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Child care center · Newark, DE
THE LEARNING EXPRESS
A licensed child care center in Newark, 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: 300 DARLING STREET, Newark, DE 19702
Phone: (302) 737-8990
Ages served: 2 years through 10 years.
Age group: Toddler through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 200 children
OCCL license number: 498512
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. 2024: 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
- 1 complaint investigation completed (Substantiated: 1)
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 5 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 11, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 10, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, October 1, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Submit service letter or 2 documented attempts for Staff #4 to OCCL.
September 19, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 violations
Insurance Coverage
Regulation code 16U · Correct by October 16, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, October 16, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Submit updated liability insurance.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 16, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, October 16, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs a DEEDS certificate and adult health appraisal. Staff #6 and 10 must be re-fingerprinted. Staff #9 needs their Health and Safety training. Staff #10 needs a DEEDS certificate, Administration of Medication training, and Health and Safety training. Staff #12 needs 2 documented attempts for the service letter.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by October 16, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, October 16, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Submit a full health appraisal with immunizations for Child #3 and 11.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
September 14, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by October 16, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, October 16, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure all staff files are complete. Staff #1 and #2 need an adult health appraisal with TB results. Staff #3 needs a DEEDS certificate. Staff #4 need their health and safety training and fingerprinting eligibility results. Staff #5 need their health and safety training.
Complaint investigations
The 1 complaint investigation in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Completed August 20, 2024 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On August 5, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding lack of supervision and not having proper security procedures for the entrance. An investigation was conducted on August 9, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for lack of supervision based on an interview conducted. Administrator #1 stated Child #1 was left alone in the office with no direct supervision. This complaint is substantiated for not having proper security procedures for the entrance based on an interview conducted noting there is an occasional issue of the door not latching properly when parents close it. Administrator #1 stated if it is closed properly, it locks automatically.
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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.