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Brandywine Childcare And Preschool, Inc.
Claymont, DE
· New Castle County
3301 GREEN STREET,
Claymont, DE 19703
Quick Facts
Capacity
153 children
Age range (listing information)
1 year through 12 years.
May not reflect the ages served today. Please confirm with the provider.
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
5
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Licensed Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
540377
Issued By
Delaware Department of Services For Children, Youth And Their Families
Licensor
District Office
State of Delaware, Office of Child Care Licensing
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About the Provider
BRANDYWINE CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOL, INC. is a Licensed Child Care Center in CLAYMONT DE, with a maximum capacity of 153 children. This child care center's listing gives an age range of 1 year through 12 years.; please confirm current ages with the provider. It is open Monday - Friday, 7:00 AM - 5:30 PM. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Additional Information:
Financial Arrangements: Child Care Food Program;Purchase of Care; Reported Injuries & Deaths: 2022: 3 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2023: 8 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2024: 4 facility injuries. No facility deaths reported.; 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.; 2021: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.;
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Regulation Code | Status |
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| 2025-06-03 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure staff files are complete. Orientation: Staff #2 OCCL Health and Safety Training: Staff #2, #7 References: Staff #1 (4), #2 (4), #6 (3) Declaration/Drug and Alcohol: Staff #2 Health Appraisal: Staff #1, #6 Eligibility: Staff #7 Service Letters proof: Staff #2, #3, #4 | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-03 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure Children's files are complete Health Appraisal: Child #1, #9, #15 Blood Lead Test Results: Child #1, #11, #12, #14, #15, #16. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2025-06-03 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure radon is tested every 5 years. Send results to OCCL. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-17 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all staff files are complete. Send in 18 training hours for all staff except Staff #5. Staff #1 needs updated first aid and CPR cards, a PD plan, annual review of child abuse and neglect form. Staff #2 needs a full file. Staff #3 needs a PD plan, and an annual review of child abuse and neglect form, Staff #3 needs a new background check, and #3 eligibility is expired. Staff #4 needs an annual review of child abuse and neglect form, Staff #5 needs updated first aid and CPR, administration of medication, PD Plan, and annual child abuse and neglect form. Staff #6 needs a PD plan and annual review of child abuse and neglect. Staff #7, #8, #9 need PD plan, annual review of child abuse and neglect forms Staff #11 and #12 need updated CPR/ First aid cards, admin of medication, PD plan, an annual review of abuse and neglect Staff #13 needs a full file. Staff #14 needs a PD plan, an annual review a child abuse and neglect form. Staff #15 needs an annual child abuse and neglec | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-17 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all child files are complete. Child #10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, and 18 need developmental plans in their files. Child #19 and #20 need date of enrollment on their emergency cards. Child #14 and #16 need MAR logs. Child #14 and Child #16 need MAR logs on file. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-17 | Non Compliance | 41U - Child Health Appraisal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all child files are complete. Child #1, #3 and #5 need updated health appraisals and immunization records | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-17 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: The toilet in the pre-k room is broken, with low water pressure, toilet barely flushes. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2024-06-17 | Non Compliance | 57U - Equipment | Completed |
| Corrective Action: All toddler classrooms for ones and twos need adequate materials in all areas, especially dramatic play, the kitchen set is taped shut, and more developmentally appropriate materials are needed. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-20 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Submit the following to complete staff files: OCCL health and safety training for staff #1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15. Submit a professional development plan for staff #5. References are needed for staff #2, 7. Job description for #7. Release of Employment #18, Health appraisal with TB for staff #2, Service letters for staff #2, 7, 18. Fingerprinting/eligibility for #6, 13, and 17 and elgibility for #10 and #14. Not determined annual training hours by 6/30/2023 for staff #6 and #8. Staff #10 needs 2 hours in health and safety topics. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-20 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Health appraisal is needed for child #9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. Immunization records needed for child #9, 13, 14, 15, 17 Blood lead test results fir #12, 13, 14 Developmental plans for child #2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12, 15. Medication permission for child #1, 11, 15. Submit these items to complete the children's files. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2023-06-20 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all children have top and bottom covers. Check toddler and preschool rooms for top and bottom covers. Send a picture to OCCL of cots set up in room 104 and room 108. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-10-14 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Supervision of children is required at all times. A child ran out of the center building without a staff member present. Multiple different accounts were provided of this incident, and it was not clear which staff were responsible for supervising this child. Develop a revised system for drop-off time within the center. Children must remain in a classroom and not in the hallway. Send signatures of staff confirming their understanding of this requirement. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-10-14 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Children must be signed in and out of classrooms as they move throughout the center. Two children were being moved to different rooms without documentation. Send one weeks' worth of attendance for all rooms. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 27U - Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A child was left unattended in the older 3's classroom after the class went down the hallway to the gym. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Facility Visit |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 30U - Personnel Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure all staff files are completed. Signed Professional development plans are needed for staff #: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16. Annual review of abuse and neglect is needed for staff # 1,2,4,7,11,12,13,15,16. Current CPR/First Aid Aid certifications will be needed for staff #: 1,3,4,6,7,8,13. Staff #1: Needs a full health appraisal only TB in the file. Staff # 7: Needs a completed orientation, job description, references, declaration and drug/alcohol prohibition, adult abuse registry check, health appraisal, and release of employment history/ service letters. Staff #12: needs an orientation and job description. Staff # 15: Needs an orientation, job description, references, declaration and drug alcohol prohibition, adult abuse registry check, and release of employment history/service letters. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 40U - Child Files | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Children's Files were missing the following items: Child #1: Lead blood screening and developmental plan. Child #2: Date of enrollment/ attendance and developmental plan. Child #3: Developmental plan. Child #4: Health appraisal and a developmental plan. Child #5: Date of enrollment, parents' signatures, lead blood test, and development plan. Child #6: Hours/days to attend, health appraisal, and developmental plan. Child #7: Developmental plan. Child #8: Health appraisal and development plan. Child #9: Hours/days to attend, updated health appraisal, and development plan. Child #10: Hours/days to attend, updated health appraisal, and development plan. Child #11: Updated health appraisal and development plan. Child # 12: Updated health appraisal and development plan. Child #13: Lead blood screening and development plan. Child # 14: Hours/days to attend and development plan. Child #15: updated Health appraisal, lead blood screening, and a developmental plan. Child 16: Updated health ap | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 43U - Children's Attendance | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure children are signed out of their classroom for special services. Send over one week's worth of attendance for all classrooms. Attendance documentation was received 8-15-22. Some days show unqualified staff alone for brief periods of time; this will be discussed and additional attendance will be requested. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 45U - Hazardous Materials | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Cleaners in the classrooms were not labeled. Ensure all rooms have both soap & water and bleach available in labeled bottles. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 49U - Indoor Space | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Indoor space items that needed to be corrected: One's Classroom: Remove white toy basket that is broken. Trash can for diapering must be foot operated. Send a picture. 3A & 3B: Ensure walls are cleanable/clean and in good repair. Holes in the walls need to be repaired and painted. Send pictures when complete. Younger 2's and Gym: Ensure all outlets are covered. School Age rooms: Remove broken toys and clean shelves that have a substantial amount of residue. Younger Twos' Room: Remove and replace the changing table- it is broken and unsafe to use. Gym: Staples from carpeting that was removed is exposed on a surface used for sitting. Repair/remove/or make inaccessible. Send a picture. Older 3's and Older 2's: Ensure all cubbies are labeled and items are not touching. Send pictures. All Classrooms: Sinks in the rooms and bathrooms were not supplying hot water. Verify when warm water is available. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 50U - Kitchen and Food Preparation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: The thermometer in the one's room was in the freezer. Send a picture of the temperature in the fridge. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 51U - Toilet Facilities | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Bathroom/Diapering items that need to be corrected: Vent in 3A classroom in not working. Ensure paper towels are available in all bathrooms. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 56U - Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Mats in all the classrooms need to be labeled if using a number system. Write numbers and ensure matching lists are complete and current. If any children are in the cribs or in the sleep equipment, they must be 18' apart. -Corrected at visit | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 57U - Equipment | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A sufficient amount of materials must be available in all classrooms. 3A: Classroom does not have enough materials for the number of children enrolled. One book was available and only a few blocks. Art materials and a variety of manipulatives are needed. Send receipts and/or pictures of additional items in the classroom. Younger 2's classroom needs more construction /blocks and manipulatives. Send a picture when additional items are in the classroom. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 58U - Sanitation | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the diapering mat is cleaned with soap & water and disinfectant between diaper changes. Confirm this has been discussed. Ensure staff washes their hands between diaper changes. Confirm this has been discussed. Diaper changing mats are damaged and torn in multiple classrooms. Replace one's, older two's, younger two's. Send receipt and/or picture. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 61U - Diapering and Soiled Clothing | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Foot activated diaper pail is needed in the ones room within 5 feet of the changing table. Send picture. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 65U - First Aid Kits | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Ensure the travel first aid kit includes all required items plus water and emergency numbers. It was missing bandage tape, gauze pads, gloves, scissors, thermometer, and tweezers. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 66U - Emergency Planning | Completed |
| Corrective Action: There needs to be enough emergency water for all the children and staff for 24 hours. 24 small bottles were available at the time of the visit. Send a picture when this is corrected. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 76U - Activity Schedule | Completed |
| Corrective Action: A daily schedule is needed in the school-age classroom. Include a sample lesson plan. Ensure all children have an outdoor play when weather permits. Send a schedule of how the playground is alloted between both centers in the building. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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| 2022-06-07 | Non Compliance | 8U - License Renewal | Completed |
| Corrective Action: Renewal needed 60 days prior to the license expiration. | |||
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Document |
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