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Canterbury Community Nursery School

601 North Parham Road, Richmond VA 23229 · License #1106977 · Child Day Center

Two Year
Capacity 135 childrenAges 16 mo – 5 yrLast inspected May 28, 2026
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Director
Mia White
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Address
601 North Parham Road, Richmond VA 23229 · Directions
State licensing specialist
Lauren Bickford · (540) 280-0742

Hours

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Care & schedule

When they operate

Child Day Center

Ages served

1 year 4 months - 5 years 6 months
  • Does not accept Child Care Subsidy Program
  • Licensed for 135 children
7
Violations, past 3 yrs
From inspections (not complaints)
0
High-risk violations
Serious / high-risk non-compliance
0
Substantiated complaints
Published by Virginia VDOE
9
Inspections, past 3 yrs
Monitoring & assessments

How this facility compares

Violations per inspection, 3-yr
This facility
0.8
Virginia average
0.5

Inspection history & violations

Source: Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing
May 28, 2026 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Feb 20, 2026 — Complaint-Related Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-780-400-B · Behavioral guidance shall be constructive in nature, age and stage appropriate and shall be intended to redirect children to appropriate behavior.

    On October 15, 2025, S1 posted on social media that she had to ?full body wrestle? a child because he refused to wash his hands, and she had to ?carry him kicking and screaming to the sink?. S2 confirmed in an interview on 02/20/2026, that S1 physically removed a child from the carpet due to him not following directions to wash his hands.

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Feb 20, 2026 — Monitoring Inspection
No violations cited · view state record
Clean
Feb 20, 2026 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-780-340-F · Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff.

    On 01/23/2026, 3-year-old, C1 was not within actual sight and sound supervision of staff for over 4 minutes after being left alone on the playground.

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Feb 20, 2026 — Renewal Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-B-4 · 22.1-289.035 B 4

    Repeat Violation The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. S5, employed for more than 16 months, did not have documentation requesting a central registry check from one state.

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Dec 15, 2025 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-B-4 · Repeat Violation

    The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. S2, employed for 3 months, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from one state.

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Jun 4, 2025 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    8VAC20-770-60-C-2 · For staff hired before July 1, 2024, providers must obtain the results of a central registry search for an employee, within 30 days of service. S1 did not have central registry search results within the required time frame.

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Mar 3, 2025 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-B-4 · Repeat Violation

    The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. S1, employed for more than 4 months, did not have documentation of the sexual offender registry check and central registry check. S4, employed for more than 5 months, did not have documentation of the central registry check.

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Feb 28, 2024 — Renewal Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-B-2 · Based on record review, the provider failed to ensure that all applicants for employment shall

    submit to fingerprinting and undergo a national criminal background check prior to employment. Evidence: The record for S10, employed 08/30/2023 did not have results of a national criminal background check prior to the first day of employment. The record did not contain results of a criminal record check.

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Mar 3, 2022 — Renewal Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22.1-289.035-A · Based on a review of staff records and interview on March 3, 2022, the center failed to obtain central registry search results every five years for all employees.

    Evidence: The record staff #2 contained documentation of central registry results dated 12/28/16. Administration acknowledged the repeat registry check was not completed.

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Oct 26, 2021 — Monitoring Inspection
1 violation cited · view state record
1 violation
  • Violation

    22VAC40-191-60-B · Based on a review of staff records, the center did not ensure to obtain a Sworn Statement from each staff prior to employment.

    Evidence: The record of Staff #1 (DOH 8/23/21) did not contain documentation of a sworn statement.

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Questions to ask on your tour

Generated from this facility's specific inspection record

  1. 1The Feb 20, 2026 inspection noted: “On October 15, 2025, S1 posted on social media that she had to ?full body wrestle? a child because he refused to wash his hands, and she had to ?carry him kicki…” — what has changed since then?
  2. 2The Feb 20, 2026 inspection noted: “On 01/23/2026, 3-year-old, C1 was not within actual sight and sound supervision of staff for over 4 minutes after being left alone on the playground.” — what has changed since then?
  3. 3The Feb 20, 2026 inspection noted: “Repeat Violation The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. S5, employed…” — what has changed since then?

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