ACTIVE POOR Compliance

The Goddard School

9739 WORTHAM BLVD, HOUSTON, TX 77065

License #1574396 | Expires: Jan 15, 2016

Day Care Center
Type
243
Capacity
56
Inspections
35
Violations

Compliance Summary

14
Critical
12
Serious
9
Moderate
0
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Feb 23, 2026 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 6, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 18, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 12, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Aug 29, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 29, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 22, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Aug 1, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jul 30, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Jun 30, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 25, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 2
Jun 6, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 4, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
May 29, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 22, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Mar 10, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 24, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 30, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 10, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 6, 2025 OTHER Violations Found 4
Nov 18, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Nov 15, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Nov 1, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Oct 22, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 19, 2024 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 1, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 27, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 23, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Aug 6, 2024 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jul 24, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 4
Jul 23, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 12, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 20, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 24, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 23, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
May 13, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 30, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 2
Apr 26, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 2, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 16, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 5, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 2
Jan 30, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Oct 3, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Sep 22, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Sep 19, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Mar 14, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 23, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 10, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Feb 7, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 1
Feb 3, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Jan 30, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Oct 3, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3
Aug 29, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 19, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Aug 18, 2022 OTHER Violations Found 1
Nov 3, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 3

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

A child was observed to be sleeping with a bottle.

Corrected: Aug 8, 2025

Critical Corrected

There is sufficient evidence to support that a caregiver did not use good judgment by discussing children's behaviors in the classroom.

Corrected: Aug 22, 2025

Moderate Corrected

There is sufficient evidence to support that children, ages 18 months and older are combined for an hour during opening time.

Corrected: Aug 22, 2025

Critical Corrected

The operation failed to call in substitute help to ensure compliance with regulations and to maintain the day-to-day smooth functioning of the operation.

Corrected: Feb 24, 2025

Critical Corrected

Caregivers were found to be withholding food and drink as a form of punishment.

Corrected: Mar 5, 2025

Moderate Corrected

The operation failed to share a copy of the incident reports with the children's parents within 48 hours

Corrected: Mar 5, 2025

Critical Corrected

It was found that the operation is using different forms of prohibited punishment for discipline.

Corrected: Mar 5, 2025

Critical Corrected

The operation failed to report an incident that allegedly put a child at risk.

Corrected: Mar 5, 2025

Critical Corrected

The operation did not self-report the incident.

Corrected: Dec 12, 2024

Serious Corrected

The infant classroom was out of ratio. There were 5 children to 1 caregiver. Corrected: An additional caregiver stepped into the room to assist. The first steps classroom was out of ratio. There were 7 children to 1 caregiver. Corrected: Two children were transferred to a different classroom.

Corrected: Aug 27, 2024

Critical Corrected

The operation did not have a current fire inspection. The last fire inspection was date /3/2023

Serious Corrected

The operation does not follow the special request of the parents for the care of their children.

Serious Corrected

The proper diaper changing steps are not being followed at the operation.

Moderate Corrected

The operation is not providing daily information to the parents.

Moderate Corrected

The toddler classroom does not have the same caregiver on a consistent basis.

Serious Corrected

The operations classrooms are out of ratio at times.

Serious Corrected

The operations classrooms are out of ratio at times.

Critical Corrected

A caregiver disciplined children by use of corporal punishment. A caregiver threatened to withhold active play, use of hand, and other objects to address discipline.

Moderate Corrected

The operation is not notifying parents of less serious injuries.

Critical Corrected

The proper level of supervision was not maintained. The caregivers were unaware of how the child incurred the injury.

Critical Corrected

The caregiver did not demonstrate good judgement with the inappropriate joke of stating she bit a child in care.

Serious Corrected

The proper diaper changing steps were not followed when a child's diaper was only changed once after being in care for over 8 hours.

Serious Corrected

During the review of children's records 3 out of the 10 records evaluated was found to be missing required information for the emergency contact person.

Serious Corrected

During the review of children records 2 out of the10 records evaluated was found to be missing the food allergy emergency plans.

Serious Corrected

During the walkthrough I obseved 1 caregiver caring for 12 children with a SAG of 2 years. The cargiver was over ratio by 1. This was corrected when the director divided the children into two classrooms.

Critical Corrected

Caregiver is completing janitorial duties in the bathrooms during naptime and while counted in ratio. Caregiver failing to intervene to stop and prevent inappropriate child to child touching.

Critical Corrected

During the walkthrough a caregiver stated they were caring for 12 children, I counted 14 children in the classroom.

Moderate Corrected

During revview of the centers operational policies, the policies were found to not have included promotion of physical activities.

Critical Corrected

During review of Fire Safety the operation was found to not have a current fire inspection as required by minumum standards.

Moderate Corrected

Although the operation conducted a fire drill for the month of September there was no documentation. This was corrected when the director completed the documention.

Critical Corrected

During the walkthrough I observed a 6 month old asleep in a restrictive device for approximately 15 minutes. This was corrected when the caregiver removed the child and placed the child in the crib.

Serious Corrected

746.1601 - Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children

Moderate Corrected

The operation did not have current feeding instructions for 1 infant not yet eating table food.

Moderate Corrected

During review of personnel 2 out of 10 records evaluated did not completed all 24 hours of required annual training.

Serious Corrected

During review of records 1 out of 10 records evaluated did not have an allergy plan for a diagnosed allergy listed.

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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.