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Licensed daycares in 22560Tappahannock, VA

There are 5 licensed child care providers in the ZIP code: 22560 — 4 licensed centers and 1 family day home. Together they have been cited for 16 violations across 33 inspections in the past three years, an average of 0.48 violations per inspection, which is below the Tappahannock average of 0.64.

2 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 (6 citations), followed by recordkeeping (5). 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 5 providers

Clean record — no violations in 3 years

2 providers.

Gayle Dunn

Family day home · Capacity 12 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 1331 Hoskins Drive · Last inspected Jun 22, 2026

0 violationsActive
Tappahannock Junior Academy

Center · Capacity 15 · Ages 4 yr – 5 yr · 170 Melody Court

0 violationsActive

1–3 violations in 3 years

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

Mile High Kids And Community Development - Essex

Center · Capacity 40 · Ages 3 yr – 5 yr · 2-year license · 205 Elementary School Circle · Last inspected Apr 16, 2026

3 violationsActive

4 or more violations in 3 years

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

Tender Care Children's Center

Center · Capacity 82 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 1222 Sycamore Drive · Last inspected May 26, 2026

7 violationsActive
Mount Landing Children's Center

Center · Capacity 100 · Ages 0 mo – 12 yr · 2-year license · 1413 Teakwood Drive, Suite F · Last inspected Jun 24, 2026

6 violationsActive

Questions to ask when you tour in 22560

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

1

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

2

What records do you keep on staff training and child incidents, and how are they reviewed?

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