The Sprout School at St. Andrews
A child day center in Richmond, Virginia 23220
224 South Cherry Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220. (804) 796-0968.
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The short answer
- 27 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jun 152026 the latest visit on record
- 54 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 Jun 15, 2026.
27 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
27 deficiencies in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jun 15, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-C
“At least every two years from the date of the initial screening or testing staff members and individuals from independent contractors shall obtain and submit the results of a follow-up tuberculosis screening. The record of staff #3 contained documentation of a tuberculosis screening that expired nine days ago. An updated tuberculosis screening has not been conducted.”
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A lower cabinet in the infant room has a broken top hinge causing the door to fall forward and open, posing a risk of hitting a child.”
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8VAC20-780-520-A
“All nonprescription drugs and over-the-counter skin products shall be used in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations. Nonprescription drugs and over-the-counter skin products shall not be kept or used beyond the expiration date of the product. The over-the-counter diaper cream for child #6, had an expiration date of 02/2026.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
The inspectors’ words, 146 words
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all required information. The record of child #1, enrolled for two months, did not contain written agreements between the parent and the center, and the work phone number of each parent who has custody. 2. The record of child #2, enrolled 14 days, did not contain the address for the two-emergency contact listed, and the work phone number of each parent who has custody. 3. The record of child #3, enrolled for 29 days, did not contain the work phone number of each parent who has custody. 4. The record of child #4, enrolled for two months, did not contain the phone number for one emergency contact. 5. The record of child #5, enrolled for two months, did not contain the phone number of one emergency contact.”
Dec 10, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-600-F
“Staff who work directly with children shall, in addition to preservice and orientation training, annually, attend at least 16 hours of training and staff development activities, to include the department’s health and safety update course. Staff #5, employed for nine years, did not have documentation of completing the annual health and safety update training for 2025. The most recent training was dated 11/06/2024.”
Dec 10, 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. The record of child #5 contained documentation of immunizations dated 18 days after the first day of attendance.”
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8VAC20-780-210-A-4-a
“Program leaders shall have fulfilled a high school program completion or the equivalent and have met one of the following experience and education requirements. The record of staff #3, identified as a program leader, contained documentation of six hours of training when 24 hours is required within six months of beginning work or within 30 days after being promoted or beginning work.”
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8VAC20-780-260-A
“Repeat The center shall provide the licensing representative with an annual fire inspection report from the appropriate fire official having jurisdiction. The most recent documentation of a fire inspection was dated 03/12/2024, exceeding the annual requirement.”
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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 the two-year-old classroom a cleaning material was stored in the bottom cabinet unlocked.”
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8VAC20-780-510-G
“Medication shall be labeled with the child’s name, the name of the medication, the dosage amount, and the time or times to be given. Prescription medication for child #2 did not have the original container or label. The medication was not labeled with the child’s name, the amount of dosage, and the time or times to be given.”
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8VAC20-780-510-L
“Medication, except for those prescriptions designated otherwise by written physician’s order, including refrigerated medication and staff’s personal medication, shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Medication for child #2 and child #5 were observed unlocked in a cabinet above the sink.”
Jun 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-260-A
“The center shall provide to the licensing representative an annual fire inspection report from the appropriate fire official having jurisdiction. The most recent fire inspection was conducted fifteen months ago, exceeding the annual requirement.”
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8VAC20-780-510-P
The inspectors’ words, 117 words
“Repeat When an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization. Medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days will be disposed of by the center by either dissolving the medication down the sink or flushing it down the toilet. 1. The medication authorization for child #1 expired over two months ago. The medication was still on site. 2. The medication authorization for child #6 expired over two months ago. The medication was still on site. 3. The medication authorization for child #7 expired over seven months ago. The medication was still on site.”
Jan 13, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-150-B
“Each child’s report of immunizations and physical shall be signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of a local health department. The record of child #2, contained documentation of immunizations and a physical that were not signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of a local health department.”
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Children’s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting and any contact with blood, feces, or urine. Staff #4 did not wash the hands of child #1 after being diapered.”
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8VAC20-780-500-B
“The diapering surface shall be cleaned with soap and at least room temperature water and sanitized after each use. After conducting a diaper change, staff #4 did not clean with soap and water and sanitized the diapering surface.”
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8VAC20-780-510-L
“Medication, except for those prescriptions designated otherwise by written physician’s order, including refrigerated medication and staff’s personal medication, shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. 1. Medication for child #5 and child #6 were kept in an unlocked box in the classroom cabinet. 2. An over-the-counter medication for staff was kept unlocked in the classroom cabinet.”
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8VAC20-780-510-P
The inspectors’ words, 94 words
“Repeat When an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization. Medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days will be disposed of by the center by either dissolving the medication down the sink or flushing it down the toilet. 1. The medication authorization for child #6, expired 12 weeks ago. The medication was still on site. 2. The medication on site for child #5, did not have an authorization form.”
Nov 25, 2024: inspection6 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-240-B
“Staff shall complete orientation training prior to the staff member working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. The record of staff #6, employed for two months, did not contain documentation of orientation training.”
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8VAC20-780-440-G
“Cribs shall be used for children under 12 months of age and for children over 12 months of age who are not developmentally ready to sleep on a cot or mat. Child #4, under 12 months in age, was observed sleeping on a mat on the floor.”
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8VAC20-780-510-P
The inspectors’ words, 94 words
“When an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization. Medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days will be disposed of by the center by either dissolving the medication down the sink or flushing it down the toilet. 1. The medication authorization for child #4, expired 27 days ago. The medication was on site. 2. The medication authorization for child #7, expired 55 days ago. The medication was on site.”
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8VAC20-780-540-E
“The center shall maintain one working, battery-operated flashlight on each floor of each building that is used by children. The director could not locate a flashlight on site at the center.”
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8VAC20-780-550-D
“The center shall implement a monthly practice evacuation drill. An evacuation drill was not conducted for the month of October 2024.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Staff records shall include documentation of the name, address, and telephone number of a person to be notified in an emergency which shall be kept at the center. The record of staff #1, staff #2, staff #3, staff #4, staff #5, staff #6, staff #7, staff #8, and staff #9 did not contain the address of the emergency contact.”
Jun 4, 2024: inspection3 deficiencies
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Based on review of nine staff records and interview, the center did not ensure one staff obtained a repeat background check every five years.
“Evidence: 1. The record for staff #3, employed 10/20/2016, contained the results of a central registry check dated 03/06/2019, exceeding the requirement to renew every five years. 2. The director stated a request to update the central registry had been submitted on 02/07/2024, however the results were not received and a follow-up to the status was not conducted until 05/17/2024.”
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Based on observation and interview, the center was not equipped with a carbon monoxide detector.
“Evidence: The director stated they did not have a carbon monoxide detector installed in the center.”
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Based on observation and interview, the center did not maintain one working, battery operated radio in each building used by children.
“Evidence: The center had a radio, however, the batteries in the radio did not work. The director stated she did not have additional batteries on site.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 4, 2024 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jan 14, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 months - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 54 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 84 child care providers in the City of Richmond, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 11; this one had 27.
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 |
|---|---|
| Ms Babs Nursery School | 40 |
| Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church | 35 |
| First Baptist Church | 0 |
| St. James’s Children’s Center | 37 |
| Heaven Sent Child Care | 22 |
| The Sprout School at St. Andrews This child care provider | 27 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond - Fox Elem | 9 |
| The Friends’ Association for Children | 15 |
| Tabernacle Baptist Church | 1 |
| Christian Tabernacle Baptist Church | 14 |
| St. Thomas’ Church | 0 |
| The Sabot School, Inc. | 13 |
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.
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 2, 2026.
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