Primrose School of Yorktown
A child day center in Yorktown, Virginia 23692
427 Grafton Drive, Yorktown, Virginia 23692. (757) 570-4805.
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The short answer
- 8 deficiencies in the last three years
- Aug 132026 the latest visit on record
- 198 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 13, 2026.
8 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
8 deficiencies in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 5, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence. The record shall have all required information.
“The center was unable to provide a completed injury report for child #1 that included date and time when parents were notified; any future action to prevent recurrence of the injury; and staff and parent signatures or two staff signatures for 7/30/2026 injury. The report was not completed on the day of occurence.”
Jul 24, 2026: complaint inspection2 deficiencies
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The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards.
“Staff #1 did not follow the centers own policy that states “ Employees must use positive guidance and redirection as the the primary method of managing behavior. “”
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Behavioral guidance should be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts.
“During an attempt to manage the child’s behavior, Staff #1 used her fingers in a quick motion, to either tap or push child #1 on their forehead. Staff #1 acknowledged she should not have guided the child in that way.”
Jul 15, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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A child with a diagnosed food allergy shall not be served any food identified in the written care plan.
“During the inspection, Child #5 was served food that was on child’s written care plan.”
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Staff records should include all required documentation .
“The record for Staff #6 did not have documentation of completion of orientation. Staff #6 has been employed for a month.”
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For each group of children, the center should maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
“In classroom #5, there were 13 children present in the class and only 11 check in on the group attendance for the class.”
Mar 19, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-B-1
“The center is required to obtain a completed sworn statement prior to the employee’s first day of employment. The sworn statement for Staff #18, who is currently working did not have documentation in record of a completed sworn statement.”
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The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
The inspectors’ words, 116 words
“Staff #6 and Staff #12 record, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check and criminal record check for the states that lived in outside of VA in the past five years. Staff #11 and Staff #26 record, did not have documentation of requesting a sex offender check and Central registry check for the states that they lived in outside of VA in the past five years. Staff #11 lived in another additional state and did not have a criminal background check for 2nd state. Staff # 22 record, did not have documentation of requesting a sex offender check for the state that was lived in outside of VA in the past five years.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Mar 19, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jul 19, 2028.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 198 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?
- 3 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 31 child care providers in York County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 8.
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 |
|---|---|
| MarSal Inc. | 2 |
| York County-Yorktown Head Start | 1 |
| St. Luke’s United Methodist Church | 11 |
| Yorkminster Presbyterian Church | 1 |
| Peninsula Community Chapel | 0 |
| St. Mark Foundation | 0 |
| Right at School, LLC.-Grafton Bethel | 26 |
| Right at School, LLC-Yorktown | 29 |
| La Petite Academy, Inc.-7709 | 13 |
| Mitabahen Patel | Not given |
| Primrose School of Yorktown This child care provider | 8 |
| Victory Church | 17 |
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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