BrightPath Manassas
A child day center in Manassas, Virginia 20110
8653 Sudley Road, Manassas, Virginia 20110. (571) 833-1499.
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The short answer
- 7 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 242026 the latest visit on record
- 142 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 Sep 24, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
7 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 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 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 31, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Behavior guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate, and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior and resolve conflicts.
“On 8/7/26, in the infant room, Staff #1 placed Child #2, three-years-old, in a crib with some balls while they mopped the floor. Child #2 began throwing balls out of the crib, Staff #1 was heard in a harsh loud tone telling the child to stop as the child was observed crying.”
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The following action or threat thereof is forbidden; roughly handling a child.
“On 8/18/26, Staff #1 was on the playground with the toddler class, Staff #1 was observed picking up Child #1,16-months-old, by one arm to bring them inside.”
Aug 12, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies
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Prior to employment the center is required to request a child abuse and neglect background check search from all states that a staff member has resided within the past five years.
“The record for Staff #3 contained documentation that they had lived outside of the state within the past five years. The record did not contain documentation of an out-of-state child abuse and neglect search request prior to employment. Staff #3 had been employed for nine days.”
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The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center.
“The immunization record for Child #3 was dated one month after the child’s first day of attendance.”
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Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment and prior to coming into contact with children.
“The record for Staff #3 did not contain documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening. Staff #3 had been employed for nine days.”
Apr 1, 2026: inspection2 deficiencies
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Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition.
“Evidence: The playground had an artificial grass covering that had large wrinkles throughout the play area posing a trip hazard. Near the doorway leading into the school there was a ? inch gap between the artificial grass and the border of the playground, small green pellets were observed in the gap and in the corner of the door leading into the school.”
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Centers licensed for the care of infants and toddlers shall provide a separate playground area for these children that has at least 25 square feet of unpaved surface per infant/toddler on the outdoor area at any one time.
“Evidence: The center did not have a separate playground area for the infants and toddlers.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 31, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Apr 1, 2026 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Oct 12, 2028.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 142 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 29 child care providers in the City of Manassas, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 12; this one had 7.
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 |
|---|---|
| BrightPath Manassas This child care provider | 7 |
| La Petite Academy - Dumfries Road | 61 |
| Alpha-Bet Preschool | 37 |
| Childtime Learning Center #1052 | 50 |
| Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church | 5 |
| The Merit School of Old Town Manassas | 9 |
| Grace Children’s Learning Center | 20 |
| The Merit School of Wellington (#20) | 12 |
| Georgetown South Child Development Center | 6 |
| St. Thomas United Methodist Church | 6 |
| The Gardner School of Manassas | 70 |
| NVFS Child Development Center | 17 |
| The Merit School of Manassas (#47) | 6 |
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.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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