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Child care center · Wilmington, DE
TADPOLE ACADEMY LLC
A licensed child care center in Wilmington, 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: 1238 NORTH WALNUT STREET, Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: (302) 658-2141
Ages served: 6 weeks through 12 years.
Age group: Infant through School-Age
Licensed capacity: 54 children
OCCL license number: 336315
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)
- 0 visits where violations were cited (the state's file doesn't list visits where nothing was cited)
- 0 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.
The state's file lists no violations for license 336315 from November 12, 2021 to November 9, 2026. The file lists only visits where a rule was cited, so it doesn't show how often the program was visited.
Complaint investigations
All 3 complaint investigations in the state's file (which starts November 29, 2021), newest first, with the result and the state's summary as published.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed November 7, 2022 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary of this complaint may name a person, so we don't show it here. It's in the state's published file (see Sources).
Completed September 1, 2022 · Result: Unsubstantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
A complaint was received on August 8, 2022, regarding concerns about not following written policies or procedures. At the conclusion of an investigation conducted on August 10, 2022, this complaint is unsubstantiated. Screenshots show the center requesting negative Covid-19 test results be uploaded by Friday, August 5, 2022, for children to be re-admitted to the center on August 8, 2022. A timestamped screenshot shows Parent #1 submitted the documentation on August 6, 2022, so the children were not admitted to care on August 8, 2022.
Completed May 20, 2022 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On May 10, 2022, the Office of Child Care Licensing received a complaint regarding lack of supervision of children on the playground. At the conclusion of an investigation conducted on May 11, 2022, this complaint is substantiated with an additional concern. A large gate has been open while children are playing on the playground. At the time of this incident, staff were not appropriately spaced out on the playground, and three children, including toddlers, were playing directly next to the open gate. This gate opens to a city street. Additional concerns were both staff members present on the playground did not yet have DEEDS qualifications certificates allowing them to be alone with children; no staff knew exactly how many children were present because their statements did not match the attendance record; and the outdoor play area was only approved for use with the gate closed, however it was used without closing the gate.
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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.