The Children’s Place
A child day center in Herndon, Virginia 20170
860 Dranesville Road, Herndon, Virginia 20170. (703) 437-8884.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 142026 the latest visit on record
- 65 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?
10 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 14, 2026.
6 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
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 2026.
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| 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.
Apr 2, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-240-A
“The Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course shall be completed within 90 calendar days of employment. Staff #1 has been employed 7 months and has not yet completed the Preservice Training (orientation course).”
Nov 18, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-4
The inspectors’ words, 108 words
“The center must submit prior to the first day of employment, a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff # 1 has been employed at the center for three weeks. Staff # 1’s record indicates that they have resided outside of Virginia in the last 5 years. A criminal record check request, a sex offender registry check, and a request of the child abuse and neglect registry was not submitted prior to the first day of employment.”
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8VAC20-780-520-A
“All over-the-counter skin products shall not be kept or used beyond the expiration date of the product. A diaper rash cream was found in the Infant classroom with an expiration date of 3/2024.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Complete staff records must be kept for each staff person. Staff # 2 has been employed at the center for two months and two weeks. Staff # 2’s record only had documentation of one of two required reference checks.”
Nov 20, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Repeat Violation Based on records review, the center did not obtain a tuberculosis (TB) screening for a new staff within 30 days prior to the first day of employment. Evidence: Staff # 1’s first day of employment was 8/22/23. Staff # 1’s TB screening was dated 9/8/23.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on records review, the center did not have documentation that proof of identity was viewed for each child enrolled. Evidence: 1. Child # 1’s first day of enrollment was 9/25/23. 2. Child # 2’s first day of enrollment was 5/22/23. 3. Proof of identity was not reviewed and documented for Child # 1 and Child # 2 to this date.”
May 15, 2023: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Based on records review, the center did not obtain a tuberculosis (TB) screening for a new staff within 30 days prior to the first day of employment. Evidence: Staff # 1’s first day of employment was 4/17/23. Staff # 1’s TB screening was dated 12/28/21.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Based on observation, equipment outside the center was not maintained in a safe condition. Evidence: The metal see saw on the playground has a pole in the center that is broken and rusty. The hole creates an injury hazard to the children.”
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8VAC20-780-520-B
“Based on observations, the full requirements for using sunscreens was not met. Evidence: Child # 1’s sunscreen was not labeled; and the center did not obtain written authorization for the sunscreen.”
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8VAC20-780-520-C
“Based on observation, requirements were not met for the use of diaper ointments. Evidence: Child # 2’s diaper cream was not labeled with the name; and the center did not obtain written authorization for the cream.”
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8VAC20-780-80-A
“Based on records review, the center did not maintain a complete written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs. Evidence: The written attendance for children in care did not document the departure of each child.”
Feb 23, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-340-D
The inspectors’ words, 94 words
“Based on records review and staff interview, there was not at least one staff member in each group of children who met the qualifications of a program lead. Evidence: 1. Staff # 1 stated that: a. Staff # 2 was the program lead for the Infant classroom; b. Staff # 3 was the program lead for the Toddler room; and c. Staff # 4 was the acting program lead for the Older Infant classroom. 2. None of the three classroom staff members have the educational qualifications to meet the requirements for a program lead.”
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8VAC20-780-40-E
The inspectors’ words, 128 words
“Based on records review and observation, the center did not ensure that its own policies were followed, as required by the standards. Evidence: 1. The center’s medication policy states that: a.”A medical authorization form must be filled out every time your child requires medication to be given to him or her while at the center”; b. “Medications are required to have labels with the name of your child and when to be administered; 3. The medication must be brought in it’s original container.” 2. Child #1 had emergency prescription medication on site. Written authorization from Child # 1’s parents was not obtained. 3. Child # 2 had an emergency prescription medication on site. The medication was not in it’s original packaging, and did not have the prescription label.”
Dec 13, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
The inspectors’ words, 97 words
“Based on observation, areas inside the center were not maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Evidence: 1. Peeling paint was found on the wall next to the cots in the pre-primary classroom; bathroom wall next to the toilet; and a small home with peeling paint was found on the wall next to the cots in the primary classroom. 2. Rust spots were found on the metal cover for the heating panel in the bathroom in the pre-primary bathroom. 3. One electric outlet plate was found to be loose on the wall in the primary classroom.”
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8VAC20-780-340-D
“Based on records review and staff interview, there was not at least one staff member in each group of children who met the qualifications of a program lead. Evidence: 1. Staff # 1 stated that Staff # 2 was the program lead for the Older Toddler’s classroom. 2. Staff # 2’s record only had documentation of high school equivalent education.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 2, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 7, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 1, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 18, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| May 31, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Nov 20, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 15, 2023 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Feb 23, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 13, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jun 15, 2027.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 65 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 1353 child care providers in Fairfax County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| The Children’s Place This child care provider | 6 |
| Fatemeh Batmanghelidj | 12 |
| Montessori Country School | 17 |
| Trinity Presbyterian Church | 0 |
| St. Timothy’s Pre-School | 1 |
| SACC at Dranesville | 14 |
| SACC at Herndon | 1 |
| Olga Alvarado | 6 |
| Herndon United Methodist Church Preschool | 8 |
| Chesterbrook Academy #816 | 76 |
| Any Svay | 4 |
| Therese Stroupe | 0 |
| Hilda Bustamante | 25 |
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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