Five Star Center License
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Childrens Lighthouse Learning Center
Raleigh, NC
· Wake County
13401 LEESVILLE CHURCH RD,
Raleigh, NC 27617
Quick Facts
Capacity
191 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
5
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Contact Information
📞 (919) 744-1984
Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
92003448
License Holder
TK EDUCATION, INC.
License Issued
Jul 31, 2026
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
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About the Provider
CHILDRENS LIGHTHOUSE LEARNING CENTER is a Five Star Center License in RALEIGH NC, with a maximum capacity of 191 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-04-15 | Violation | 887 | .0606(g) |
| Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. Documentation for visually checking sleeping infants was not completed for 4/14/26. | |||
| 2026-04-15 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. Two children did not have a health assessment record in their file today. | |||
| 2025-11-18 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-07-29 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0725-316A |
| 2025-07-29 | Violation | 902 | G.S. 110-91(10) |
| Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. A staff member did not engage with a child in an appropriate manner when they staff member held a child on the ground by wrapping their legs over the child and holding their arms. | |||
| 2025-07-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-04-21 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0425-136L |
| 2025-04-21 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-04-21 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. This document was missing from 5 of the new staff files reviewed today. | |||
| 2025-04-21 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. This form was missing or expired in 4 of the staff files reviewed today. | |||
| 2025-01-23 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1224-130A |
| 2024-12-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1224-130A |
| 2024-12-10 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0624-006A |
| 2024-12-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-12-05 | Violation | 843 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(d) |
| A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. A child's epi-pen expired August 2024. | |||
| 2024-12-05 | Violation | 1882 | .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) |
| Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. One child's medication authorization form was not dated. | |||
| 2024-10-29 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0624-006A |
| 2024-09-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0624-006A |
| 2024-07-30 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0624-006A |
| 2024-06-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0624-006A |
| 2024-06-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0624-006A |
| 2024-06-07 | Violation | 301 | GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-d) |
| Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. On multiple occasions in May and June 2024, some classroom did not maintain required staff child ratios. | |||
| 2024-06-07 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Center management failed to record serious incidents involving children on the incident log. | |||
| 2024-06-07 | Violation | 902 | G.S. 110-91(10) |
| Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. A staff member lifted a child by one arm, grabbed a child causing a red mark on the child that lasted thirty (30) minutes, pushed a child, yelled at a child, stuck their fingernails in the child's foot, and restrained a child. Another staff member sprayed a child on the face with a water from a water hose and made a demeaning statement about the child in the presence of the child. | |||
| 2024-06-07 | Violation | 1952 | .0802(e) |
| A copy of the incident report was not given to the parent. Staff members failed to complete and provide a parent with an incident report after a child received an injury at the center that required medical treatment. | |||
| 2024-05-20 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-05-20 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. There were two staff personal bags hanging on the door of an unlocked closet. | |||
| 2024-05-20 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. One staff member did not have a medical report in their file. | |||
| 2024-05-20 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. The health assessment was missing from two children's files. | |||
| 2024-05-20 | Violation | 1882 | .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) |
| Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. Two children's medication forms had expired. | |||
| 2024-05-20 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. One staff member did not complete training in all the required training topics within their first year of employment. | |||
| 2024-04-03 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0324-308L |
| 2024-03-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0324-308L |
| 2024-03-27 | Violation | 904 | .1803(a)(1) |
| Child was handled roughly. On 3/14/24 a teacher lifted a 22-month old child by her wrist from the toddler-sized chair where she was sitting. | |||
| 2023-07-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-10 | Violation | 1314 | .0802(c)(2) |
| Emergency information did not name childs health care professional. The hospital preference was missing from 6 of the children's files reviewed during today's visit. | |||
| 2023-07-10 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. One staff member who has been employed more than one year had not completed training in all the required health and safety topics. | |||
| 2023-01-30 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-01-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-10-04 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-08-26 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-08-26 | Violation | 902 | G.S. 110-91(10) |
| Each child was not attended to in a nurturing and appropriate manner, or in keeping with the child's developmental needs. A staff member pulled and yanked some three-year-old children by their arms while discipling them. | |||
| 2022-08-26 | Violation | 1876 | .1803(a)(9) |
| A child was yelled at, shamed, humiliated, frightened, threatened or bullied. A staff member put a three-year-old child in the closet for 2 seconds which frightened the child. | |||
| 2022-07-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-07-11 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. Six staff members, who have been employed more than 1 year have not completed Health and Safety trainings. | |||
| 2022-07-11 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Breast milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child's home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child. There was a bottle that was not dated or labeled, with the child's name in one of the classrooms for toddlers. | |||
| 2022-07-11 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. There were not medication authorizations forms for medication in several classrooms. | |||
| 2022-07-11 | Violation | 848 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(5) |
| Questionable medication instructions from parents were followed without signed written dosage instructions received from physician or authorized health professional. Numerous medication forms stated "as needed" or the portion of the form giving instructions on when the medication should be administered was left blank. | |||
| 2022-07-11 | Violation | 858 | .0604(q) |
| Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. Plastic bags were accessible to the children in the classroom for toddlers and two year olds. | |||
| 2022-07-11 | Violation | 1314 | .0802(c)(2) |
| Emergency information did not name childs health care professional. A hospital preference was not listed in 7 of the children's files that were reviewed today. | |||
| 2022-03-29 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-03-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-03-02 | Violation | 1952 | .0802(e) |
| A copy of the incident report was not given to the parent. An incident report was completed regarding an incident on 2/14/22 and was not provided to the parent of the child. | |||
| 2022-03-02 | Violation | 852 | .0802 (e) |
| Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. An incident report for an incident that occurred on 2/14/22 did not include that the child received medical treatment, the time/method in which the parent was contacted, or the parent signature. | |||
| 2022-03-02 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. An incident log was not completed for an incident that occured on 2/14/22. | |||
| 2022-03-02 | Violation | 1911 | .0802(f) |
| An incident report was not completed and mailed to a Division representative within seven days after the incident when medical treatment was required. An incident report completed regarding an incident on 2/14/22, which required a child to receive medical treatment, was not sent to the DCDEE. | |||
| 2022-02-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-02-11 | Violation | 9995 | |
| A violation was found for which there is no item number. The one-year old classroom did not follow the schedule posted in the classroom. | |||
| 2022-02-11 | Violation | 498 | 10A NCAC 09 . 0508(c) |
| For children under 2 years of age, a minimum of 30 minutes of outdoor time throughout the day either as part of a small group, whole group, or individual activity was not provided. During my observation on a complaint visit I did not observe the one year old classroom have outdoor time. The teachers also stated that the children do not go outside if one child is sick or if its too cold or too hot. | |||
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