ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Academy of Little Achievers, LLC

8238 TIDWELL RD, HOUSTON, TX 77028

License #1717322 | Expires: Apr 19, 2022

Day Care Center
Type
41
Capacity
61
Inspections
115
Violations

Compliance Summary

32
Critical
51
Serious
30
Moderate
2
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Feb 18, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 28, 2026 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Dec 10, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 22, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 3, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 26, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Aug 15, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 18, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 2
Jul 14, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jun 20, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Jun 4, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 9, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 23, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Apr 15, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 1
Mar 25, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 25, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 15, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 18, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Nov 12, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Nov 1, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 22, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
Sep 23, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Sep 17, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 28, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 9
Jul 1, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Jun 3, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
May 21, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
May 15, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 13, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
May 11, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Apr 18, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Apr 3, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 15
Apr 1, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Mar 27, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 26, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Mar 25, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Mar 20, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 9
Apr 19, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Apr 12, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Apr 11, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 8
Jul 14, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Mar 29, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 28, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 15, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 20, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 17, 2021 OTHER Compliant 0
Dec 15, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 23, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 2, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 16, 2021 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 11, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 12
Sep 10, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Aug 18, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 4
Jul 23, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 8, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Jun 24, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
May 27, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 6
Mar 15, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 5, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0

Violation Details

Moderate Corrected

The operation is serving sugar added fruit punch. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director removed the fruit juice.

Corrected: Jan 28, 2026

Minor Corrected

The list of employees was not posted. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director created and posted it to the entry wall.

Corrected: Aug 26, 2025

Moderate Corrected

The operational policy is missing information on the Promotion of indoor and outdoor physical activity.

Corrected: Sep 2, 2025

Moderate Corrected

Two children did not have labeled hooks for their personal belongings. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director created name labels for the hooks.

Corrected: Aug 26, 2025

Critical Corrected

The permit holder failed to meet all requirements related to the new location and is operating at the new location without being permitted. Per HRC42.048(e)(3)(2). A licensed child-care facility that changes location: (2) may not operate at the new location unless the commission approves the new location after the licensed child-care facility meets all requirements related to the new location.

Corrected: Aug 4, 2025

Serious Corrected

The permit holder has not made corrections to the fire marshal inspection report.

Corrected: Aug 4, 2025

Critical Corrected

Corrections to the fire inspection requires an updated building certificate of occupancy.

Corrected: Aug 4, 2025

Critical Corrected

Corrections to the fire inspection requires an updated building certificate of occupancy which has not been obtained for the past 4 months.

Corrected: Jul 11, 2025

Moderate Corrected

Two pieces of equipment on the playground is lacking 6 feet of use zone.

Corrected: May 7, 2025

Critical Corrected

The director failed to comply with condition 4, missing Form 7260 audit of 2 children's admission packet prior to first day in care.

Corrected: Apr 29, 2025

Moderate Corrected

Two children enrolled are missing the health statement.

Critical Corrected

Corrections to the fire inspection requires an updated building certificate of occupancy which has not been obtained for the past 2 months.

Critical Corrected

The permit holder has not come up with a plan within 30 days from the start of the probation, that will improve overall compliance with Minimum Standards. The director needs to send to CCR for approval of plan addressing the formalized reporting process and the plan to review sub chapters of Infants, Personnel and Transportation. The director to develop a weekly transportation plan with a checklist.

Serious Corrected

The operation needs an updated fire inspection.

Serious Corrected

2 out of 6 employees needs pediatric CPR training completed by their 90th day of employment and every two years thereafter.

Serious Corrected

2 out of 6 employees needs pediatric 1st aid training completed by their 90th day of employment and every two years thereafter.

Serious Corrected

The use zone for a play structure has loose fill that measured 4 inches to 5 inches in different areas and needs a depth of 6 inches.

Moderate Corrected

1 out of 6 staff files missing annual training in Preventing and controlling the spread of communicable diseases, including immunizations.

Critical Corrected

1 out of 6 children's files is missing emergency medical care consent.

Minor Corrected

4 out of 6 children's files missing vaccination records.

Serious Corrected

1 out of 6 chlidren's files missing information for food allergies.

Critical Corrected

1 out of 6 children's files missing phone number for person designated to pick up child.

Moderate Corrected

1 out of 6 children's files missing health statement.

Critical Corrected

2 staff that transport kids need an updated photocopy of their driver license in the staff file.

Serious Corrected

3 outlets were uncovered in a room with infant and preK children. Note: the director used tape to cover the outlets at inspection

Serious Corrected

An infant was in a high chair with no fastened safety straps. Note: this was corrected when the caregiver fastened the safety straps. .

Serious Corrected

4 infant bottles needed labeling. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the caregiver added the names to the bottles.

Serious Corrected

An electrical outlet in the room was exposed in the toddler/ preK room. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director applied tape to 2 outlets and an outlet cover to 1 outlet.

Serious Corrected

The operation did not complete a monthly inspection of fire extinguishers, January - July 2024. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director inspected all fire extinguishers.

Critical Corrected

1 transportation binder for a specified route was missing 4 admission forms with emergency contact. 1 transportation binder for the other specified route was missing 7 admission forms with emergency contact.

Moderate Corrected

1 child that was transported from school to home did not have transportation permission signed by the parent.

Moderate Corrected

The posts to the slide structure with a play surface greater than 5 feet was not marked. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director correctly marked the post.

Serious Corrected

The carbon monoxide detector in the main building was without a battery.

Moderate Corrected

1 infant had an expired feeding instructions form and another infant not on table food was missing the feeding instructions form.

Moderate Corrected

The insurance policy expired 3/22/2024.

Critical Corrected

In the infant classroom they was a caregiver with conditions on they background check, and the caregiver can not be left alone with children and they were alone in the classroom. Corrected: When the director had another caregiver went into the classroom with the other caregiver.

Serious Corrected

The fence in the back of the operation on the playground was not 4 feet tall.

Moderate Corrected

The operation does not have the most recent inspection form posted, the las inspection at the operation was on 5/21/2024 the inspection that is posted is from 5/13/2024.

Critical Corrected

The operation since has not provided an updated fire inspection.

Critical Corrected

A four month old infant fell asleep in a restrictive device.

Moderate Corrected

The director and caregives are not following the activity plan posted, the children should of had breakfast between 6:30 am to 8:30 am and did not have any breakfast.

Critical Corrected

The director stated to the child twice, "do you want to sit in the high chair for a minute. It was observed the director placing a child in a high chair for time out. The director, "asked the child if he was ready to get out."

Serious Corrected

Children did not wash their hands before they at a snack. Corrected: When the director and caregiver had children wash their hands.

Moderate Corrected

The operation still did not have an incident report for a child that was placed at risk.

Serious Corrected

The director or caregiver did not wash hands before serving food. Corrected: When the director and caregiver washed their hands.

Critical Corrected

The operation did not have an updated fire inspection, the last inspection was on 1/17/2023, doing the inspection a fire inspection was still unavailable.

Critical Corrected

The operations two vans that were purchased after December 31, 2013 did not have electronic child safety alarm on them.

Critical Corrected

A caregiver left a infant in the classroom alone when she came back up front to get the other infant.

Serious Corrected

The operation still does not have an director in place and information for a director has not been received from permit holder.

Serious Corrected

The infant caregiver was unable to give the ages of all infant children. Caregiver did not have documentation with all of the children's ages.

Serious Corrected

The preschool caregiver was observed preparing meals while the children were sitting in the classroom alone.

Serious Corrected

The television in the classroom children were napping in was not anchored to the wall, it was sitting on a table.

Moderate Corrected

The cots are not labeled with children names or a number that would be assigned to them.

Serious Corrected

The emergency preparedness plan did not have how the operation would evacuated or relocated children 24 months of age or who have limited mobility.

Critical Corrected

The operations two vans that were purchased after December 31, 2013 did not have an electronic child safety alarm on them.

Serious Corrected

The three drivers did not have updated transportation training it expired 1/23/2024.

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not have an updated Children's Product form, the last form was from 10/2/2023.

Serious Corrected

The outdoor playground in the front of the center gates was not enclosed all the way, they was a opening in the front left side of the gate.

Critical Corrected

The operation did not have an updated fire inspection, the last inspection was on 1/17/2023.

Critical Corrected

In the blue van they was not a first aid kid and in the white van the first aid kit was missing thermometer and first aid guide.

Critical Corrected

In the white van they was not a list of children that are being transported.

Serious Corrected

The fire extinguishers has not been inspected in the past three months.

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have an updated satiation inspection, the last inspection was conducted on 10/30/2022.

Critical Corrected

In the blue van they is not information for children parent s names and telephone numbers and emergency telephone numbers for the children being transported.

Moderate Corrected

The operation does not have the most recent inspection form posted, the last inspection was 3/27/2023 and the last inspection that is posted from 4/19/2023.

Serious Corrected

The operation did not have any fire drills for the months of January, February and March.

Critical Corrected

This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS Investigation. Neglectful Supervision was found deficient based in the findings of the investigation.

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not fill out an incident report when a child was placed at risk.

Critical Corrected

Based on the information found during the DFPS investigation, the caregiver transporting children did not have a list of children he transported that day.

Critical Corrected

The operation did not notify licensing in writing before adding the Nighttime care services.

Critical Corrected

The operation did not notify the parent the child was left on the van alone.

Critical Corrected

Based on the information found during the investigation, the operation staff contacted the victim?s mother and gave her false information as to the reason her child was not in school that day and the mother came to pick her up.

Serious Corrected

The permit holder is not ensuring that caregivers are following minimum standards requirements.

Serious Corrected

Based on the information found during the DFPS investigation, the infant classroom was over ratio because there was one caregiver with 7 infants. The specified age group for 0-11 months is 1 to 4 and for 12-17 months old is 1 to 5.

Critical Corrected

Based on the information found during the investigation, the operation staff did not complete a check of each vehicle row to ensure that no child was left unattended in the vehicle before leaving the operation.

Moderate Corrected

The incident/ illness report for the incident that occured on 4/4/2023 was signed by the caregiver on 4/5/2023 but not signed by the parent.

Moderate Corrected

The director has 2.5 hours of management/ supervisor/leadership training, needs 3.5 hours more for a total of 6 hours in annual training requirements.

Serious Corrected

1 caregiver was left in charge of 13 children, with a specified age group of 2 years old. This maximum size of this group is 11, over by 2 chidren.

Moderate Corrected

6 out of 6 files missing a record of training hours.

Moderate Corrected

The director has 25.5 of 30 hours required for annual training, is missing required topics in SIDS/Shaken Baby/ Early Child Brain Development, Emergency Preparedness, Administering Medication, Food Allergy and in Hazardous Materials.

Serious Corrected

There is an active ant bed in the pre-k playground that needs to be treated by a licensed exterminator.

Serious Corrected

2 swings were attached to the composite play structure in the pre-k playground. Note: this was corrected at inspection when the director had the swings removed.

Moderate Corrected

Several torn mats were discarded by the caregiver left in charge. This left the center with 4 good mats. The director will order new mats for napping.

Moderate Corrected

1 out of 5 staff files is missing 3 hours in annual training in the required topics of Abuse/Neglect, SIDS/Shaken Baby/Early Child Brain Development, Emergency Preparedness, Administering Medication, Food Allergies and in Hazardous Materials.

Serious Corrected

The temporary license plate on the transportation van is expired.

Serious Corrected

There is insufficent loose fill material underneath the swing set.

Moderate Corrected

During the investigation inspection the children were obsereved eating ramen noodles, mixed vegestable, and peaches. The menu posted at the operation showed that the children were suppose to eat chicken pasta, green beans, peaches, garlic bread and drink milk.

Moderate Corrected

The mats that were used for the children during nap time were not labeled. This was corrected at the inspection when the mats were labeled.

Serious Corrected

Three out of four infant bottles observed only had a first name on it. One infant bottle did not have a name on it at all. This was corrected at the time of the inspection when the director labeled the bottles.

Moderate Corrected

Four employees that are no longer active at the operation left between September 23 and September 27.

Serious Corrected

During the investigation inspection there were no hand washing sink observed for diaper-changing.

Serious Corrected

In the school age classroom I observed 2-14 month old infants in the same classroom as the 3-5 year old children.

Serious Corrected

The children ages 3-5 years olds were observed going through the infant space to utilize the restroom.

Serious Corrected

The 3-5 year old children did not wash their hands after eating.

Serious Corrected

During the investigation inspection the classroom were the infants were being cared for did not have age appropriate toys.

Serious Corrected

The caregiver did not wash their hands after changing a infant diaper.

Serious Corrected

During lunch time water was not available for the children in care.

Serious Corrected

A trash bag with garbage inside was observed on the floor where children could acess. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver took it out,

Critical Corrected

During the follow up inspection, I observed a caregiver walking outside the school age classroom without a cleared background check.

Serious Corrected

The operation outdoor play structure does not have at least 6 inches of loose fill under the slide.

Serious Corrected

During the walkthrough of the out door area,I observed a water hose and a saw accessible to children.

Serious Corrected

Six out of six children records evaluated were missing the address of the emergency contact.

Critical Corrected

Three out of six children records evaluated were missing authorization for emergency attention.

Moderate Corrected

During the follow up inspection I observed two four year old children sleeping on the floor.

Serious Corrected

During the follow up inspection the todler did not wash their hands after toleiting. This was corrected at the inspection when the caregiver made the toddler wash their hands.

Serious Corrected

During the follow up inspection the school age restroom toilet is not in working condition.

Critical Corrected

The director left a infant unspervied to answer the front door. A child was also observed leaving the school-age classroom to walk inside of the pre-k classroom.

Moderate Corrected

In the perk classroom there were two children under the age of two observed watching television. This was corrected when the caregiver turned the television off and began doing a table activity with the children.

Serious Corrected

One infant did not have a daily report sheet. This was corrected when the director created a daily report sheet for the infant.

Critical Corrected

In the school age classroom chemicals were observed acessible to children. This was corrected at the inspection when the director removed the chemicals.

Serious Corrected

The operation have not tested the carbon monixide dectectors since March 2021.

Moderate Corrected

The first aid kit at the operation was missing scissors.

Serious Corrected

The operation have not conducted a monthly fire inspection since March 2021.

Serious Corrected

The roof in the pre-k classroom is leaking causing brown stains on it. The operation covered the leak in the classroom with a blue tarp piece.

Serious Corrected

One caregiver and the director completed cpr training online.

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Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.