Child Care Center
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Spring Academy Westfield
Westfield, NJ
· Union County
115 E Grove Street,
Westfield, NJ 07090
Quick Facts
Capacity
39 children
Age Range
2 1/2 - 13 years
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
2
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Licensed Child Care Center
Active License
License Number
190200007
License Issued
Dec 19, 2025
Active Through
Dec 19, 2028
Issued By
New Jersey Department of Children & Families
District Office
New Jersey Dept of Children and Families - Office of Licensing
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About the Provider
Spring Academy Westfield is a Child Care Center in Westfield NJ, with a maximum capacity of 39 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 2 1/2 - 13 years. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Type | Reinspection / Rule | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2026-01-20 | Monitoring,Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-12-19 | Life Safety Modification | No | Center Inspection |
| 2025-12-05 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-11-24 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-11-07 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-10-21 | Re-Inspection,Complaint | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-10-07 | Re-Inspection,Other | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-08-26 | Agency Meeting | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-07-22 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2025-06-02 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2025-04-28 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2024-11-06 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2024-10-29 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-09-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-07-23 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-07-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-06-03 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-05-13 | Monitoring | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-22 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-04-05 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-03-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-02-09 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2024-01-12 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-12-01 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2023-11-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-10-06 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-09-14 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2023-08-22 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-07-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-06-13 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-05-12 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2022-04-08 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-01 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-01 | Renewal | No | Center Inspection |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.8(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually, including training on supervising and tracking children. - Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a). |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the director designee completes the Understanding Licensing training provided by OOL. - The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall complete staff development in understanding licensing rules as provided by the Office. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.2(a)(5) | Provide a current fire certificate as required. - The center shall be permitted to obtain a valid fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, and submit a copy of the certificate to the Office of Licensing in lieu of a CO or CCO, if the center serves only children 2 ½ years of age or older and is located in a public school building that is used as a public school. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(n)(2) | Ensure that children are evacuated from the center within three minutes during each fire drill. - Fire prevention requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that all children present are evacuated from the building within three minutes during each fire drill. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(l)(4) | Ensure that the center conducts at least two lockdown drills per year during each session provided at the center and maintains records of the drills on file. - Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct two lockdown drills per year and maintain on file a record of each lockdown drill. The center shall ensure that lockdown drills are conducted during each session provided at the center. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-2.1(b) | Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents. - A person applying for an initial license or renewal license to operate a center or relocation of a center shall submit a completed application to the Office of Licensing at least 45 days prior to the anticipated opening of the center or to the expiration of its existing regular license. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) | Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection including the 3 pages of water assurance and checklist. - Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall certify in writing that the center provides a potable water supply provided by a public community water system. If the facility is supplied by a public community water system, the applicant or facility operator shall provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and other sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50 percent of all indoor water faucets utilized by the center. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(a)(19) | Complete radon testing in every room on the lowest floor used by children and post the results in a prominent location. - Indoor maintenance and sanitation requirements are as follows: the center shall test for the presence of radon gas in each classroom on the lowest floor level used by children at least once every five years and shall post the test results in a prominent location in all buildings at the center, as specified in N.J.S.A. 30:5B-5.2. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.5(c)(2)(i) | Designate a director designee for whenever the director is not present at the center and ensure that the director designee does not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times the director is not at the center. - The director or his or her designee(s) shall be on the premises at all times when the center is operating and the designee shall not have full-time classroom responsibilities during the times when the director is not present at the center. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) | Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal. - The schedule for disinfecting shall be as follows: tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.3(c) | Ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection 1 teacher left room 1 multiple times to aswer the door leaving 1 teacher out of ratio. - The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f):Age Staff/Child RatioUnder 18 months - 1:418 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:62 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:104 years - 1:125 years and older - 1:15 |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-5.3(q)(2)(ii) | Ensure that the center complies with the licensed capacity of the classrooms at all times throughout the center. At the time of the inspection there were 6 children in room 2 when the rooms maximum capacity is 5. - Space and room requirements are as follows: at no time shall a center allow more children in attendance than the licensed room capacity. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-6.2(a)(1) | The center shall provide at least five types of children's daily activities including: but not limited to , language, science and mathematics: manipulative; large muscle; building; art; music; drama; or other comparable activities and at least five types of supplies and equipment for each activity chosen by the center. Refers to room 2. - The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are sufficient to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-6.2(a)(2) | The center shall provide at least five types of children's daily activities including: but not limited to , language, science and mathematics: manipulative; large muscle; building; art; music; drama; or other comparable activities and at least five types of supplies and equipment for each activity chosen by the center. Refers to room 1. - The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are non-toxic and safe for use by children in the age groups served. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.6(a) | Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL and that the checklist is filled out in its entirety. - The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d). |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) | Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. - When the center applies for a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department the completed CARI consent forms for all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis. Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member. |
| 2022-03-01 | Violation | 3A:52-4.11(a)(1) | Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required dated after 1/1/21. - As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). The sponsor or sponsor representative and each staff member shall complete the electronic fingerprinting process through the vendor authorized by the State to conduct CHRI background checks through the Division of State Police in the Department of Law and Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
| 2021-08-31 | Re-Inspection | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2021-07-08 | Monitoring | No | Center Inspection |
| 2020-01-09 | Yes | Center Inspection | |
| 2019-11-25 | Initial | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-10-11 | Initial | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-09-06 | Initial | Yes | Center Inspection |
| 2019-07-31 | Initial | No | Center Inspection |
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