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All Aspire Academy

843 Salem Church Road, Newark, DE 19702 · New Castle County (302) 365-5077 License #1217291
9
inspections on file
13
recorded violations
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severity not classified by the state
Mar 18, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing

Records held from Sep 27, 2021 onward. Earlier visits may exist in the agency’s own files.

Delaware publishes only visits where a regulation was cited, plus complaint investigations. Visits that found no violations do not appear in the state's data, so a gap between dates here does not mean the program went uninspected. Delaware does not publish a severity weight for its citations.

Inspection history for All Aspire Academy
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Mar 18, 2026OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
May 14, 2025OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Mar 3, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 regulations cited3Agency record
Dec 4, 2024OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency record
Jul 31, 2024OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Mar 1, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review3 regulations cited3Agency record
Sep 19, 2023OCCL Standards ComplaintNo Evidence to Substantiate0Agency record
Aug 2, 2023OCCL Standards ComplaintSubstantiated1Agency record
Apr 3, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review5 regulations cited5Agency record

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · Delaware Office of Child Care Licensing
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Mar 3, 2025Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure staff files are complete. Staff #1 needs updated Medication Certificate Staff #2 Health Appraisal w/TB Staff #3 7 hour OCCL Health and Safety Training, 2 references, and Health Appraisal w/TB Staff #4 Service letters Staff #5 Service letters Send documentation to OCCL by April 4, 2025.”

Corrected Mar 24, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
38U — Parents Right to Know

“Ensure parents and prospective parents receive the Parent Right to Know Act. Parents must sign the log and the log is to be provided to OCCL at the annual visit. Send documentation to OCCL by April 4, 2025.”

Corrected Mar 24, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
53U — Outdoor Area

“53. H Ensure gates have a self-closing and Positive self-latching close mechanism. Add to the new gate on the playground. 53. J Ensure fall zones have proper amount of mulch. Send pictures of gate and new mulch to OCCL by April 4, 2025.”

Corrected Mar 24, 2025 · Status as recorded: Completed
Dec 4, 2024OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“On November 15, 2024, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding allegations of unqualified staff alone with children, unsafe playground conditions, and unsafe indoor conditions. An investigation was conducted on November 18, 2024. This complaint is substantiated for unqualified staff alone in the infant room because Staff #1, who is an early childhood intern, was in the infant room alone and is not qualified to be alone with infants. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for unsafe conditions on the playground or unsafe conditions indoors. All interior doors were observed to be in proper working order and no broken or unsafe equipment was observed on the playground. A concern noted at the visit was sleep-safe practices were not being followed because an infant was observed with a blanket in their crib.”

Correction date not recorded
Mar 1, 2024Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 3 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Ensure personnel files are complete. CPR is needed for - Staff #6 and #7 Orientation is needed for - Staff # 1 References are needed for - Staff #1 - 3 more references Staff #2 - 4 references Staff #3 - 2 more references Staff #6 - 4 references Staff #7 - 1 more reference Health Appraisal with TB is needed for - Staff #2 and #3 Send documentation to OCCL.”

Corrected Apr 10, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
38U — Parents Right to Know

“Ensure Parent's right-to-know log is signed by families who tours and family who enroll.”

Corrected Apr 11, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
40U — Child Files

“Ensure child files are complete. Child #10 needs blood lead result”

Corrected Mar 29, 2024 · Status as recorded: Completed
Aug 2, 2023OCCL Standards Complaint · 1 deficiency cited
Not classified
Substantiated complaint

“On June 26, 2023, the Office of Child Care Licensing (OCCL) received a complaint regarding incorrect staff-to-child ratio, improper discipline, underage and unqualified staff working with children, other unknown people alone with children, lack of supervision, mixing infants and toddlers with older children, sanitation concerns, unsafe physical environment, and new staff beginning employment without eligibility or provisional eligibility being determined through a criminal background check. An investigation was conducted on June 26, 2023. Based on the results of this investigation this complaint is substantiated for unqualified staff working alone with children because attendance records show Staff #1 was left alone with children on several occasions prior to receiving an eligibility determination. Also, at the time of the visit, LS [name withheld] observed Staff #1 working in a classroom with children. This complaint is substantiated for incorrect staff-to-child ratios because attendance records from June 21, 2023, documented one staff member was left alone with 14 pre-school age children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for an unsafe physical environment because LS [name withheld] did not observe any hazards inside the building or in the outdoor play area. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for unknown people working alone with children because [name withheld] denied allowing Person #1 to be alone with children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for improper discipline because the center administrator, Staff #2, and Staff #4 all denied observing any staff member use improper discipline with children. There is no evidence to substantiate this complaint for lack of supervision because the center administrator, Staff #2, and Staff #4 all stated Child #1 does come to the center but is not left in charge of a classroom and stated they have never observed a child being swung in a blanket. There is no evidence to substantiate that staff do not wash their hands or the children s hands because the center administrator stated staff always follow proper hand washing procedures. There is no evidence to substantiate that infants and toddlers are mixed with older children because the center attendance records reviewed do not show infants and toddlers to have been mixed with older children. Additional concerns noted at the visit include incorrect staff attendance (because attendance records show on June 22, 2023, one staff member never signed out of the Busy-Bees classroom and on June 23, 2023, one staff member never signed out of the Wee-Walkers classroom) and incorrect children s attendance (because attendance records from June 21, 2023, show three children were not signed out of the classroom.)”

Correction date not recorded
Apr 3, 2023Unannounced Full Compliance Review · 5 deficiencies cited
Not classified
30U — Personnel Files

“Staff files must be complete. -Staff #1 and #2 must complete the seven-hour Health and Safety Training for Early Childhood Professionals. -Send proof service letter requests were sent two times for Staff #1. Send proof service letter requests were sent two times for Staff #2. Send copies of service letters if/when received.”

Corrected Apr 17, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
49U — Indoor Space

“Replace three broken floor tiles in the five-year-old/school-age room. -Install a new outlet cover plate in the two-year-old classroom.”

Corrected Apr 17, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
53U — Outdoor Area

“The self-latching gate at the back playground fence must be more secure and cam prevent children from falling through upon impact.”

Corrected Apr 17, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
66U — Emergency Planning

“Send a completed copy of the emergency plan template to OCCL.”

Corrected Apr 17, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed
Not classified
74U — Lesson Plans

“Send a copy of the five year old lesson plan and the school-age lesson plan to OCCL.”

Corrected Apr 17, 2023 · Status as recorded: Completed

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