The Learning Experience Sterling
A child day center in Sterling, Virginia 20165
20881 Potomac View Road, Sterling, Virginia 20165. (703) 956-9645.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 162026 the latest visit on record
- 166 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?
6 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 16, 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 Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 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 |
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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Apr 23, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #3, enrolled for eleven months, was missing the work phone number of one parent who has custody. The record for Child #5, enrolled for ten months, was missing the work phone number of both parents who have custody.”
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8VAC20-790-600-D-1
“All staff who work directly with children shall have current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care. The training shall include an in-person competency demonstration. Staff #5’s certification in CPR had expired over one month ago.”
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8VAC20-790-600-D-2
“All staff who work directly with children shall have current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. Staff #5’s certification in first aid had expired over one month ago.”
Feb 27, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
The inspectors’ words, 100 words
“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record for Child #1, enrolled for four days, was missing the work phone number of one parent who has custody. The record for Child #2, enrolled for thirteen months, was missing the work phone number of one parent who has custody. The record for Child #3, enrolled for eleven months, was missing the work phone number of one parent who has custody. The record for Child #4, enrolled for fourteen months, only had one emergency contact.”
Jan 9, 2026: complaint inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-40-E
The inspectors’ words, 124 words
“The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities are maintained in compliance with the center’s own policies and procedures as required by the standards. The center did not follow their policy when they did not pick up a child from their elementary school after they had agreed to do so with the parent. The center did not update the attendance sheet on the bus and the driver did not inquire with the elementary school staff when the child was not brought to the pick-up area. The parent called the center to inform them that their child was not picked up from the school and the bus returned to the school to retrieve the child shortly after they originally left.”
Dec 19, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
“Hazardous substances must be in a locked place that prevents access by children. In the toddler’s classroom, the cleaning solution and sanitizing solution were in an unlocked cabinet, out of reach of children.”
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8VAC20-780-560-G
“When food is brought from home the food container must be clearly dated. A food pouch in the toddler’s classroom was not dated.”
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 23, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Jan 9, 2026 | Complaint inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Dec 19, 2025 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Jun 21, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 12 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 166 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?
- 1 complaint inspection 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 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| KinderCare Learning Center at Cascades | 1 |
| Zohra Qasimyar | 5 |
| Giuliana Grayson Deza | 1 |
| Galilee United Methodist Church | 2 |
| Shirin Davari | 19 |
| The Learning Village School | 2 |
| Jorge Giraldez | 9 |
| Maria Paz | 1 |
| KinderCare Learning Centers 302102 | 61 |
| Hilario Castillo | 41 |
| Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church | 0 |
| The Learning Experience Sterling This child care provider | 7 |
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.
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 5, 2026.
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