Wise Scholars Great Bridge
A child day center in Chesapeake, Virginia 23322
304 Newberry Drive, Chesapeake, Virginia 23322. (757) 609-2818, ext. 2.
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The short answer
- 16 deficiencies in the last three years
- Apr 102026 the latest visit on record
- 130 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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Apr 10, 2026.
16 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
16 deficiencies in 3 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 |
Hover or focus a month to read it.
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 10, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection5 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Repeat Violation Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.In a two year old classroom, a disinfectant spray was stored in a high unlocked cabinet.”
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Repeat Violation Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards. 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. There were two pieces of playground equipment without resilient surfacing on a toddler playground. In addition, the fall zones of each piece of equipment were not at least six feet, as required.”
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8VAC20-780-550-P
“The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries and shall include all the required information. Five injury reports reviewed did not include all the information required to be on the reports.”
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8VAC20-780-560-F
“Repeat Violation When centers choose to provide meals or snacks, the following shall apply: menu listing foods to be served for meals and snacks during the current one-week period shall be dated. The menu for review on the day of the inspection was not dated, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-70
“The following staff records shall be kept for each staff person: documentation that two or more references as to character and reputation as well as competency were checked before employment. One reference for Staff #1 was not checked before employment, which is required.”
Dec 9, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-790-540-B-3
“The child’s record shall include all the required information. The records for Child #1, Child #2, and Child #3 did not include all information required to be in a child’s record.”
Dec 9, 2025: inspection7 deficiencies
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22.1-289.011-F
“The license and any other documents required by the Superintendent shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The inspection results of the most recent inspection were not posted, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-150-B
“Each immunization report shall be signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of a local health department. The immunization report for Child #3 was not signed by a physician, his designee, or an official of a local health department, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-160-A
“Each staff member and individual from an independent contractor shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening.The tuberculosis (TB) documentation shall have been completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment. The TB screenings for Staff #1 and Staff #2 were not completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment.”
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. In a school age classroom, a disinfectant spray was stored unlocked, on a bathroom sink that children use. The manufacturer’s label stated “keep out of reach of children.””
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8VAC20-780-500-A
“Children’s hands shall be washed with soap and running water or disposable wipes before and after eating meals or snacks. Seven children in a waddler classroom were observed transitioning to eat lunch, but did not wash their hands before eating, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-560-F
“When centers choose to provide meals or snacks, the following shall apply: menu listing foods to be served for meals and snacks during the current one-week period shall be dated. The menu for review on the day of the inspection was not dated, which is required.”
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all the required information. The records for Child #1, Child #2, and Child #3, and Child #4 did not contain all the required information.”
Sep 25, 2025: inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-270-A
“Areas and equipment of the center, outside, shall be maintained in a safe condition. There was a hole in the ground of the toddler outdoor play area, approximately 16 inches wide, four inches deep, posing a tripping hazard.”
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8VAC20-780-290-A-3
“Electrical outlets shall have protective covers that are of a size that cannot be swallowed by children. In a four to five year old classroom, two outlet covers were missing. In a waddler (12 to 16 months) classroom, there was one outlet cover missing.”
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standard (six inches). There were five pieces of outdoor equipment, requiring resilient surfacing; however, there was no resilient surfacing underneath or surrounding any of the equipment.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 5 violations cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 9, 2025 | Inspection | 7 violations cited |
| Sep 25, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Apr 19, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 130 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 121 child care providers in the City of Chesapeake, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 13; this one had 16.
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 |
|---|---|
| Wise Scholars Great Bridge This child care provider | 16 |
| KINDERCARE EDUCATION - GREAT BRIDGE | 17 |
| La Petite Academy #7135 | 15 |
| Just Beginning Day Care | 29 |
| Messiah United Methodist Church | Not given |
| Centerville Baptist Church | Not given |
| Great Bridge Presbyterian Church | Not given |
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS-BUTTS ROAD INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL | 48 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care-Cedar Road Elementary | 59 |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads--Great Bridge Intermediate | 36 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care at Southeastern Elementary | 44 |
| Great Bridge Freewill Baptist Church | 5 |
| The Goddard School (Chesapeake) | 1 |
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.
From the provider
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Replies
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Paid listing
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