Brilliant Little Minds @ Cle, Middletown, DE

The Essentials

Summary

Across 3 licensing visits from October 2024 to November 2025, OCCL cited 11 regulations at Brilliant Little Minds @ Cle; 11 have a recorded correction.

Visits: 3; 2024–2025, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations: 11; Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected: 11; Of 11 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations: 0; Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

What the Record Shows

11 of 11 citations have a recorded correction date.
OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
No complaint investigation appears in this window. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.
The latest full compliance review, November 17, 2025, recorded 4 citations.

What to Ask About

Personnel Files, Cited in Three Visits
Child Health Appraisal, Cited in Two Visits
Administration of Medication, Cited in Two Visits
Emergency Planning, Cited in Two Visits

Report at a Glance

Facility: Brilliant Little Minds @ Cle
Address: 1259 Cedar Lane Road, Middletown, DE 19709
License Number: DE-1611436
License Type: Child care center
Licensed Capacity: 61 children
Ages Served: Kindergarten through 12 years
Hours: 6:30 a.m.–6 p.m.
Injuries Reported: No facility injuries reported. No facility deaths reported.
Record Window: November 1, 2021 to November 1, 2026

Chronology

Inspection History

Every visit in the record window, newest first. A citation is a licensing regulation Delaware found was not met. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.

Nov 172025
Unannounced full compliance review
4 citations
- 17TTelephonesCitedCorrected Nov 18, 2025
- 30TPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2025
- 40TChild FilesCitedCorrected Jan 6, 2026
- 63TAdministration of MedicationCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Dec 92024
Unannounced full compliance review
4 citations
- 30TPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Jan 9, 2025
- 41TChild Health AppraisalCitedCorrected Jan 24, 2025
- 63TAdministration of MedicationCitedCorrected Dec 10, 2024
- 66TEmergency PlanningCitedCorrected Jan 14, 2025
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Oct 92024
60-day visit
3 citations
- 30TPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Nov 8, 2024
- 41TChild Health AppraisalCitedCorrected Nov 8, 2024
- 66TEmergency PlanningCitedCorrected Nov 7, 2024
Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

Delaware’s Office of Child Care Licensing publishes each regulation it cites, not a risk level for it.

Context

Patterns Worth Examining

A repeated citation can merit attention, but context and corrective action must be reviewed before drawing a conclusion.

1
Personnel Files, Cited in Three Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 30T in October 2024, December 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Personnel Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
24242530T across all 3 visits, oldest to newest
2
Child Health Appraisal, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 41T in October 2024 and December 2024. The agency describes it this way: Child Health Appraisal. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
24242541T across all 3 visits, oldest to newest
3
Administration of Medication, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 63T in December 2024 and November 2025. The agency describes it this way: Administration of Medication. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
24242563T across all 3 visits, oldest to newest
4
Emergency Planning, Cited in Two Visits
OCCL licensing staff cited 66T in October 2024 and December 2024. The agency describes it this way: Emergency Planning. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. Each citation has a recorded correction, and a repeat after correction is worth a direct question.
24242566T across all 3 visits, oldest to newest

For Your Next Visit

Questions to Ask on Your Visit

Bring these to the tour. Each one comes from something in the record; the reason is under the question.

01
What changed after 30T was cited, and how do you check it now?
Personnel Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published.
02
What changed after 41T was cited, and how do you check it now?
Child Health Appraisal: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
03
What changed after 63T was cited, and how do you check it now?
Administration of Medication: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
04
What changed after 66T was cited, and how do you check it now?
Emergency Planning: cited in two visits, with no risk level published.
05
What is the ratio in the room my child would join, and how is every child accounted for at nap time, pickup and on the playground?
Ratios change through the day, so they are worth counting yourself on a visit.
06
Has the center ever been on probation or had its license suspended, and what changed afterward?
OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.

The Evidence

Sources and Coverage

Program details, the regulations cited at compliance reviews and the results of complaint investigations are published by Delaware's Office of Child Care Licensing in its daily files on data.delaware.gov.

Child care providers (data.delaware.gov)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing · 1611436
Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Oct 9, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Dec 9, 2024 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)
Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
Visit Nov 17, 2025 · Published Nov 1, 2026 · Retrieved Nov 1, 2026
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Coverage

Record windowNovember 1, 2021 – November 1, 2026

This record is OCCL's list of licensed providers as of November 2026, with the compliance reviews and investigations in OCCL's files, which run from November 2021.
OCCL's compliance-review file lists only visits at which it cited a regulation; a visit with nothing cited is not in it, so a program may have had more visits than this record shows.
OCCL's notes on each citation and its written conclusion for each investigation are left out because they can describe children and staff; the regulation cited, the correction date and each investigation's result are kept.
Special conditions OCCL records on a license (a variance, or that a home is also a foster home) are left out, and license-exempt care is not in OCCL's list.

What This Report Cannot Tell You

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.

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

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