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Child care center · Hockessin, DE
ST. MARY'S PRESCHOOL
A licensed child care center in Hockessin, Delaware, with its state inspection and complaint history from the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL).
Program details
Program type: Licensed child care center
Address: 7200 LANCASTER PIKE, Hockessin, DE 19707
Phone: (302) 239-7100
Ages served: 18 months through 5 years.
Age group: Toddler through Pre-School
Licensed capacity: 160 children
OCCL license number: 487722
Current enforcement action (as published): none listed in the state's file
Injuries reported to the state (as published): the state's file lists injuries in the last 5 years that needed medical or dental treatment. 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
View the official record on Delaware's child care search (search for the program's name).
Inspection history
Last 3 years (November 12, 2023 to November 12, 2026, when the state's files were last updated)
- 2 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 4 violations cited on these visits
- 0 complaint investigations completed
A violation means a licensing specialist found that a Delaware licensing rule wasn't met. The state gives the program a date to correct each one and records when it was corrected. Complaint results use the state's own terms, as published. Read the official record for details.
Visits with violations
All 3 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 7 violations in all. The state's file lists only visits where a rule was cited, so visits where nothing was cited are not shown. Each violation shows the state's short title for the rule, its regulation code, the date the state set for the fix and the correction status as published.
January 8, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Lesson Plans
Regulation code 74U · Correct by February 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, January 13, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure lesson plans are posted and completed. Rm #14, #11, #3, #2 need completed lesson plans.
Activity Schedule
Regulation code 76U · Correct by February 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, January 13, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure daily schedule is posted. Rm #14 needs posted schedule.
January 5, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
General Qualifications
Regulation code 28U · Correct by February 2, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, January 18, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Send the fingerprinting receipt for the new applicant.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by February 2, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, January 18, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All staff files must be complete. Send the health appraisal with TB for two staff members.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
January 20, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
General Qualifications
Regulation code 28U · Correct by February 17, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, April 6, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Send the updated fingerprinting receipt for two staff members.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by February 17, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, April 6, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All staff files must be complete. Send the current CPR/First Aid, annual child abuse and neglect, and complete Health and Safety training certificate for one staff member.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by February 17, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, February 27, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All staff files must be complete. Send the current health appraisal for one child. Send the documentation of the completed blood lead screening for six children.
The state's file lists no complaint investigations for this program from November 29, 2021 to November 10, 2026.
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Sources
- Licensed Child Care Providers and Facilities: program details, enforcement action and injuries report.
- Child Care Licensing Compliance Review Information: visits, violations, corrections and specialist notes.
- Child Care Licensing Complaint Reviews: complaint investigations, results and summaries.
All three are published by the Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing on data.delaware.gov as Public Domain and cover about the last five years. State files updated November 12, 2026. We show the state's text as published. Program details last checked October 21, 2026.