Basics Primary School and Day Care
A child day center in Chesapeake, Virginia 23320
1509 River Birch Run North, Chesapeake, Virginia 23320. (757) 424-0994.
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The short answer
- 4 deficiencies in the last three years
- Sep 182026 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?
21 inspections on record, the latest on Sep 18, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
4 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Aug 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Aug 4, 2025: inspection3 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 most recent violation notice and inspection summary from January 13, 2025, was not posted.”
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8VAC20-780-280-D
“Cleaning and sanitizing materials shall not be located above food, food equipment, utensils or single-service articles and shall be stored in areas physically separate from food. A bottle of disinfectant spray was beside food being served to children during lunch.”
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards and shall be under equipment with moving parts or climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles. The outdoor playground’s mulch was measuring approximately 2 to 3 inches in depth and the plastic lining under the mulch was exposed.”
Jan 14, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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22.1-289.057-A
“The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead. The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and/or the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan.”
Apr 25, 2023: inspection2 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-A
“Based on record review and interview, it was determined that the center did not ensure that all employees shall undergo a background check in accordance with subsection B every five years thereafter. Evidence: 1. In reviewing staff records, 3 of 4 staff records had expired background checks that expired April 16, 2023. 2. Staff #1, the owner and director, confirmed that 3 of the 4 staff members had expired background checks.”
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8VAC20-780-245-A
The inspectors’ words, 97 words
“Based on record review and interview, it was determined that the center did not ensure that staff shall complete annually a minimum of 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care. Evidence: 1. In review of all four staff members records, each staff member did not complete the annual 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care. 2. Staff #1, the owner and director, confirmed that all staff members did not have the required completion of annual 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care.”
Sep 22, 2022: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-780-60-A
“Based on record review and interview, it was determined that the center did not ensure that each child enrolled contain the work phone number of each parent who has custody. Evidence: 1. The record for Child #1 did not contain the work phone numbers listed for both the mother and father. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that the record for Child #1 did not contact the work phone numbers for both parents.”
Jun 21, 2022: inspection4 deficiencies
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8VAC20-780-280-B
The inspectors’ words, 96 words
“Based on observation, it was determined that the center did not ensure that hazardous substances such as cleaning materials be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Evidence: 1 The bathroom shared by both the 3 and 4 year old classroom has a bottle of disinfectant labeled, ?Lysol? and an aerosol can of disinfectant that has a warning labeling stating, ?Keep out of reach of children,? on a shelf not locked to prevent access by children. 2 Staff #1, the Director, confirmed the two cleaning materials were unlocked.”
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8VAC20-780-330-B
“Based on observation and interview, it was determined that the center did not ensure that where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing be under equipment with moving parts or climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles. Evidence 1) The fall zone for the slide and the swings on the playground have mulch that is displaced which exposes dirt to the landing areas. 2) Staff #1 confirmed the need for resilient surfacing to the playground.”
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8VAC20-780-330-F
“Based on observation and interview, it was determined that the center did not ensure that a shady area be provided on playgrounds during the months of June, July, and August. Evidence: 1) There was no observed shaded area on the playground during the inspection. 2) Staff #1 confirmed there is no shade on the playground.”
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8VAC20-780-550-G
“Based on observation and interview, it was determined that the center did not ensure that documentation be maintained of emergency evacuation. Evidence: 1) The last emergency evacuation drill documented was dated 11/21/2021. 2) Staff #1 was unable to locate the recent documentation of the emergency evacuations.”
All 21 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 4, 2025 | Inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jan 14, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Aug 9, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| May 17, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| May 17, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 7, 2023 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Apr 25, 2023 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Sep 22, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Sep 22, 2022 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Complaint inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 21, 2022 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
| Dec 6, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Day Center: Two Year license, expires Oct 3, 2026.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Ages: 2 years - 11 years.
- Capacity: 130 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 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 4.
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 |
|---|---|
| Basics Primary School and Day Care This child care provider | 4 |
| Greenbrier KinderCare | 27 |
| La Petite Academy #7134 | 26 |
| Greenbrier Christian Academy | 5 |
| Great Bridge Preschool | 17 |
| Tidewater Community Church | Not given |
| The YMCA of South Hampton Roads-Crestwood Elementary School | 23 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care-Greenbrier Primary School | 35 |
| YMCA School Age Child Care-Greenbrier Intermediate School | 20 |
| The YMCA Of South Hampton Roads-B. M. Williams | 32 |
| THE YMCA OF SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS ? GEORGETOWN PRIMARY | 12 |
| Montessori Academy of Virginia - Chesapeake | 9 |
| Right Start Early Childhood Center | 32 |
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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