Montessori Children’s House, The Nest
A child day center in Lynchburg, Virginia 24501
1215 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501. (434) 616-4159.
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The short answer
- 6 deficiencies in the last three years
- Oct 62026 the latest visit on record
- 70 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?
9 inspections on record, the latest on Oct 6, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
6 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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.
Apr 13, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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When food is brought from home the food container shall be sealed and clearly dated and labeled in a way that identifies the owner.
“The bottle in the baby room did not have the current date.”
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Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all the following information.
“The record for Child #1 was missing a required component.”
Sep 23, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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The unenclosed climbing portion of slides and climbing equipment used by toddlers and preschool children shall not be more than seven feet high and must be located over resilient surfacing where outdoors, and shall not be more than five feet high where indoors.
“The outdoor toddler climbing unit was observed on the grassy part of the playground. The play unit was not located over resilient surfacing.”
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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.
“Prescribed medication for Child #1 did not include the child’s name, name of the medication, the dosage and amount and the time(s) to be given (prescription label).”
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The required first aid kits shall include an antiseptic cleansing solution/pads and triangular bandages.
“The first aid kits on both the first and seconds floors did not include antiseptic cleansing solution/pads and triangular bandages.”
Mar 4, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with the procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials standard F1292-99 as shown in Figures 2 (Compressed Loose Fill Synthetic Materials Depth Chart) on pages 6-7 of the National Program for Playground Safety’s “Selecting Playground Surface Materials: Selecting the Best Surface Material for Your Playground,” February 2004, and shall be under climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles.
“The climber (approximately 3 feet high) in the playground had three inches of resilient surfacing, and six inches are required.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 13, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 13, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 30, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 6, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 70 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 44 child care providers in the City of Lynchburg, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 6; this one had 6.
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 |
|---|---|
| Montessori Children’s House, The Nest This child care provider | 6 |
| Jubilee Family Development Center | 20 |
| Rhema’s “Gentle Care” Child Development Center | 28 |
| Faith Assembly Christian Center | 5 |
| Katherine Brown | 5 |
| Montessori Children’s House LLC | 3 |
| Prayer of Faith Temple | 16 |
| Change Me Ministries & Fellowship/Bright Hope, Inc. | 1 |
| Aslan Castle ELC | 13 |
| New Covenant Schools | Not given |
| Teachable Moments Preschool LLC | 36 |
| YMCA of Central Virginia-Little Scholars Academy | 13 |
| Christian Chapel | Not given |
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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