Tadpole Childrens Academy
Licensed Center in Wichita Falls, Texas. License #1475806, issued January 29, 2013.
- Address
- 921 Scott Ave, Wichita Falls, TX 76301
- Phone
- (940) 723-9977
- Licensed capacity
- 227 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Days
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
- Child care subsidies
- Accepted
Programs listed with the state: Before School Care, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care.
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
No Texas Rising Star rating
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This says nothing about the quality of this program. What the state has assessed about it is the inspection record below.
Where this is
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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 10,466 standards at Tadpole Childrens Academy between November 2, 2021 and September 29, 2026 and recorded 28 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 | 6 | 734 | 1 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 0 |
| Personnel | 15 | 2,290 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 18 | 972 | 0 |
| Activities | 9 | 320 | 1 |
| Infants | 12 | 1,077 | 4 |
| Toddlers | 7 | 154 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 7 | 131 | 0 |
| School-age | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Discipline | 5 | 100 | 0 |
| Naptime | 6 | 72 | 0 |
| Field trips | 5 | 55 | 0 |
| Get well care | 5 | 135 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 6 | 78 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 6 | 269 | 0 |
| Health practices | 6 | 677 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 8 | 608 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 5 | 374 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 6 | 576 | 0 |
| Pools | 5 | 144 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 5 | 337 | 1 |
| Transportation | 18 | 867 | 0 |
The table adds up to 10,401 of those standards. The remaining 65, including 21 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.
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State inspection record
HHSC records 47 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on September 29, 2026, and 28 citations.
2 of those visits began with Tadpole Childrens Academy 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.
- 10High
- 12Medium High
- 6Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing the 25 most recent of 28. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium High April 7, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.2419(7): Requirements for Feeding Infants - No Walking or Sleeping with Bottle or Cup
During a monitoring inspection completed this date there were infants found to be sleeping with their bottles.
- Medium April 7, 2026 Corrected at inspection
746.2207(c)(4): Screen Time Activities - Not Used During Eating or Rest Times
During a monitoring inspection, a child was found to be using a tablet during nap/rest time.
- Medium High May 16, 2025 Correction verified August 20, 2025
746.1605(1): Child/Caregiver Ratio - 18 Months Difference in Age
During a DFPS Investigation, it was determined that there were infants on the playground at the same time as older (Pre-K age) children which were more than 18 months older than the youngest child.
- High May 16, 2025 Correction verified August 20, 2025
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.
- High May 16, 2025 Correction verified August 20, 2025
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
During a DFPS Investigation, it was found that a 1yo child was left unsupervised on the playground area.
- High May 16, 2025 Correction verified August 20, 2025
746.1205(a)(1): Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children responsible for
During a DFPS Investigation, it was determined that multiple caregivers were not aware of which children they were individually responsible for while outside in the playground area.
- Medium High August 9, 2024 Correction verified October 3, 2024
746.1301(a)(3)(A): Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric First Aid with Rescue Breathing
During the investigation, it was discovered that a new employee without valid CPR/First Aid certification was allowed to be left alone unsupervised with children in care.
- Medium High August 9, 2024 Correction verified October 3, 2024
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
During this investigation, screenshots of a group text among 10 caregivers were reviewed. These images showed active texting sent between caregivers while they were supervising children in care in various rooms.
- Medium June 6, 2024 Correction verified August 13, 2024
746.307(c): Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
A child in care was found to have obtained an injury and the parent was not notified.
- High April 30, 2024 Correction verified May 14, 2024
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
During this inspection, there were two staff member laying on the floor in the infant room. One staff member appeared to be asleep and was woke up by another staff member. Upon review of the video footage of the room, that infant teacher could be observed on camera appearing to fall asleep from 1:26pm to when I walked into the room around 1:47pm.
- Medium High April 30, 2024 Correction verified May 14, 2024
746.3417(3): Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering
During a secondary walkthrough of an infant room, a caregiver was observed to not wash an infant's hands following a diaper change.
- Medium High April 30, 2024 Correction verified May 14, 2024
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
During this inspection, I again observed an infant teacher to be using their phone for personal use instead of activily supervising children in their care. Upon review of the video footage of the room, another infant teacher was also on her phone for personal use prior to my entry into the room.
- Medium High April 17, 2024 Correction verified April 30, 2024
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
During this inspection, I observed an infant teacher to be using their phone for personal use instead of activily supervising children in their care.
- Medium April 4, 2024 Corrected at inspection
746.2207(a): Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two
During inspection of a 18-24 month group of children, screentime was being used on a tablet attached to the wall. This was corrected at inspection when it was turned off.
- High September 21, 2023 Correction verified December 1, 2023
746.5605(4): AP Safety Precautions for Loading and Unloading Children - No Child Unattended
It was determined that a child in care was left unattended in a vehicle owned and operated by the operation.
- High September 21, 2023 Correction verified December 1, 2023
746.1201(4): AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation that a child in care was neglectfully supervised.
- High September 21, 2023 Correction verified December 1, 2023
746.5625(a): Electronic Child Safety Alarm - is equipped in each vehicle
It was determined during the investigation that the vehicle used to transport the children in care did not have an electronic child safety alarm installed.
- Medium September 21, 2023 Correction verified December 1, 2023
746.707: Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent
The incident report was not signed by the parent.
- Medium High June 13, 2023 Correction verified August 17, 2023
746.1203(3)(D): Personal use of electronic devices, such as cell phones, MP3 players, tablets, and video games
It was determine during the course of the investigation that a caregiver did use their phones for personal use while working in the classroom with children.
- Medium October 12, 2022 Correction verified October 25, 2022
746.1613(a): Reduction of child/caregiver naptime ratio by 50% allowed, If 13 or more children in care, children are 18 mo. or older and other standards met
A room with 7 children, ages 12-18 months, was observed to have one caregiver supervising children in a reduced ratio classroom. This was corrected at inspection when another caregiver entered the room.
- Medium High October 12, 2022 Correction verified October 26, 2022
746.5101(b): Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal
The operation was lacking a current fire inspection.
- Medium High March 22, 2022 Correction verified April 5, 2022
746.2409(a)(1): Safety Requirements for Cribs - Snug Fitting, Firm, Flat Mattress Designed for Use in Crib
Several of the infant playyards contained matresses that were not designed by the manufactuer, causing the mattress to not fit snugly in the playyard. This was corrected at inspection when the mattresses were removed from the playyards. One infant crib had a loose fitted sheet causing the sheet to bunch up on the mattress. This was corrected at inspection when the sheet was changed to a snug fitted sheet.
- High March 22, 2022 Correction verified April 5, 2022
746.2415(b): AP Cribs - Only Snug Fitting Sheet and Crib Mattress Cover Allowed if Infant Younger than 12 Months of Age
A crib that an infant under the 12 months of age was resting in contained a large toy for the infants entertainment. This was corrected at inspection when a cargiver removed toy from the crib.
- Medium March 22, 2022 Correction verified April 5, 2022
746.401(5): Posting Requirements - Activity Plans for each group of children in the child care center
All classrooms in the operation were lacking posted activity plans.
- Medium High March 22, 2022 Correction verified April 5, 2022
746.2407: Infant Care Area Furnishings and Equipment -Use of Safety Straps
During lunch time there were 4 infants in the kidney bean shaped toddler table that were not buckled in.
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