Illuminate Montessori at Montclair
A child day center in Dumfries, Virginia 22025
3551 Waterway Drive, Dumfries, Virginia 22025. (571) 402-1888.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 162026 the latest visit on record
- 116 children, its capacity in the state’s list
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?
2 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 16, 2026.
4 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
4 deficiencies in 1 month of the last 36. Last cited Sep 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.
Sep 16, 2026: subsidy health and safety inspection4 deficiencies
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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.
“Child A, who had been attending for three weeks, did not have documentation of an immunization record on file.”
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Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain documentation of viewing proof of children’s identity and age.
“The record for Child A, who has been enrolled for three weeks did not contain documentation that the center had viewed proof of the child’s identity and age.”
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A written care plan is required for each child with a diagnosed food allergy, to include instructions from a physician regarding the food to which the child is allergic and the steps to be taken in the event of a suspected or confirmed allergic reaction.
“Child A, who has been enrolled for three weeks, has a diagnosed food allergy and did not have a written care plan in their file.”
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For each group of children, the center shall maintain a written record of daily attendance that documents the arrival and departure of each child in care as it occurs.
“There were five children present in the toddler room, but four were marked present on the attendance record.”
All 2 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 16, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jul 15, 2026 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Conditional license, expires Jan 22, 2027.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 1 month - 6 years 11 months.
- Capacity: 116 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 299 child care providers in Prince William County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 8; this one had 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Ms. Amra Rashid | 4 |
| Ms. Shreco Thompson | 23 |
| Proverbs Place Childcare & Learning Center | 33 |
| AlphaBest at Alexander Henderson Elementary | 0 |
| AlphaBEST at Montclair Elementary | 16 |
| Sarah Ndive | 2 |
| Colette Bonds-McLeod | 10 |
| Maria Roman | 21 |
| Nana Yaa Quashie-Idun | Not given |
| Illuminate Montessori at Montclair This child care provider | 4 |
| Fahima Sapai | Not given |
| Wajahat Begum | 0 |
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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