Five Star Center License
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Kindercare Learning Center Wendell Falls
Wendell, NC
· Wake County
2220 WENDELL FALLS PARKWAY,
Wendell, NC 27591
Quick Facts
Capacity
145 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
5
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Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
92003647
License Holder
KINDERCARE EDUCATION LLC
License Issued
Jan 6, 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
KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER WENDELL FALLS is a Five Star Center License in WENDELL NC, with a maximum capacity of 145 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0426-014L |
| 2026-01-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-01-06 | Violation | 1065 | .1102(f) |
| Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years. Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. The acting director's ITS-SIDS training expired on November 19, 2025. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 705 | .0601(c) |
| Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. In space 3, 6, 9 and 10 the small blue couch and/or chairs had several tears. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. In space nine (9) I observed two soap refills that had "keep out of reach of children" on the label and diapers in plastic bags location in reach of children on the bathroom vanity. In the infants one (1) classroom, staff lotion and lip balm was located in an unlocked drawer less than 5 ft. from the floor. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. Monthly playground inspections were not completed in August and September. These must be completed on DCDEE's form. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 1805 | G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) |
| A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. Only ten (10) out of thirty (32) employees have logged into the ABCMS portal to link their criminal records to the centers ID. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. One employee that started 12-5-22 did not have proof of R & R training on file. | |||
| 2025-10-02 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0925-256L |
| 2025-07-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-02-03 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0125-223L |
| 2024-11-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-11-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-09-24 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-08-26 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-08-21 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0424-227A |
| 2024-08-21 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0224-395A |
| 2024-06-17 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0524-450L |
| 2024-06-10 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0524-450L |
| 2024-06-10 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. A one year old child was left unsupervised inside the classroom during a transition outside for a period of time of 1-4 minutes. | |||
| 2024-05-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-05-16 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. A bottle of essential oil room spray was located on a shelf accessible to the children. | |||
| 2024-04-18 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0424-227A |
| 2024-04-18 | 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 4/10/24, which required medical attention, was not provided to the Division within 7 days of the injury and did not include all required information. | |||
| 2024-03-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0224-395A |
| 2024-03-06 | 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 who is responsible for three-year-old children is threatening to withhold a second helping of food and throw away their art work as a form of punishment. A different staff member responsible for a group of three-year-old children, quickly pulled a child by their forearm away from another child, in an effort to prevent that child from getting kicked in the face, which resulted in the child sustaining nursemaid's elbow. | |||
| 2024-02-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0224-072L |
| 2024-01-30 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0124-303L |
| 2024-01-05 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-01-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-03 | Violation | 862 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. Eleven staff did not have documentation on file that the EMC Plan was reviewed annually. | |||
| 2024-01-03 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. Ten staff did not have a current annual health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2024-01-03 | Violation | 1035 | .0701(a) |
| Child care providers, including the director, uncompensated providers, substitute providers, and volunteers did not have the required Emergency Information Form on file on or before the first day of work, which included all the required information and/or the information on the form was not updated as changes occur and at least annually. Ten staff did not have updated emergency information on file. | |||
| 2024-01-03 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Eleven staff did not have a current staff development plan on file. | |||
| 2024-01-03 | Violation | 1825 | .0607(f) |
| All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. Twelve staff did not have documentation on file that the EPR Plan was reviewed annually. | |||
| 2023-12-05 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1223-012L |
| 2023-12-05 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1123-292L |
| 2023-11-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-11-16 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. There was a tube of diaper powder observed in a classroom which was not labeled and did not have a permission slip with the name of the diaper powder on file. | |||
| 2023-09-07 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-09-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-06-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-06-08 | Violation | 1030 | .0302(d)(1)(A) |
| Application for employment and date of birth was not on file for all staff. Two new staff did not have an application on file. | |||
| 2023-06-08 | Violation | 1534 | .2318 (7) |
| Personnel records were not maintained on file in the timeframes given by Rule .2318(7). One new staff member who transferred from another Kindercare site did not have all of the required records on site during my visit today. | |||
| 2023-06-08 | Violation | 1811 | .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) |
| Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last documented EPR drill was conducted January 2023. | |||
| 2023-04-24 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-04-20 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-04-20 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. One preschool age child was left in a classroom unsupervised for a period of nine minutes on 4-12-23. | |||
| 2023-03-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-27 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On 3/16/23, a three-year-old child exited two playground gates unattended and was located in the front of the building. The staff members responsible were not aware of the child's location or activities. | |||
| 2023-03-27 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. On 3/16/23, a three-year-old child exited two playground gates unattended and was located in the front of the building. The latch on one of the gates the was not operating as it should have and was not secured properly. | |||
| 2023-03-27 | Violation | 1810 | GS 110-105.6(a) |
| There was a substantiation of child maltreatment. There was a substantiation of child maltreatment related to supervision. | |||
| 2023-03-02 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-02-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-22 | Violation | 528 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Food substitution was not of comparable food value or recorded on the menu prior to the meal or snack being served. During my visit today, a substitution for the menu which was made was not documented on the menu posted in the classrooms where the children eat. | |||
| 2023-02-22 | Violation | 617 | 15A NCAC 18A .2831(c) |
| All openings to the outer air were not protected against the entrance of flying insects. Ms. Leigh stated there are times when the Kitchen becomes overheated during meal prep times and there are occasions when the cook will open the exterior door to cool the temperature of the Kitchen off. | |||
| 2023-02-22 | Violation | 875 | 10A NCAC 09 .0804(b)(1) |
| The center did not follow all procedures to prevent the spread of communicable diseases described in 15A NCAC 18A .2800. During observation in a classroom, I observed a child feed their food to another child and a new, clean utensil was not given to the child. | |||
| 2023-01-17 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-01-17 | Violation | 1887 | .0902(d) |
| Each infant was not served only bottles labeled with their individual name. On 1-11-23, one infant was given a bottle which did not belong to them. | |||
| 2022-11-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-11-08 | Violation | 526 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. Three classrooms did not have a current menu posted. The menus which were posted were dated for the week of October 3, 2022. I also observed that the menu posted at the entrance to the facility was also dated October 3, 2022. | |||
| 2022-11-08 | Violation | 846 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4) |
| Over-the-counter medicines were not in their original containers or administered as authorized in writing by parent, physician or authorized health professional. There were 2 tubes of diaper creams present in the classroom that had an expired permission slips. | |||
| 2022-11-08 | Violation | 849 | .0803(12) |
| Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. I observed there was a prescription in a classroom for a child that no longer attends the center. | |||
| 2022-11-08 | Violation | 1322 | .1005(b)(4) |
| A written statement from each child's parent giving standing permission which may be valid for up to twelve months for participation in off premise activities that occur on a regular basis was not available. Nine children did not have current permission to play outside the fenced area permission slips on file. | |||
| 2022-08-01 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-06-15 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-06-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-06-08 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On 6-2-22, while children were transitioned to another classroom, a one year old child was left in the hallway unsupervised. | |||
| 2022-06-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-06-02 | Violation | 301 | GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-e) |
| Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. For the time period of 7:48am to 8am, there were 9 children with one staff member. | |||
| 2022-01-12 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-01-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-01-03 | Violation | 1876 | .1803(a)(9) |
| A child was yelled at, shamed, humiliated, frightened, threatened or bullied. On 12-20-21, a staff member picked a child up in the air and yelled at the child. | |||
| 2022-01-03 | Violation | 872 | 0.1803 |
| The discipline policy was not followed. The discipline policy adopted by the center was not followed during an incident on 12-21-21. | |||
| 2022-01-03 | 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 attend to a child in a warm nurturing manner when a child was picked up in the air and yelled at by a staff member. | |||
| 2022-01-03 | Violation | 908 | .1803(b) |
| Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development. A staff member did not provide appropriate discipline for a childs age and development. | |||
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