KINDERCARE (LANCASTER PIKE)

License #378440 · HOCKESSIN, DE · Capacity 149

Lifetime deficiency profile

31 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

31 citations across this facility's inspection history. Top 10 below — click any rule to read the plain-English summary, evidence inspectors look for, and how to fix.

RuleTimes citedSample narrative
40U 5 Child Files — Ensure children's files are complete. Blood lead screening results for Child #1, #7, #18, and #20.
30U 5 Personnel Files — Ensure staff files are complete. OCCL Health and Safety training for Staff #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #12. Application/Data Sheet for Staff #3, #6, #7, #8, #10, #11. References for S…
56U 3 Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments — Ensure cots are labeled or posted cot chart. No cot chart or labeled cots in the Toddler A classroom, Preschool A, or Preschool B classroom.
74U 3 Lesson Plans — Ensure lesson plans are complete and posted. Infant A had lesson plans for May. Preschool B had an incomplete lesson plan posted with no food/healthy habits.
8U 2 License Renewal — Ensure application is completed and submitted 60 days before licenses expiration.
49U 2 Indoor Space — Ensure surfaces are in good repair and cleanable. Repair the cabinet under the sink in the hallway/school-age classroom. _Paint the windowsill in the discovery preschool classroom. -Replace ceiling t…
72U 2 Feeding of Infants — Obtain complete and monthly updated infant feeding statements. Forward for Child #14.
66U 2 Emergency Planning — Ensure evacuation routes are posted in infant classroom and Preschool rooms.
25U 1 Substitutes, Volunteers, and Contracted Special Services Persons — Ensure staff have been fingerprinted and determined eligible prior to starting at the facility. Staff #10 and Staff #11 have not been fingerprinted or …
50U 1 Kitchen and Food Preparation — Ensure refrigerators have thermometers. No thermometer in the Infant B classroom. -Corrected at visit. Ensure food is labeled with expiration dates.

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Source data as of May 11, 2026 · Retrieved by AccreditReady May 11, 2026 · Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing