The Goddard School of Fort Worth
Licensed Center in Fort Worth, Texas. License #1724731, issued January 13, 2022.
- Address
- 8600 Currency Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76131
- Phone
- (817) 918-9930
- Licensed capacity
- 194 children
- Licensed for
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- 06:30 AM-06:30 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, Transportation to/from School.
Openings
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Texas Rising Star
Texas Rising Star 2-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 7, 2026. From the state's provider report of October 31, 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 4,444 standards at The Goddard School of Fort Worth between November 12, 2021 and May 18, 2026 and recorded 13 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 | 358 | 0 |
| Record keeping | 3 | 331 | 0 |
| Personnel | 3 | 442 | 0 |
| Ratios and group sizes | 3 | 162 | 0 |
| Activities | 3 | 104 | 0 |
| Infants | 3 | 267 | 1 |
| Toddlers | 3 | 66 | 0 |
| Pre-kindergarten | 3 | 55 | 0 |
| School-age | 3 | 60 | 0 |
| Discipline | 4 | 80 | 0 |
| Naptime | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| Field trips | 4 | 44 | 0 |
| Get well care | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Nighttime care | 4 | 52 | 0 |
| Nutrition and food care | 4 | 178 | 0 |
| Health practices | 4 | 450 | 0 |
| Safety practices | 4 | 288 | 0 |
| Physical facilities | 4 | 297 | 0 |
| Outdoor safety | 5 | 480 | 0 |
| Pools | 4 | 108 | 0 |
| Fire safety | 4 | 271 | 0 |
| Transportation | 4 | 166 | 1 |
The table adds up to 4,403 of those standards. The remaining 41, including 11 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 36 visits to this operation since October 2017, most recently on May 22, 2026, and 13 citations.
9 of those visits began with The Goddard School of Fort Worth 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
- 1Medium High
- 2Medium
Every citation below records a correction.
Citations
Showing all 13. Indented text is the inspector's own, reproduced verbatim.
- Medium February 3, 2026 Correction verified March 17, 2026
746.701(5): Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk
This was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. Based on information provided in the investigation, it was found that the operation did not create or provide an incident report for situation that placed a child at risk of harm when a caregiver inappropriately disciplined them.
- High February 3, 2026 Correction verified March 17, 2026
746.2805(1): Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment
This was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and found deficient. Based on information provided in the investigation, it was found that a caregiver raised their hand in a threatening manner to a child, as if they were going to slap them
- High February 3, 2026 Correction verified March 17, 2026
746.307(a): Parental Communication - Notify Immediately about Allegation of Abuse, Neglect or Exploitation
This was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and found deficient. It was found that an incident with inappropriate discipline occurred between a staff member and a child in care and the operation administration did not provide information regarding the incident to the parent.
- High February 3, 2026 Correction verified March 17, 2026
746.2805(5): Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling
This was evaluated as part of a DFPS investigation and found to be deficient. Based on information provided in the investigation, it was found a caregiver raised their voice in the classroom as a response to children's behavior.
- Medium August 21, 2025 Correction verified August 28, 2025
746.2421(b): Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days
2 of the infant feeding forms reviewed had not been updated in the last 30 days.
- High May 2, 2025 Correction verified June 5, 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
The caregivers were not able to ensure a child's well-being by being aware of each child's ongoing actions in the restroom.
- High May 2, 2025 Correction verified June 5, 2025
746.307(b)(4): Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk
The operation did not immediately notify parents of an incident allegation that may have placed their child at risk.
- Medium High January 24, 2025 Correction verified February 24, 2025
746.1601: Child/ Caregiver Ratio - 13 or More Children
It was determined that the operation exceeded child caregiver ratio.
- High October 10, 2024 Correction verified October 11, 2024
746.5617(a)(2): Required Equipment in Vehicles - Emergency Medical Information
Children were transported without emergency medical authorization forms on bus.
- High August 22, 2022 Correction verified September 8, 2022
746.2417(2)(B): Activities for Infants - Not in Restrictive Device for more than 15 Minutes
An infant was on a swing for more than 15 minutes, until the infant fall asleep.
- High August 22, 2022 Correction verified September 8, 2022
746.2426: Infant May Not Sleep in a Restrictive Device
It was obseved a four months old infant sleeping on a swing.
- High April 19, 2022 Correction verified May 4, 2022
746.1201(1): Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control
A caregiver did nor demonstrated competency while performing her duties. A caregiver did not follow procedures during transitions, the caregiver did not count all children after taking the children outside, as a result a child was left in a room unsupervised.
- High April 19, 2022 Correction verified May 4, 2022
746.1203(4): Responsibilities of Caregivers- Supervision of Children
A caregiver did not follow procedures during transitions, the caregiver did not count all children after taking the children outside, as a result a child was left in a room unsupervised.
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About this record
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