LITTLE STARS - KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY
Licensed Child Care Center · License #DE-623370
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Public information
Address: 5702 KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY, Wilmington, DE, 19808
License type: Licensed Child Care Center
License number: DE-623370
Ages served: 6 weeks through 4 years.
Licensed capacity: 56
Official record: Look up LITTLE STARS - KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY on Delaware's official record ↗
Recent licensing activity
Delaware's per-visit inspection history, in plain English: each licensing visit on the state record with the regulations cited, plus any complaint or enforcement action. It may lag the official record linked above.
- Compliance reviewUnannounced Full Compliance Review (2024-05-14): 4 regulations cited2024-05-14
Cited during this Delaware licensing visit: General Qualifications; Personnel Files; Child Files; Hazardous Materials. All corrections marked completed on the state record.
- Complaint — substantiatedOCCL Standards Complaint (2023-06-07): Substantiated2023-06-07
The Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint on May 3, 2023, regarding lack of supervision, incorrect staff-to-child ratios, improper discipline, providing false information to OCCL, the qualified administrator not being present the required number of hours, not notifying a parent of child illness, children placed in confining equipment inappropriately, not following the required meal plan components, not documenting medication correctly on Medication Administration Records (MAR) forms, not following a posted menu, not following infant feeding plans, not following sanitation requirements regarding meal service and diapering, infant care violations including safe sleep, not …
- Compliance reviewUnannounced Full Compliance Review (2023-06-01): 1 regulation cited2023-06-01
Cited during this Delaware licensing visit: Annual Training. All corrections marked completed on the state record.
- Compliance reviewUnannounced Full Compliance Review (2023-05-18): 19 regulations cited2023-05-18
Cited during this Delaware licensing visit: Staffing; Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision; General Qualifications; Personnel Files; Owner's File; Orientation; Annual Professional Development Plan; Staff Attendance; Child Health Appraisal; Documenting Children's Progress; Sleeping Accommodations and Safe Sleep Environments; Diapering and Soiled Clothing; …. All corrections marked completed on the state record.
- Compliance reviewUnannounced Full Compliance Review (2022-05-09): 7 regulations cited2022-05-09
Cited during this Delaware licensing visit: Notification to OCCL; Staffing; Ratios, Group Size, and Supervision; Personnel Files; Child Files; Kitchen and Food Preparation; Activity Schedule. All corrections marked completed on the state record.
- Complaint — substantiatedOCCL Standards Complaint (2022-02-10): Substantiated2022-02-10
On January 13, 2022, OCCL received a complaint regarding the center being frequently out of staff-to-child ratio. An investigation was conducted on January 27, 2022. This complaint is substantiated for improper staff-to-child ratios because 14 children including an infant were napping in a class with only staff. The first concern noted was lack of supervision because the administrator left the room of napping children while holding the infant to admit the specialists into the center and a staff left an infant strapped in a highchair alone of the other side of the classroom. The second concern are safe sleep violations because an infant was sleeping on a bobby pillow, with a blanket wrapped a…
Data last refreshed: 7/28/2026
Source: Delaware DHSS Office of Child Care Licensing (data.delaware.gov)
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Frequently asked questions
Is LITTLE STARS - KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY a licensed Delaware child care center?
LITTLE STARS - KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY is listed on Delaware's public child care licensing record as a Licensed Child Care Center (license #DE-623370) in Wilmington. The official state record, linked on this page, always controls.
Does LITTLE STARS - KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY have any licensing violations or actions on record?
Yes — there are 6 public licensing actions on record for LITTLE STARS - KIRKWOOD HIGHWAY (Unannounced Full Compliance Review, OCCL Standards Complaint). Each is summarized in plain English on this page, with a link to the official document.
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