03/24/2025 did not document actions to prevent recurrence.”
Jan 23, 2025: inspection6 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-130-A
“The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. C4, attended the center for less than a month before the immunization record was received.”
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8VAC20-780-245-A
“Staff shall complete a minimum of 16 hours of training annually, appropriate to the age of children in care. S3 obtained 11 of the 16 required hours in 2023 - 2024.”
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8VAC20-780-270-C
“Inside areas occupied by children shall be maintained no lower than 68 degrees F. The temperature in the big room used for snacks and recreation occupied by children was 66 degrees.”
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8VAC20-780-550-P
“The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries that contains all the required information. Injury reports dated 09/16, 23, 26, and 30/2024 did not contain staff signatures.”
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8VAC20-780-560-G
“When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated. Multiple thermos and lunch boxes observed in the center were not dated.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment. S1 and S4, who has been actively working at the center since 2021, did not have any completed reference verifications on file.”
Jun 4, 2024: inspection7 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-140-B
“Based on child record review, the provider failed to assure the physical examination was conducted within the required 12 months prior to attendance for children two years of age through five. Evidence: The physical examination conducted 11/17/2022 for child, C3, age 3 years, enrolled 01/09/2024, was conducted more than 12 months prior to attendance.”
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Based on staff record review, the provider failed to ensure that three of five staff submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment or documentation completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment.
“Evidence: The record for S3, employed 08/25/2023 did not document a tuberculosis (TB) screening within the required time frame. The screening was completed 09/20/2023. The record for S4, employed 01/22/2023 did not document a tuberculosis (TB) screening within the required time frame. The screening was completed 08/08/2023.”
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8VAC20-780-240-A
“Based on record review, the provider failed to ensure that staff shall complete the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course within 90 days of employment. Evidence: The record for S3, employed 08/25/2023 did not contained a certificate of completion of the Virginia Preservice Training. The record for S4, employed 01/22/2023 contained a certificate of completion of the Virginia Preservice Training dated 06/14/2023.”
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Based on staff record review, the provider failed to ensure that staff received orientation training in facility specific topics prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. Evidence: The center failed to provide orientation and training to S3, employed 08/25/2023 in sudden infant death syndrome, shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma.
“The center failed to provide orientation and training to S4, employed 01/22/2023 until 08/24/2023.”
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Based on interview, the provider failed to ensure the injury prevention procedures shall be updated at least annually based on documentation of injuries and a review of the activities and services.
“Evidence: S5 reported the review of the injury prevention procedures has not been completed.”
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8VAC20-780-550-G
“Based on review of emergency evacuation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown drills documentation, the provider failed to ensure the documentation contained the required information. Evidence: The emergency drill documentation dated September 2023 ? April 2024 did not document: the method used for notification of the drill; any special conditions simulated; the time it took to complete the drill; problems encountered, if any; and weather conditions for emergency drills only.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on review of children records, the provider did not ensure five of five children’s records contained the required information. Evidence: The records for children, C1, C2, C3, C4, and C5 did not document the previous child day care and schools attended by the children.”
Feb 1, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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Based on observation and interview, the center did not maintain all required first aid and emergency supplies in a first aid kit.
“Evidence: The licensing inspector could not locate the tweezers in the first aid kit. A member of management could not locate the tweezers during the inspection. The member of management stated ?She would pick up a new pair?.”
May 24, 2022: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on observation, the center did not ensure all hazardous substance such as cleaning material were kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevented access by children.
“Evidence: The licensing inspectors observed disinfecting wipes sitting on a table in the room where children were eating snack.”
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Based on observation, the center did not ensure tables were sanitized before and after each use for feeding.
“Evidence: The licensing inspectors observed staff wiping tables with disinfectant wipes after children ate their snacks. The department’s definition for sanitizing is “sanitized” means treated in such a way to remove bacteria and viruses from inanimate surfaces through using a disinfectant solution. The surface of the item is sprayed and allowed to air dry for a minimum of two minutes. Disinfectant wipes to do not meet the definition of sanitizing.”
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Based on observation and interview, the center did not each group of children had a written record of daily attendance that documented the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurred.
“Evidence: The licensing inspectors asked how daily attendance is documented. The director stated the children’s name tags are moved to a different column on a chart located on the door of the classroom when the children arrive in the mornings. The chart was mounted on the door and could not travel where the children were located.”
All 8 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 5, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Inspection | 7 violations cited |
| May 9, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 1, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 24, 2022 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Mar 30, 2028.
- Ages: 2 years 6 months - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 48 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 59 child care providers in Hanover County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 11; this one had 19.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 30, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| First Shiloh Baptist Church | 17 |
| Walnut Grove Baptist Church | 2 |
| Skipwith Academy At Pebble Creek (#24) | 13 |
| Childtime Learning Centers - Old Hickory | 19 |
| The Gingerbread Cottage Preschool, Inc. - Mechanicsville | 12 |
| Hanover Evangelical Friends Church | 5 |
| The Goddard School (Hanover Co) | 13 |
| The Cherub School This child care provider | 19 |
| Camp Hanover Inc. | 11 |
| The Nest School | 6 |
| First Steps Learning Center LLC | 33 |
| Oak Tree Christian Montessori LLC | 2 |
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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 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 Oct 30, 2026.
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