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Kirkwood Early Learning Center, Inc.

Child care center

5702 Kirkwood Highway
Wilmington, DE 19808

Report Date
Nov 1, 2026
Data Through
Nov 1, 2026
Report ID
VR-DE-1656456-2611
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The deeper story, beautifully organized. Available records, historical context, and questions worth asking.

Provider Category
Childcare
Location
Wilmington, DE
Record Period
2025–2026
Source Documents
6
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01

The Essentials

Summary

Across 5 licensing visits from August 2025 to April 2026, OCCL cited 6 regulations at Kirkwood Early Learning Center, Inc.; 3 have a recorded correction and 3 have none recorded.

Visits
5
2025–2026, compliance reviews and complaint investigations
Citations
6
Regulations cited by OCCL licensing staff
Corrected
3
Of 6 citations, with a recorded correction date
Complaint investigations
2
Investigations of a complaint, with their results in the report

What the Record Shows

  • 3 of 6 citations have a recorded correction date.
  • OCCL’s files list no enforcement action in this window.
  • 2 visits in this window included a complaint investigation. OCCL publishes each complaint investigation’s result, not what the complaint alleged.
  • The latest full compliance review, April 14, 2026, recorded 1 citation.

What to Ask About

Report at a Glance

Facility
Kirkwood Early Learning Center, Inc.
Address
5702 Kirkwood Highway, Wilmington, DE 19808
License Number
DE-1656456
License Type
Child care center
Licensed Capacity
65 children
Ages Served
6 weeks 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
02

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.

  1. 2026

    Unannounced full compliance review

    1 citation

    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected May 19, 2026

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  2. 2026

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: Substantiated.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  3. 2025

    Unannounced full compliance review

    2 citations

    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedCorrected Nov 17, 2025
    • 40UChild FilesCitedCorrected Nov 17, 2025

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  4. 2025

    Complaint investigation

    No citations

    Dated the day the investigation was completed; result: No Evidence to Substantiate.

    Source: Compliance review or investigation (data.delaware.gov: wb83-pkcv and pnbd-85r6)

  5. 2025

    Unannounced full compliance review

    3 citations

    • 30UPersonnel FilesCitedMarked corrected; no correction date recorded
    • 38UParents Right to KnowCitedMarked corrected; no correction date recorded
    • 40UChild FilesCitedMarked corrected; no correction date recorded

    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.

03

Context

Patterns Worth Examining

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

  1. 1

    Personnel Files, No Recorded Correction

    30U was cited in August 2025 and October 2025. The agency describes it this way: Personnel Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The August 2025 citation has no recorded correction date; its status reads “Marked corrected; no correction date recorded.” The record does not show whether the problem was fixed.

    252525262630U across all 5 visits, oldest to newest
  2. 2

    Parents Right to Know, No Recorded Correction

    38U was cited in August 2025. The agency describes it this way: Parents Right to Know. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The August 2025 citation has no recorded correction date; its status reads “Marked corrected; no correction date recorded.” The record does not show whether the problem was fixed.

    252525262638U across all 5 visits, oldest to newest
  3. 3

    Child Files, No Recorded Correction

    40U was cited in August 2025, October 2025 and April 2026. The agency describes it this way: Child Files. Delaware does not publish a risk level for each citation. The August 2025 citation has no recorded correction date; its status reads “Marked corrected; no correction date recorded.” The record does not show whether the problem was fixed.

    252525262640U across all 5 visits, oldest to newest
04

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.

  1. 01

    What changed after 30U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Personnel Files: cited in two visits, with no risk level published. The August 11, 2025 citation has no recorded correction date.

  2. 02

    What changed after 38U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Parents Right to Know: cited in one visits, with no risk level published. The August 11, 2025 citation has no recorded correction date.

  3. 03

    What changed after 40U was cited, and how do you check it now?

    Child Files: cited in three visits, with no risk level published. The August 11, 2025 citation has no recorded correction date.

  4. 04

    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.

  5. 05

    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.

05

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 · 1656456

    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 Aug 11, 2025 · 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 Sep 2, 2025 · 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 23, 2025 · 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 Jan 7, 2026 · 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 Apr 14, 2026 · 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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