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Child care center · Wilmington, DE
CHRIST CHURCH EPISCOPAL PRESCHOOL
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: 505 E BUCK RD, Wilmington, DE 19807
Phone: (302) 472-0021
Ages served: 18 months through 5 years.
Age group: Toddler through Pre-School
Licensed capacity: 118 children
OCCL license number: 655261
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. 2025: 2 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.
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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)
- 3 violations cited on these visits
- 2 complaint investigations completed (No Evidence to Substantiate: 1; 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 4 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.
July 18, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 1, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, July 1, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. References needed for staff #5,9 ROE and service letters needed for staff #2,5,6 Service letters needed for staff #4 Staff #7,8 need fingerprinting
June 18, 2025 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Staff Qualifications
Regulation code 24U · Correct by August 28, 2025 · Correction status: Completed, August 18, 2025 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure the Administrator has Specialized Training. If the center serves infants or toddlers, a licensee shall ensure the Early Childhood Administrator has successfully completed 15-clock hours of accepted training in the infant or toddler development and curriculum.
June 3, 2024 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 1 violation
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 8, 2024 · Correction status: Completed, June 17, 2024 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs DEEDS certificate. Staff #4 needs Orientation, application or resume, Declaration, Drug and alcohol statement Staff #5 needs 1 hour of training Staff #6 needs the 7 hour OCCL Health and Safety training Staff #8 needs Job description, Adult Abuse registry, Health appraisal w/TB, Service letter. Staff #8 cannot sub until fingerprinting is redone. Staff #9 needs the 7 hour OCCL Health and Safety training
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
June 6, 2023 · Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 2 violations
Personnel Files
Regulation code 30U · Correct by July 7, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, July 13, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All staff files must be complete. 0Staff #1 needs an adult health appraisal and TB results. -Staff #2 needs CPR and first aid certification. -Staff #4 needs a professional development plan. -Staff #5 needs a professional development plan, and two additional training hours. -Staff #6 needs the 7-hour Health and Safety Training for Child Care Professionals, a professional development plan, and an annual review of abuse and neglect. -Staff #7 need a release of employment history form. -Staff #9 needs a full file. Scan and send all file elements.
Child Files
Regulation code 40U · Correct by July 7, 2023 · Correction status: Completed, June 26, 2023 · How the correction was shown (as published): Document
Licensing specialist's notes (as published)
All child files must be complete. -Updated health appraisals, immunization records, and blood lead screening results are needed for Child #11 and #12. -Lead blood screening results are needed for Child #2, #3, #12.
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.
Completed February 17, 2025 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
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 20, 2024 · Result: Substantiated
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
On July 29, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding improper discipline. An investigation began on August 19, 2024, and concluded on September 5, 2024. Based on interviews conducted and documents reviewed, this complaint is substantiated for improper discipline because staff stated they observed a staff member grab a child's arm. Additional concerns noted at the visit were that Staff #1 was re-hired after having been inactivated as an employee in August 2022 but did not complete a new criminal background check before re-starting employment. Secondly, center staff observed and were told by a child that a staff member had grabbed their arm, but a report was not made to the Child Abuse and Neglect Report Line. An additional concern noted was that the parent was not provided with a written incident report as required.
Older than 3 years (not counted in the summary above)
Completed August 31, 2022 · Result: No Evidence to Substantiate
Type (as published): OCCL Standards Complaint
The state's summary (as published)
A complaint was received on August 12, 2022, alleging for failure to respect children and their needs. An investigation was conducted on August 15, 2022. There is no evidence to substantiate the complaint because the staff accused of hugging, kissing, and cuddling children worked with children ages 12 to 18 months was informed that the center's policy does not allow kissing and only brief hugs may be offered when initiated by the child. OCCL regulations do not prohibit hugging, cuddling, or kissing. In regard to the staff accused of looking up children's skirts and sitting a child on his lap with a blanket over both their laps, there is no evidence to substantiate this complaint. The staff member's coworker stated she never saw any child sitting on anyone's lap and blankets were not present except during nap time.
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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.