Bright Minds Academy at Golden Pond
Licensed Center in Amarillo, Texas. License #1676411, issued January 28, 2019.
- Address
- 7601 Golden Pond Pl Bldg 4, Amarillo, TX 79121
- Phone
- (806) 418-2070
- Licensed capacity
- 136 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
- Website
- brightmindsacademy.com
Programs listed with the state: Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips.
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 4-star of a possible 4
A quality rating the state awards after an on-site assessment. Four stars is the highest.
In effect since May 11, 2026. From the state's provider report of May 11, 2026.
Where this is
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The pin is where the US Census geocoder placed this address. About one in eight is interpolated along a street rather than resolved to a building, so treat it as the right block rather than the right doorway. How we source this.
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 3,175 standards at Bright Minds Academy at Golden Pond between January 5, 2022 and February 24, 2026 and recorded 7 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 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 326 | 1 |
| Personnel | 3 | 435 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 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 | 2 | 22 | 0 |
| Get well care | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 2 | 90 | 0 |
| Health practices | 2 | 226 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 2 | 154 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 2 | 150 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 2 | 192 | 0 |
| Pools | 2 | 54 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 2 | 135 | 0 |
| Transportation | 2 | 98 | 0 |
The table adds up to 3,141 of those standards. The remaining 34, including 6 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 Bright Minds Academy at Golden Pond says about itself
Bright Minds Academy is a childcare, preschool, and Spanish learning center in Amarillo, Texas for infants to 5-year-olds. With individualized attention, a nurturing environment and extracurricular activities, we provide everything your child needs to excel in their early-childhood education.
Quoted from brightmindsacademy.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 12 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on February 24, 2026, and 7 citations.
One of those visits began with Bright Minds Academy at Golden Pond reporting something to the state itself rather than HHSC finding it. We publish that because it is part of the record and the state records it separately, not because it is good or bad: a program with none may have had nothing to report. 3,674 of the 12,933 programs listed here have at least one.
- 3High
- 1Medium High
- 3Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 7. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High June 5, 2023 Correction verified June 12, 2023
746.605(16): Required Admission Information-Completed Food Allergy Plan
A child in care who had a listed diagnosed food allergy did not have a complete food allergy in file when reviewed as it was missing the doctor signature.
- Medium June 5, 2023 Corrected at inspection
745.651(1): Background Check Validation - You must inactivate a subject who is no longer associated with your operation within 7 days of leaving
The background check validation list has not been validated and there were individuals listed that have been terminated from the operation for abouth a month, which is longer than seven days of them leaving.
- High May 4, 2023 Correction verified June 5, 2023
746.1205(a)(4): Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the staff were unaware of the on-going activities and lacked auditory and visual awareness of a child they were responsible for when the child left the classroom to the outdoor space area. The door closed behind the child after entering the outdoor space. Additionally, the child was discovered by another staff member whom made the caregivers responsible for this child, aware that the child was missing.
- High June 23, 2022 Correction verified June 29, 2022
746.3407(12): Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
In two classrooms at the operation, bottles of bleach spray are in cabinets that are accessible to children.
- Medium June 23, 2022 Correction verified June 28, 2022
746.605(11): Required Admission Information - Physician Information
Four of the ten children's records reviewed did not have a completed section regarding the name, address, or phone number of their physician or emergency care facility.
- High January 5, 2022 Correction verified March 28, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, a caregiver did not supervise a child when the child left the classroom and into the main hallway as the caregiver did not have auditory or visual awareness and also was not aware of the child's activities.
- Medium January 5, 2022 Correction verified February 16, 2022
746.301(2): Notification of Change in Space
Based on the evidence obtained during the investigation, the operation has been using a building that has not been approved or permitted by Child Care Regulation for staff functions/trainings and for children to participate in physical activities when the weather is cold outside.
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About this record
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