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The Learning Experience Wake Forest
Wake Forest, NC
· Wake County
1200 CORPORATE CHAPLAIN DRIVE,
Wake Forest, NC 27587
Quick Facts
Capacity
172 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Transportation
Yes
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
5
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Contact Information
📞 (919) 562-1070
Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
92003417
License Holder
7 HILLSLEARNINGWAKEFOREST LLC
License Issued
Jun 9, 2022
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
License Conditions: Other - Operates at 35 sq. ft. indoors & ratios in rule .2818(b).
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About the Provider
At The Learning Experience®, we are dedicated to cultivating creative, compassionate and innovative young minds through our proprietary curriculum and enrichment programs that increase learning during six critical stages of early development. Our programs have been built to help children maximize their cognitive, physical and social potential
Hours of Operation
- Monday6:30AM -6:30PM
- Tuesday6:30AM -6:30PM
- Wednesday6:30AM -6:30PM
- Thursday6:30AM -6:30PM
- Friday6:30AM -6:30PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-02-19 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Human 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. In space #2 two sippy cups containing milk was not labeled with a date. | |||
| 2026-02-19 | Violation | 540 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(a) |
| An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child's parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted. (omit posting for centers located in a residence) In space #1 a child who started on 2/17/26 did not have a feeding schedule posted. In space #2 a child who transitioned the week of 2/9/26 from space #1 did not have a feeding schedule posted. | |||
| 2026-02-19 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space #2 two medication authorization forms did not include valid dates of authorization, when and how the medication should be applied. | |||
| 2025-10-15 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-10-15 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Human 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. Two sippy cups and one cup was not labeled with a name or current date. | |||
| 2025-10-15 | Violation | 540 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(a) |
| An individual written feeding plan was not provided by child's parent or health care provider or was not followed and posted. (omit posting for centers located in a residence) One child enrolled in the infant B classroom did not have an individual written feeding plan. | |||
| 2025-10-15 | Violation | 842 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(a & b) |
| A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. Diaper cream in space #2 and #5 did not have written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. | |||
| 2025-10-15 | 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. Diaper creams in space #5 had expiration dates of 2/2022, 3/2025, and 4/2025. | |||
| 2025-10-15 | Violation | 859 | .0605(q) |
| Monthly playground inspections were not completed and/or they were not completed by an individual trained in playground safety requirements. The last documented playground inspection was conducted on 8/4/25. | |||
| 2025-10-15 | 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. Three children did not have documentation of sleeping. The last documentation for the children were 12pm, 10:52am, and 10:00am. The safe sleep charts were observed at 1:58pm. | |||
| 2025-08-28 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0825-256L |
| 2025-08-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0725-266L |
| 2025-07-23 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0725-266L |
| 2025-07-23 | Violation | 125 | 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(4) |
| Daily records of arrival and departure times for children at the center were not maintained as children arrive and depart and/or were not made available for review. The attendance sheet in 3 classrooms were not complete. Children who were blended in the three classrooms to maintain ratios did not have the children added to their attendance sheet. | |||
| 2025-07-23 | 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. Two teachers admitted that their classrooms were out of ratio. One teacher admitted to having more children than allotted based on the youngest child being cared for on 7/22/25. | |||
| 2025-02-26 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-02-26 | Violation | 532 | 10A NCAC 09 .0902(b) |
| All children were not held or placed in feeding chairs or other appropriate apparatus to be fed. A child in space #104 was observed in his crib drinking his bottle. | |||
| 2025-02-26 | Violation | 542 | 10 NCAC 09 .0902(a) |
| The written feeding plan was not modified as the child's needs changed. Three infant feeding schedules were not modified to reflect the current needs of the children in space #104. | |||
| 2025-02-26 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. A staff member's bag was hanging in reach of children in Prepper A classroom, and a staff member's purse was stored in an unlocked cabinet under the sink in reach of children in Prepper B classroom. | |||
| 2025-02-26 | 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. Safe sleep charts were not completed for an infant that was sleeping during today's visit. Sleep charts after February 12, 2025 were not completed for the infants in space #104. | |||
| 2025-02-26 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A child enrolled on 12/16/24 did not have a medical exam or health assessment on file during today's visit. | |||
| 2025-02-26 | Violation | 1908 | .0608(b)(1-6) |
| A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. A child enrolled on 12/16/24 did not have a parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy of file. | |||
| 2025-01-29 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-01-08 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0125-020L |
| 2024-11-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 1124-026L |
| 2024-11-14 | 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 was not completed for a child who was injured and received medical attention. | |||
| 2024-11-14 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. It was observed that the incident log was not completed and maintained. The last documented log was completed on 10/8/24. | |||
| 2024-10-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-10-22 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Human 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. A bottle in the infant B classroom had a date of 10/17/24 observed during today's visit. | |||
| 2024-10-22 | 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. An infant was observed sleeping during today's visit in the infant A classroom with no documentation completed of visually checking the sleeping infant. The last date of visually checking the infant was 10/16/24. | |||
| 2024-10-22 | 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 child one year old in the Toddler B classroom was crying and having a difficult time for about four minutes during today's visit. The child was not acknowledged or assisted in keeping with the child's developmental needs. | |||
| 2024-08-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0824-419L |
| 2024-08-30 | 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. Staff members were working today with active symptoms of illness and the center did not notify the parents of children that had been exposed to a staff member that reported a contagious illness on 8/29/24. | |||
| 2024-03-11 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0324-040L |
| 2024-03-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-03-11 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. Two classrooms did not current activity plans posted. | |||
| 2024-03-11 | Violation | 612 | 15A NCAC 18A .2821(b) & (c) |
| Each child's bed, cot, or 2" mat was not individually assigned and identified. Two classrooms posted cot charts were not current. | |||
| 2024-03-11 | Violation | 1899 | .1103(b) |
| Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. Four staff did not complete recognizing and responding training every 5 years. | |||
| 2023-09-29 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0923-298A |
| 2023-08-31 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-08-24 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-08-24 | 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. Two staff members engaged in a verbal altercation where threats were communicated from one staff to another while in the presence of children. | |||
| 2023-08-01 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-08-01 | Violation | 813 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(d) |
| Electric fans were not mounted out of reach or did not have a mesh guard to prevent access. In space 8, I observed two fans accessible to children; one was sitting on a child size table and the other was on a shelf about 2 ft. high. | |||
| 2023-06-01 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-03-20 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-03-20 | 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. In space 2, 3 & 6 plastic bags were accessible to children under three years of age. | |||
| 2022-11-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-06-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-06-01 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-06-01 | 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. I observed two classrooms on the playground for a total of thirty-one 5-year-old children with two teachers. One teacher from space 120 had twenty children. The ratios for this age group are 1:15 or 2:25. | |||
| 2022-04-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-04-19 | Violation | 853 | .0802(g)(1-6) |
| Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Incident logs have not been completed each time an incident report was completed. | |||
| 2022-04-05 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-02-03 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
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