Seeds Academy
A child day center in Ashburn, Virginia 20147
20955 Professional Plaza, Suite 100, Ashburn, Virginia 20147. (571) 291-2811.
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The short answer
- 14 deficiencies in the last three years
- Jul 272026 the latest visit on record
- 52 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 Jul 27, 2026.
14 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
14 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Jul 27, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection2 deficiencies
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The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.
“Staff #4, who had been employed for seven days, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”
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Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment.
“Staff #4, who has been actively working at the center for the past seven days, did not have 1 of 2 completed reference verifications on file.”
Mar 11, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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The center must maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries in which the record must include any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury.
“The center’s minor injury record for child C did not include any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury.”
Jun 12, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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REPEAT VIOLATION Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing must comply with minimum safety standards and must be under and surrounding the equipment with climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles.
“The resilient surfacing under and around the playground equipment did not meet the minimum safety standards. The mulch measured less than two inches in depth and did not adequately cover the required fall zones beneath and surrounding climbing equipment. The mats used did not meet the minimum safety qualifications for resilient surfacing and were not large enough to cover the designated fall zones.”
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Cribs, cots, mats and beds used by children must have linens consisting of a top cover and a bottom cover or a one-piece covering which is open on three edges.
“Child A was laying on a cot with no top cover or bottom cover.”
May 6, 2025: inspection5 deficiencies
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The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.
“The gap between the top wood trim and sandbox base poses a head entrapment hazard and the climbing rope is a strangulation hazard.”
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REPEAT VIOLATION: Playground equipment with moving parts or climbing apparatus must have appropriate fall zones that encompass sufficient area to include the child’s trajectory in the event of a fall.
“The two-person glider on the outdoor playground and the swing do not meet the required minimum of six feet of unobstructed fall zone on all sides.”
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Ground supports must be covered with materials that protect children from injury.
“The support posts were installed without protective padding, barriers, or coverings at the base.”
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Swing seats shall be constructed with flexible material.
“The swing seat on the outdoor equipment was constructed with a hard plastic material.”
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Play equipment used by children must have no sharp points.
“The open sandbox area has rectangular wooden components along the top edge that have sharp edges and surfaces. The green metal brackets used to secure the wood have sharp edges and corners.”
Dec 12, 2024: inspection4 deficiencies
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Any child day program center that serves preschool-age children shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector.
“The center did not have a carbon monoxide detector installed in the building.”
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The center did not have a separate playground area of at least 25 square feet of unpaved surface per infant/toddler of outdoor area.
“The center did not provide a separate playground area for toddlers. The majority of the outdoor space is paved with concrete and there is not sufficient unpaved space for the capacity of infants/toddlers requested.”
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The playground area was not designed to protect children from hazards.
“On the outdoor play area, the majority of the space is paved/concrete. Five areas of the concrete had holes that create a tripping hazard. The playground contained three large rocks with sharp and uneven edges on all sides. The rocks varied in size, with measurements ranging up to three by two feet.”
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Playground equipment with climbing apparatus must have appropriate fall zones that encompass sufficient area to include the child’s trajectory in the event of a fall.
“The fall zones on the play area measured to be 4 feet to 4.5 feet when each piece of equipment required at least six feet of a fall zone.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Jul 27, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Mar 11, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 6, 2025 | Inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 10, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 12, 2024 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jun 30, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 52 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 304 child care providers in Loudoun County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 14.
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 |
|---|---|
| Seeds Academy This child care provider | 14 |
| La Petite Academy - Ashburn | 35 |
| AVSP Youth Program | 2 |
| Crossroads United Methodist Church | 5 |
| KinderCare Learning Centers at Golden Meadow | 24 |
| Ashburn Presbyterian Church | 4 |
| Little Learners Academy LLC | 8 |
| Montessori Academy at Belmont Greene | 18 |
| St. David’s Episcopal Church and School | 3 |
| KinderCare Learning Centers #301766 | 37 |
| Carolina Schwan | 10 |
| The Children’s Learning Laboratory | 10 |
| The Goddard School - Ashburn | 22 |
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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 5, 2026.
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