Beginnings & Beyond
Licensed Center in Spring, Texas. License #559334, issued January 23, 2002.
- Address
- 26501 Border St, Spring, TX 77373
- Phone
- (281) 350-4012
- Licensed capacity
- 99 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- beginningsandbeyondchildcare.com
Programs listed with the state: School Age Care, Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Drop-In Care, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
The state records conditions on this permit . What these mean.
Openings
This program has not told us about its openings. We only publish what a program confirms itself, so there is nothing here yet. Ring them to ask.
Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 3-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since September 15, 2025. From the state's provider report of May 22, 2026.
What inspectors checked
Texas HHSC records how many individual standards it evaluated in each area of the rules, and how many it found violated. Across 22 areas it checked 3,898 standards at Beginnings & Beyond between February 10, 2022 and June 25, 2026 and recorded 14 violations. Those correspond to the citations listed above that were recorded from 2021 onward; anything older than that is in the citation list but not in these counts.
The 22 areas, one by one
| Area of the rules | Visits | Standards checked | Violated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scope, administration, and communication | 3 | 357 | 5 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 1 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 4 | 216 | 1 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 4 | 354 | 0 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Naptime | 4 | 48 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 3 | 81 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 3 | 39 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 3 | 134 | 0 |
| Health practices | 3 | 338 | 2 |
| Safety practices | 3 | 220 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 3 | 224 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 3 | 288 | 0 |
| Pools | 3 | 78 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 3 | 203 | 0 |
| Transportation | 3 | 132 | 3 |
The table adds up to 3,862 of those standards. The remaining 36, including 2 of the violations, were recorded under the state's own catch-all heading, “Individual Standards Evaluated”, which names no area. They are reported here rather than folded into an area above, because the state did not say which area they belong to and we are not going to decide for it.
A high number of standards checked is not a compliment and a low one is not a criticism: how many apply depends on a program's size, its ages served and what the inspector was there to look at. We publish the two counts the state published and do not turn them into a score. This data begins in 2021, which is later than the inspection history above it.
What Beginnings & Beyond says about itself
Beginnings and Beyond is a respected family owned child care and preschool. Proudly serving the Spring/Klein area for over 30 years.
Quoted from beginningsandbeyondchildcare.com, read on October 25, 2026. These are the program's own words, not ours, and we neither check nor endorse them.
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Tell me about new inspections
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State inspection record
HHSC records 15 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on June 25, 2026, and 14 citations.
- 2High
- 7Medium High
- 5Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 14. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 16, 2026
746.3401(a): Annual Sanitation Inspection
An annual sanitation inspection was not conducted for the current year. The last inspection was on 4/30/2025 expiring in 4/30/2026.
- Medium High May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.3407: Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment
The transportation van for the operation is not in good repair as the side doors the children enter into the vehicle can not be opened. The children have to enter through the front door or driver door to get seated. The backdoor of the van does not open due to operation logo and sticker. The backdoor is not utilized by the staff or children.
- Medium May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.501(a)(23): Written Operational Policies - Procedures parents access minimum standards online, TX A/N hotline, and HHSC website
The operational policies did not include how a parent can access minimum standards online or the HHSC website.
- Medium High May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.1107(2): Additional Minimum Qualifications for Caregivers - HS Diploma, Equivalent, Certification of Completion
Two caregivers did not have a high school diploma in their files
- Medium May 26, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.2207(c)(4): Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
In three classrooms, screen time was being utilized during lunch and nap time. This was corrected in each classroom when the screens were turned off and music was provided.
- Medium May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.501(a)(18): Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity
The operational policies did not include the required information for the promotion of physical activity such as duration, benefits, and setting.
- Medium May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.501(a)(20): Written Operational Policies - Parent Rights
Parent rights were not included in the operational policies.
- Medium High May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.5619: Plan to Handle Transportation Emergencies
The transportation van did not have a full emergency plan that discussed supervision, contacting emegergency help, and vehicle evacuation.
- Medium May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.501(a)(26): Written Operational Policies - Preventing and Responding to Abuse and Neglect
The operational policies did not include all the required information for abuse and neglect.
- High May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.5617(a)(2): Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
In the transportation log/binder, each child had all the required information except the required emergency medical information.
- High May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
The transportation van that seats over 8 passengers was not equipted with a child safety alarm and was purchased in 2025.
- Medium High May 26, 2026 Correction verified June 25, 2026
746.501(a)(8): Written Operational Policies - Suspension and Expulsion
The operational policies did not have suspension and expulsion procedures.
- Medium High February 10, 2022 Correction verified February 24, 2022
746.1613(b): Naptime Child/Caregiver Ratio
I arrived at naptime and found nobody in the building who was not supervising a classroom of children.
- Medium High February 10, 2022 Corrected at inspection
746.3701(1): Safety - Electrical Outlets Covered
I observed a multiple outlet box in the preschool classroom with 3 covers missing. This was corrected during the inspection when the covers were replaced.
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About this record
Every figure on this page comes from the Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation open data published at data.texas.gov, reproduced as the state recorded it. We do not grade, score or rank programs. A citation is a finding by a state inspector on a given day; it is not a judgment about a program today, and the correction status beside each one is part of the record. This page reflects data retrieved on November 7, 2026. Full methodology.
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