Primrose School of Arlington
A child day center in Arlington, Virginia 22201
2107 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 100, Arlington, Virginia 22201. (703) 565-9800.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 62026 the latest visit on record
- 184 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?
7 inspections on record, the latest on Aug 6, 2026.
7 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 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 |
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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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 6, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-40-E
The inspectors’ words, 182 words
“The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, and the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards. Staff did not follow the center’s own Employee Handbook for reporting any suspected child abuse and mistreatment to Child Protective Service and their School Leadership team. The center’s employee handbook states “ Employees are required to report any suspected child abuse or mistreatment of a child immediately to Child Protective Services or other agency as required by state law. The report should also be provided to a member of the School Leadership Team.? The handbook also states that employees are not to display behaviors of corporal punishment with the intention of modifying behavior and are prohibited from using profanity, abusive or threatening language. Staff #2 and #5 did not follow the center’s own policy on reporting any suspected child abuse or mistreatment of a child to Child Protective Service and school leadership team after witnessing staff #4 roughly handling and speaking to children using demeaning remarks.”
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8VAC20-780-410-1
The inspectors’ words, 172 words
“The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: roughly handling a child. The week of July 27, 2026, Staff #4 popped a few children #1, #2, and #3 (age 2 years) on their cheeks, mouths and head. She also flicked the children’s hands. She did not leave any marks, but staff said the children did cry. Staff #4 threw a tissue box at child # 2 because they were not listening. This was observed by staff # 2. The week of July 27, 2026, during a lock down drill, staff #4 tapped a few children on their heads because they were being too loud. Often staff #4 would grab the children’s shirts to get their attention. This was observed by staff #5. Staff #4 said she taps the children on their heads but not maliciously. She said, “me and the kids throw things in the classroom, I have thrown a tissue box once or twice, threw towards them but never maliciously”. She said she would tap them on their backs and butts.”
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8VAC20-780-410-6
“The following actions or threats thereof are forbidden: verbal remarks which are demeaning to the child. The week of July 27, 2026 staff #4 threatened to hit the children with her shoe. She would say, “ I will throw my shoe at you” to get their attention while she was holding her shoe. Staff # 1 overheard staff #4 say to a child ?if you take your shoe off again, I’m going to throw it in the trash?.”
Oct 2, 2025: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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The required ratio for children ages birth to 16 months is one staff per four children. Staff #1 and #2 in the infant room were observed supervising ten infants at 8:45 am. After reviewing the sign in sheets, staff #1 was out of ratio from 8:07 am until 8:15 am. Staff #1 and #2 were out of ratio from 8:41 am until 8:48 am when another staff came to assist.
“Staff #3 was observed at 8:45 in the toddler 1 room supervising 5 children, the youngest 13 months old. Staff #3 was out of ration from 8:33 am until 8:48 am when another staff came to assist.”
Aug 4, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-510-E
“The center did not follow the procedure for administering medication, including the written authorization from the parents to administer long term prescription. The medication authorization form dated 7/29/2025 for Child # 2 does not have written parental authorization.”
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8VAC20-780-510-I
“Prescription medication may be administered to the child identified on the prescription label in accordance with the prescriber’s instruction pertaining to dosage. Child # 3’s medication authorization form dated 3/21/2025 says to administer 0.1 mg of medication. The prescription label says to administer .15 mg of medication.”
May 15, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and when change of ownership, staff TB results must not be older than 30 days or an Allowable Variance must be requested. Staff #2, #4, #5, #6 and #7 had current TB results but were dated earlier than 30 days before the 3/1/2025 initial license was issued. An Allowable Variance was not requested.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 15, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| May 15, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Aug 31, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 184 children.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 1 complaint inspection on record.
- 1 complaint allegation published with Virginia’s findings, 1 of them found valid.
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 Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Date | What | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2025 | Complaint | Allegation: Staff Quantity. Virginia’s finding: Reported/Valid. |
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 157 child care providers in Arlington County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 7; this one had 7.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Primrose School of Arlington This child care provider | 7 |
| Faith Lutheran Church | 2 |
| Arlington Montessori House, Inc | 3 |
| Finding Dreams in Children | 30 |
| Early Steps Bilingual Pre-School | 18 |
| First Baptist Church of Clarendon Child Development Center | 37 |
| Shima Mohammad | 30 |
| The Merit School of Arlington (#69) | 8 |
| Nafisa Roksana | 0 |
| The Merit School of Clarendon (#76) | 23 |
| A Plus Kids Fun and Creative Learning Center LLC | 2 |
| Blue Bird Day School | 2 |
| Ladybug Academy Courthouse LLC | 9 |
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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 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 Oct 24, 2026.
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