The Williams Preschool
A child day center in Norfolk, Virginia 23507
560 West Olney Road, Norfolk, Virginia 23507. (757) 627-1383.
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The short answer
- 10 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 222026 the latest visit on record
- 35 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?
6 inspections on record, the latest on Jul 22, 2026.
10 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
10 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Jan 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.
Jan 22, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening which shall be submitted at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children. There was no TB screening available for staff 1 who was caring for children during the inspection. Staff 1 has been employed for more than 30 days.”
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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. One prescription medication, for child 1, lacked any type of name label. Additionally the prescription label was not attached with dosing information and times to be given.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“Staff records shall contain all required elements. The record for staff 1 lacked documentation of completion of orientation training required by 8VAC20-780-240.”
Jul 23, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-140-A
“Each child shall have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician before the child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There is no documentation of a physical exam on file for child 2. Child 2 has been in care for more than 12 months.”
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8VAC20-780-550-H
“The center shall maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills for one year. The emergency log for the facility lacked documentation of a practice fire drill for June 2025.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall ensure that children’s records contain all required elements. The enrollment record for child 1 lacked the following required information: *Work phone number for each parent; *Name, address and telephone number of a second emergency contact; *Name and phone number of child’s physician; *Home phone number for one parent.”
Feb 12, 2025: inspection4 deficiencies
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Documentation of the required tuberculosis screening shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment and prior to coming into contact with children.
“The tuberculosis screening for staff 2 was completed 4 months prior to employment.”
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The Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course shall be completed within 90 calendar days of employment.
“Staff 1, who has been employed more than 90 days, has not completed the Virginia Department of Education-sponsored orientation course.”
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The following nonmedical emergency supplies shall be required: One working battery-operated radio in each building used by children.
“The battery-operated radio was not working during the inspection.”
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Staff records shall contain all required elements.
“There was no job title listed in the record for staff 1, 2, 3 and 4.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 22, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 7, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Feb 20, 2027.
- Ages: 3 years - 5 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 35 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?
- 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 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 143 child care providers in the City of Norfolk, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 10.
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 |
|---|---|
| First Presbyterian Church | 2 |
| YMCA School-Age Child Care @ Taylor Elementary | 8 |
| Ghent United Methodist Church | Not given |
| The Williams School Extended Day Program | 18 |
| West Ghent School | 6 |
| Ghent Montessori School | 16 |
| The Williams Preschool This child care provider | 10 |
| Building Blocks Preschool and Childcare Center | 18 |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads- Ghent Elementary | 21 |
| YMCA School-Age Child Care @ Suburban Park Elementary | 17 |
| YMCA School-Age Child Care @ Larrymore Elementary | 15 |
| YMCA School-Age Child Care @ Larchmont Elementary | 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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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