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Small Voices' Academy
5960 Churchland Boulevard, Portsmouth VA 23703 · License #1105830 · Child Day Center
Contact
- Director
- Shirley Knowles
- Phone
- (757) 484-7888
- Website
- Add via profile claim
- Address
- 5960 Churchland Boulevard, Portsmouth VA 23703 · Directions
- State licensing specialist
- D'Nae Goodwin · (757) 404-3063
Hours
Not published by the state. Owners can add hours via profile claim.
Care & schedule
When they operate
Ages served
- Accepts Child Care Subsidy Program
- Licensed for 70 children
How this facility compares
Violations per inspection, 3-yrInspection history & violations
Source: Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing- Violation
8VAC20-780-270-A · Based on observation the center failed to ensure that outside equipment of the equipment of the center shall be maintained in a safe condition.
Evidence: 1. One wooden spindle, located between the railing at the third step is missing from the playground play structure. a. The opening is large enough for a child to fall through.
- Violation
22.1-289.036-A · The center must request repeat background checks every five years.
The sworn statement reviewed for Staff #1 was expired and had been expired for five months.
- Violation
8VAC20-780-260-A · The center shall provide to the licensing representative an annual fire inspection report from the appropriate fire official having jurisdiction.
There was no documentation at the center to show that a fire inspection was completed in 2025.
- Violation
22.1-289.011-F · The license and any other documents required by the Superintendent shall be posted in a
conspicuous place on the licensed premises. The results of the most recent inspection were not posted, which is required.
- Violation
The records for Staff #1, Staff #2, Staff #3, and Staff #4 did not contain documentation that the department?s health and safety update course was completed in 2023.
- Violation
22.1-289.035-A · The center must request a repeat criminal history search every five years.
The record for Staff #1 (program director, employed for eighteen years) did not have a five year repeat criminal history search, which is required once expired. Staff #1 was observed working on the day of the inspection.
- Violation
Evidence: 1. Staff #2, (date of hire: 04/30/2018) did not have a current CPR certification. 2. Staff #1 confirmed Staff #2 did not have a current CPR certification.
- Violation
Evidence: 1. Four of the five records reviewed did not have work phone numbers for their parent or guardian listed in the record. A. Child #1 (date of enrollment 9/10/21) did not have their father?s work phone number. B. Child #2 (date of enrollment 4/20/22) did not have both parents? work numbers. C. Child #3 (date of enrollment 01/03/2022) did not have the mother?s work number. D. Child #4 (date of enrollment 01/03/2022) did not have the mother?s work number. 2. Staff #1 confirmed that four of the five records reviewed did not have parent?s work phone numbers listed in their record.
Questions to ask on your tour
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
- 1The A recent inspection noted: “Evidence: 1. One wooden spindle, located between the railing at the third step is missing from the playground play structure. a. The opening is large enough for…” — what has changed since then?
- 2The May 12, 2026 inspection noted: “The sworn statement reviewed for Staff #1 was expired and had been expired for five months.” — what has changed since then?
- 3The Nov 25, 2025 inspection noted: “There was no documentation at the center to show that a fire inspection was completed in 2025.” — what has changed since then?
Data synced from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing · Source records · Report an error