Primrose School at Ironbridge Corner
A child day center in Chester, Virginia 23831
11351 Iron Creek Road, Chester, Virginia 23831. (804) 751-0233.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 62026 the latest visit on record
- 185 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 Oct 6, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 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.
Apr 24, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-400-B
“Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts. Staff 1 is heard on video saying to Child 1 (age 3) “I’m going to break you.”, “Get off me”, “Get it together”, and “I’m going to be on the news for this”. Staff 2 stated that Staff 1 was harsh in tone.”
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8VAC20-780-400-C
“When time out is used as a behavior guidance technique: It shall be used sparingly and shall not exceed one minute for each year of the child’s age. Staff 1 is seen on video with Child 1 (age 3) in time out in the bathroom from approximately 4:51 p.m. to 5:01 p.m.”
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8VAC20-780-410-1
The inspectors’ words, 128 words
“The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: physical punishment, striking a child, roughly handling or shaking a child, restricting movement through binding or tying, forcing a child to assume an uncomfortable position, or exercise as punishment. On April 20, 2026, Staff 1 was seen on video roughly handling Child 1 (age 3). Staff 1 grabbed Child 1 by the ankles, by the arm, and by the shoulders and forced him to sit down on the bathroom floor. Staff 1 hit Child 1 in the head with a plastic basket and pushed the child away from her. Staff 1 hit Child 1 in the face, with a closed fist, causing his head to turn to the side. Staff 2 said Staff 1 was “being aggressive” with Child 1.”
Nov 17, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-245-J
“Staff members caring for any child for whom emergency medications have been prescribed must have the appropriate Medication Administration Training. Child A has an emergency seizure nasal spray medication on site, but there are no staff certified in Medication Administration Training -( MAT) Seizure Rescue Nasal Spray Course.”
All 10 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 23, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 3, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 24, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Nov 17, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 12, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 15, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Oct 19, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 185 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?
- 2 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 165 child care providers in Chesterfield County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Chester Child Development and Day Care Center, Inc. | 23 |
| Chester Family YMCA | 27 |
| Chester United Methodist Church | 5 |
| Chester Presbyterian Church | Not given |
| Chester Baptist Church | 1 |
| Childtime Childcare, Inc. - Old Lane | 35 |
| Ironbridge Baptist Church | Not given |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond - Curtis | 3 |
| Young Men’s Christian Association of Greater Richmond - Ecoff | 4 |
| Jade Aponte | Not given |
| Primrose School at Ironbridge Corner This child care provider | 4 |
| Massey Childcare Center | 4 |
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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