BRANDYWINE CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOL, INC.

License #540377 · CLAYMONT, DE · Capacity 153

Lifetime deficiency profile

29 total deficiencies

Top rules cited at this facility

29 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 4 Child Files — Ensure all child files are complete. Child #10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18 need developmental plans in their files. Child #19 and #20 need date of enrollment on their emergency cards. Child #14 and #16 nee…
30U 4 Personnel Files — Ensure all staff files are complete. Send in 18 training hours for all staff except Staff #5. Staff #1 needs updated first aid and CPR cards, a PD plan, annual review of child abuse and neglect form. …
27U 2 Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision — Supervision of children is required at all times. A child ran out of the center building without a staff member present. Multiple different accounts were provided of this incident, a…
43U 2 Children's Attendance — Children must be signed in and out of classrooms as they move throughout the center. Two children were being moved to different rooms without documentation. Send one weeks' worth of attendance for…
57U 2 Equipment — All toddler classrooms for ones and twos need adequate materials in all areas, especially dramatic play, the kitchen set is taped shut, and more developmentally appropriate materials are needed.
49U 2 Indoor Space — The toilet in the pre-k room is broken, with low water pressure, toilet barely flushes.
45U 2 Hazardous Materials — Ensure radon is tested every 5 years. Send results to OCCL.
56U 2 Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments — Ensure all children have top and bottom covers. Check toddler and preschool rooms for top and bottom covers. Send a picture to OCCL of cots set up in room 104 and roo…
41U 1 Child Health Appraisal — Ensure all child files are complete. Child #1, #3 and #5 need updated health appraisals and immunization records
50U 1 Kitchen and Food Preparation — The thermometer in the one's room was in the freezer. Send a picture of the temperature in the fridge.

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