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Child care center · Lewes, DE
BETHEL CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
A licensed child care center in Lewes, 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: 129 WEST 4TH STREET, Lewes, DE 19958
Phone: (302) 645-5732
Ages served: 2 years through 5 years.
Age group: Toddler through Pre-School
Licensed capacity: 70 children
OCCL license number: 495256
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. No facility injuries reported. 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)
- 3 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 6 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 4 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 10 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.
September 21, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Positive Behavior Management
Regulation code 20U · Correct by October 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, September 22, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff needs a reference letter.
Hazardous Materials
Regulation code 45U · Correct by October 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, September 21, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Label the bottles with routine cleaners in the two year old classroom.
September 17, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 15, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, September 23, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Emsure each staff member has one hour healthy and safety training annually. Provide OCCL with the training for each staff member
Lesson Plans
Regulation code 74U · Correct by September 22, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, September 23, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure lesson plans include weekly food exploration, health habits, science and music docmentation. Provide two weks lessonplans for each classroom
September 9, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by October 1, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, September 16, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete Child #1 needs a health appraisal w/immunizations and blood lead test results, and parents right to know. Child #5 needs a health appraisal and blood lead test results Child #8 needs blood lead test results Child #12 needs a health appraisal
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by September 9, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, September 9, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure children are signed in/out with exact hours of arrival and departure. This was corrected after the specialist review prior days attendance and one child was signed into his classroom.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
September 20, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 4 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 6, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, October 13, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete Staff #1 needs a job description, references (2), adult abuse registry check, release of employment and a service letter Staff #2 needs a job description, one reference, an adult abuse registry check and release of employment
Staff Attendance
Regulation code 36U · Correct by October 6, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, September 29, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff and children are signed into their classrooms w/ exact hours of arrival and departure. Please send one weeks attendance for the 3 year-old-classroom 14 children were present, only four were signed in. Two staff were present only one was signed in
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by October 6, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, September 26, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete Child #4 needs blood lead test results and parents right to know Child #5 needs blood lead test results Child #10 needs blood lead test results.
Children's Attendance
Regulation code 43U · Correct by October 6, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, October 9, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
One child and one staff member were signed out prior to departure. Exact hours of arrival and departure are required.
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.