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Brightpath School Bell Bear

345 School Bell Road, Bear, DE 19701

Licensed · Active

Bear
New Castle County, Delaware39.6492° N, 75.6438° W
License Type
Child care center
Licensed Capacity
110 children
Ages Served
6 weeks through 12 years
Hours
6 a.m.–6 p.m.
Injuries Reported
2022: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2024: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported. 2025: 1 facility injury. No facility deaths reported.
Latest Compliance Review
May 6, 2026

The Public Record

What the Public Record Shows

Across 15 licensing visits from October 2022 to September 2026, OCCL cited 24 regulations at Brightpath School Bell Bear; 24 have a recorded correction.

Visits
15
2022–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
24
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
24
Of 24 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
8
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

Recent Visits

Latest 4 of 15, newest first. The full history is in the report.

  1. Announced

    1 citation

    All corrected
  2. Complaint investigation

    No citations

    No citations
  3. Unannounced full compliance review

    3 citations

    All corrected
  4. Complaint investigation

    No citations

    No citations

What This Record Cannot Tell You

Historical coverage varies by agency and location. Missing records do not mean that no complaint or violation occurred.

Visits with nothing cited
OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which a regulation was cited.
Investigation conclusions
Published by OCCL but left out of this record because they can describe children and staff.
Severity of citations
OCCL's files do not grade citations.
Staff qualifications and turnover
Not part of the published licensing record.

The Vardell Report

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