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Child care center · Seaford, DE
LITTLE SCHOLARS EARLY LEARNING CENTER
A licensed child care center in Seaford, 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: 315 HIGH STREET, Seaford, DE 19973
Phone: (302) 988-9257
Ages served: 2 years through Kindergarten.
Age group: Toddler through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 32 children
OCCL license number: 791886
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. 2026: 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)
- 5 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 20 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 5 visits with violations in the state's file (which starts November 12, 2021), newest first, with 20 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.
August 1, 2026 · Unannounced · 1 violation
License Renewal
Regulation code 8U · Correct by August 21, 2026 · Correction status: Completed
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure an annual renewal application is submitted 60 days prior to the license expiration.
July 6, 2026 · Unannounced · 1 violation
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by July 6, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 6, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
A licensee shall ensure that supervision and direct observation of children are provided at all times. This supervision occurs through the assignment of qualified staff members who are physically present and working with children. While maintaining the staff-to-child ratio, the maximum group size may be exceeded when there are 12 or fewer children in the center. During the first 90 minutes, toddlers may be cared for with older children. Upon arrival at 9:29 a.m., the door was answered by a staff member, who left the Pre-K classroom with one qualified staff member and 13 children, ages 2 to 5 years old. This was corrected when the toddlers were moved to another classroom with a qualified staff member.
July 1, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 7 violations
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by July 9, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, July 8, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure direct supervision is maintained at all times. During the visit, a child entered the two-year-old classroom. The class and the staff member were in the hallway at the bathrooms around the corner, approximately 35 feet away.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 4, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Two staff members need CPR/First Aid certification. Three staff members need to complete the orientation. Three staff members need reference letters. Two staff members need the adult abuse registry check results. One staff member needs an adult health appraisal on OCCL's form. One staff member needs a request-for-service letter completed.
Child Health Appraisal
Regulation code 41U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 4, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Two children need immunizations and blood lead screenings on file.
Indoor Space
Regulation code 49U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 4, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure surfaces are clean, bottles are labeled with contents, and air fresheners are not in use. The tables in the two-year-old and three-year-old classrooms have tape residue with debris, the three-year-old classroom bottles need to be labeled with contents, and all three classrooms had spray air freshener in them.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 4, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure gates are self-closing. Currently, the mechanism is not closing on its own.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 4, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the dipaer only can be foot-operated. The foot lever for the diaper only can is inoperable.
Lesson Plans
Regulation code 74U · Correct by July 17, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, August 4, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure lesson plans have the required social-emotional component. All three classrooms need a social-emotional component for lesson plans.
January 8, 2026 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 8 violations
Staffing
Regulation code 26U · Correct by January 30, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, February 12, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure that the day-to-day staff members' training is documented.
Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision
Regulation code 27U · Correct by January 8, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, January 8, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure supervision is provided at all times. A toddler in the classroom left through a hallway door to enter another room.
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by January 30, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, February 18, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. One staff member needs documentation of being trained in day-to-day operations, one staff member needs an annual review and initial abuse and neglect signature pages, orientation, OCCL health and safety training for childcare professionals, a job description, 3 references, employee declaration, and drug and alcohol statements signed, adult abuse registry check, release of employment with service letter attempts. One staff member needs OCL health and safety training for childcare professionals and a health appraisal with TB results.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by January 30, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, February 9, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete. Two children require physical examinations, immunizations, and blood lead screening results. All children need developmental plans.
Outdoor Area
Regulation code 53U · Correct by February 13, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, March 20, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure fall zones are adequate at the bottom of the slides and extend out six feet from the fall point. Provide mulch to the depth and circumference of the fall area.
Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments
Regulation code 56U · Correct by February 13, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, February 9, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Replace torn mats in the pre-school classroom
Equipment
Regulation code 57U · Correct by February 13, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, February 9, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the toddler classroom has science and music equipment for the children.
Diapering and Soiled Clothing
Regulation code 61U · Correct by January 8, 2026 · Correction status: Completed, January 8, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the child's and staff's hands are washed after diapering. After diapering A, a one-year-old, it was observed that the child's hands were not washed before returning to play.
November 19, 2025 · Unannounced · 3 violations
Breast Feeding
Regulation code 22U · Correct by December 15, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, January 8, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure child files are complete Child #1 needs a child health appraisal, immunizations shot records, and blood lead test results. Child #2 needs a health appraisal ad blood lead test results Child #3 needs blood lead test results Child 34 needs date of enrollment, hours to attend, a health appraisal, immunizations shot records and blood lead test results. Child #5 needs a health appraisal, immunization shot records and blood lead test results. Child #6 needs a health appraisal, immunizations shot records and blood lead test results
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by December 15, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, January 8, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
The state's notes for this violation may name a person, so we don't show them here. They're in the state's published file (see Sources).
Parents Right to Know
Regulation code 38U · Correction status: Completed, January 8, 2026 · How the correction was shown (as published): Facility Visit
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure to complete the Parents Right to Know form. Provide OCCL a copy
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.