Acton Academy Falls Church
A child day center in Falls Church, Virginia 22046
513 West Broad Street, Suite 110C, Falls Church, Virginia 22046. (202) 615-5552.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- May 142026 the latest visit on record
- 40 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?
13 inspections on record, the latest on May 14, 2026.
5 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
5 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited May 2026. 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.
May 14, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
“Staff #1, employed for more than a year, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from two state and no documentation of requesting a criminal history check from one state.”
May 12, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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The license and any other documents required by the Superintendent shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.
“The inspection summary and violation notice from12/03/2024 was not posted.”
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Staff and children’s records shall be treated confidentially.
“The supplemental page of the inspection from 05/28/2024 with confidential information regarding children was posted.”
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Records and reports on children and staff required by this chapter shall be maintained and made accessible.
“Children and records were not made accessible during the inspection. Staff #1 stated they did not have access to the records on the date of the inspection.”
Dec 3, 2024: inspection1 deficiency
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When food is brough from home, the following shall apply: the food container shall be sealed and clearly dated.
“14 of 14 lunch boxes brought from home, were not dated.”
Sep 6, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Based on a review of staff records, each staff member did not submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment. Evidence: Staff #1 (date of hire 8/29/2022) had a tuberculosis test dated 6/15/2022.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on a review of child files, the center did not keep a record of place of employment for each parent. Evidence: Child #1 did not have a place of employment listed for their parents.”
All 13 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 12, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| May 28, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 28, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 29, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 3, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 5, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 6, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jun 14, 2022 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Dec 15, 2026.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 3 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 40 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 19 child care providers in the City of Falls Church, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 5.
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 |
|---|---|
| Dulin United Methodist Cooperative Preschool | 14 |
| Falls Church Episcopal Church | 1 |
| St. Joseph’s Preschool | 13 |
| Communikids Preschool | 30 |
| Falls Church Preschool and Daycare | 2 |
| Kidstretch | 3 |
| Easter Seals Serving DC/MD/VA, Inc. | 15 |
| Dona Ann Ismail | 6 |
| Elena Maldonado | 19 |
| LEAD Day School LLC | 5 |
| Sellapperumage Shaw | 32 |
| Acton Academy Falls Church This child care provider | 5 |
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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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