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Licensed daycares in 23238Richmond, VA

There are 13 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 23238 — 12 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 46 violations across 80 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.57 violations per inspection.

3 providers have a clean three-year record — inspected regularly, never cited. No facility in this ZIP code currently holds a revoked or suspended license.

The most-cited issue here is health and medication (15 citations), followed by caregiver-to-child ratio (9). Worth knowing before you tour.

Every record below comes from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing and links back to the state's own document.

Compare all 13 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

3 providers.

0 violationsActive
Richmond Academy

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 4 yr – 5 yr · 12285 Patterson Avenue

0 violationsActive
The Steward School

Center · Capacity 24 · Ages 4 yr – 5 yr · 11600 Gayton Road

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

6 providers. Most citations here are paperwork and routine issues — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Danielle Taylor

Center · 825 Castile Place · Last inspected Feb 4, 2026

1 violationActive
St. Mary's Episcopal Church

Exempt · Capacity 84 · Ages 18 mo – 5 yr · 12291 River Road · Last inspected Oct 22, 2025

1 violationActive
The Heights Church

Exempt · Capacity 120 · Ages 2 yr – 8 yr · 12440 Gayton Road · Last inspected Jun 9, 2025

1 violationActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

4 providers. A higher count isn't automatically a red flag — read the actual citations before drawing conclusions.

Kindercare Education Llc - Pump Road

Center · Capacity 140 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 1001 Pump Road · Last inspected Apr 10, 2026

13 violationsActive
New Heights Academy

Center · Capacity 130 · Ages 2 mo – 12 yr · Provisional license · 1121 Gaskins Road · Last inspected May 12, 2026

9 violationsActive
Heavenly Playhouse Childcare Center

Center · Capacity 97 · Ages 1 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 10613 Patterson Avenue · Last inspected May 18, 2026

8 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 23238

Health and medication is the most-cited issue among providers here, followed by caregiver-to-child ratio. Providers with clean records will have ready answers.

1

How do you log medication administration, and who verifies it?

2

How do you maintain caregiver-to-child ratios during shift changes, lunch breaks, and pickup?

3

Can you show me how you document background and reference checks for new staff?

A note on Virginia records

Virginia does not publish a severity classification for violations, so we can't tell you which citations were most serious — only what was cited and whether it was corrected. Virginia does publish complaint outcomes. Virginia also issues licenses for different terms; a one-year or conditional license often signals recent compliance concerns, while a three-year license reflects a strong record. We show everything the state makes public and link to the source for each item.

Data synced from Virginia Department of Education, Office of Child Care Licensing on Jul 9, 2026. Source records · Report an error