Licensed Child Care Center · Houston, TX 77042
Between Oct 20, 2021 and Oct 20, 2026, the state cited Primrose School of the Westchase District for 22 deficiencies — the Texas HHSC term for rule violations — over 11 routine inspections and 5 other visits (investigations or paperwork reviews); 6 were under rules the state weights High. The rule cited most often here is 746.1309 (3 times, most recently Oct 6, 2025).
The state lists Primrose School of the Westchase District as serving infant, toddler, pre-kindergarten, and school-age children, open 06:00 AM to 06:30 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri). Programs on file: School Age Care, Before School Care, Accredited, Meals Provided, After School Care, Snacks Provided, Part Time Care, Transportation to/from School, Field Trips. Program type: Child Care Program.
Of the 22 violations at Primrose School of the Westchase District, 6 fall under rules Texas weights High and 6 under Medium High; the state sets each rule’s weight by the risk a violation poses to children. How weights work
| Weight | Violations | Share |
|---|---|---|
| High | 6 | 27% |
| Medium High | 6 | 27% |
| Medium | 9 | 41% |
| Medium Low | 1 | 5% |
| Low | 0 | 0% |
Primrose School of the Westchase District had 22 violations in five years, more than the median of 11 across Houston’s 923 licensed child care centers, and 1.9 per routine inspection against a median of 1.0 — a count of state records, not a rating.
5 rules were cited more than once at Primrose School of the Westchase District in the last five years.
| Rule | Times | What the rule covers |
|---|---|---|
| 746.1309 Medium | 3 | A caregiver's 24 hours of yearly training must fit the ages of the children in their care and cover set topics, including at least six hours on areas such as child development or guidance and discipline, and at least one hour on preventing, recognizing, and reporting child abuse and neglect. At least five of the hours must be instructor-led, and caregivers of children under 24 months must also have one hour on shaken baby syndrome, infant sleep practices and SIDS, and early brain development. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024 Most recent: Oct 6, 2025 · first: Oct 26, 2021 |
| 746.1111 Medium | 2 | Education Outside of U.S. Most recent: Dec 1, 2025 · first: Oct 6, 2025 |
| 746.5101 High | 2 | The center must have a fire inspection by a state or local fire marshal before its first permit is issued and at least once every 12 months. Centers in public school buildings run by the local school district are exempt, and if no inspection is available the center must get written proof of that from a fire marshal or county judge. Official rule text Most recent: Oct 6, 2025 · first: Oct 10, 2023 |
| 746.5205 Medium High | 2 | The center must hold a fire drill every month, and the children must be able to get out of the building within three minutes. It must also hold a severe-weather sheltering drill and a lock-down drill at least four times a year each, and record the date, time, and length of every drill. Official rule text Most recent: Oct 6, 2025 · first: Oct 14, 2022 |
| 746.4751 Medium | 2 | The director or a designee must check the active play space and equipment every day before play and do a fuller check at least monthly using a written checklist. Hazards or defects found must be removed or repaired promptly, children must be kept off the equipment until then, and inspection and repair records must be kept for at least three months. Official rule text Most recent: Oct 14, 2022 · first: Oct 25, 2021 |
| Year | Routine inspections | All state visits | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (from Oct 20) | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
16 visits on record since Oct 20, 2021, newest first, including visits that found nothing.
| Date | Type | Rules checked | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Inspection | 461 | Pending with the state |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Assessment | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 6, 2025 | Inspection | 812 | 7 |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Assessment | 1 | 1 |
| Dec 4, 2024 | Inspection | 1 | None |
| Oct 7, 2024 | Inspection | 463 | None |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Investigation (report) | 1 | None |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Investigation (report) | 1 | None |
| Oct 10, 2023 | Inspection | 787 | 2 |
| Nov 4, 2022 | Inspection | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 14, 2022 | Inspection | 454 | 3 |
| Nov 10, 2021 | Inspection | 1 | None |
| Date | Type | Rules checked | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2021 | Inspection | 5 | 1 |
| Oct 28, 2021 | Inspection | 5 | 3 |
| Oct 26, 2021 | Assessment | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Inspection | 733 | 2 |
“Pending”: the state has not posted the outcome.
5 rules cited at Primrose School of the Westchase District changed after some of these citations (marked “rule revised”), so the wording that applied at the time may differ from our plain-English explanation.
Medium · Dec 1, 2025 · Assessment
One caregiver did not have their education translated into English.
Official text of rule 746.1111
Medium · Oct 6, 2025 · Inspection
One c aregiver did not have their education translated into english
Official text of rule 746.1111
Medium High · Oct 6, 2025 · Inspection
Operations fire marshal inspection was not current and last performed in 2023.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Oct 6, 2025 · Inspection
Fire drills were not current and last performed July 2025.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Oct 6, 2025 · Inspection
One child did not have a health statement from a medical professional.
In plain English: The center must keep a record for each enrolled child, including the enrollment agreement, admission information, a health statement from a health-care professional, and immunization records, plus items such as sign-in and sign-out records and medication records when they apply. These records must be kept at the center, available during operating hours, generally until three months after the child's last day. Official rule text
Medium · Oct 6, 2025 · Inspection
Three infants did not have current feeding instructions.
In plain English: For an infant who is not yet eating table food, the center must get written feeding instructions signed and dated by a parent or health-care professional, and must follow them. The center must review and update the instructions with the parent every 30 days until the infant can eat table food. Official rule text
High · Oct 6, 2025 · Inspection
Smoke detector/carbon monoxide detector testing was not current and last performed July 2025.
In plain English: The director or a designee must test all smoke detectors every month and record the date and the name of the employee who did the test. These records must be kept at the center for review during operating hours. Official rule text
Medium · Oct 6, 2025 · Inspection
Five caregivers and the director were missing annual trainings. All caregivers and director were missing hazardous material and emergency prepredness. Caregivers dealing with infants were missing SIDS shaken baby and brain development training.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium Low · Jan 28, 2025 · Assessment
Operation has not reported their staffing changes for the year 2024 by the due date of 1/15/2025.
In plain English: The center must tell the state in writing within five days when its designee, the head of its governing body, their address, or its director changes. Each year by January 15, it must report online how many employees stopped working there during the previous year. Official rule text
Medium · Oct 10, 2023 · Inspection
Three caregivers did not have their annual training hours completed. One had 15 out of 24 hours, another one had 19.5 out of 24 hours and the third caregiver had 15.5 out of 24 hours.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
High · Oct 10, 2023 · Inspection
Current fire inspection was not avalailable. Operation has already paid and is now scheduled for this month on the 16th.
Plain-English explanation above
High · Nov 4, 2022 · Inspection
A subject was observed at the operation and caring for children in the 1 year old classroom without an initial background check. Note: The subject was removed from the classroom immediately and the Director entered an initial background check submission during the inspection.
In plain English: An operation must get notice from the state's background check unit that a person is eligible, eligible with conditions, or provisionally eligible with conditions before letting that person be at the operation. While waiting, the person may attend orientation or pre-service training only if they have no contact with children in care. Official rule text
Medium High · Oct 14, 2022 · Inspection
Fire drills are not being conducted monthly. The last fire drill conducted was on 8/19/2022.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Oct 14, 2022 · Inspection
The operation does not have the most recent health and sanitation report on file at the operation.
In plain English: The center must keep certain records ready for state review during operating hours, including children's records, staff and training records, the director's certificate, staff time sheets, proof of liability insurance (or written notice to parents that it has none), playground checklists, and records of emergency drills, fire extinguishers, and smoke detectors. It must also keep its most recent fire, sanitation, and (if needed) gas inspection reports and its daily sign-in and sign-out system. Official rule text
Medium · Oct 14, 2022 · Inspection
The playground checklist has not been completed monthly.
Plain-English explanation above
High · Nov 9, 2021 · Inspection
A caregiver in a classroom (age 6m-8m) and a caregiver in a different classroom (age 18m-23m) did not know the correct number of children that were currently present in their classrooms during the inspection.
In plain English: Caregivers must know and follow the state minimum standards and supervise children at all times. They must not be pulled away by tasks unrelated to caring for children, such as paperwork, janitorial work, or personal use of phones and other devices, and must pass along each child's information and parent instructions to the next shift. Official rule text · rule revised March 2023
Medium High · Oct 28, 2021 · Inspection
Observed a water hose on the operation's playground that was not rolled up and secured which will cause a tripping hazard and places children at risk. Note: Corrections were made during the inspection.
In plain English: All areas children can reach must be free of hazards. The rule lists examples such as childproof covers on outlets for children under five, heaters and fans mounted out of reach or guarded, poisonous plants kept out of reach, pools, buckets, and other water kept away from children, and TVs anchored so they cannot tip over. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024
High · Oct 28, 2021 · Inspection
A child under the age of 12 months was observed sleeping in a crib with a soft toy. A child in another classroom under the age of 12 months was observed sleeping in a crib with a pacifier and pacifier attachment.
In plain English: Centers may not use baby walkers, doorway jumpers, accordion gates, toys small enough to swallow or choke on, or bean bags, waterbeds, or foam pads as sleeping equipment for infants. For an infant younger than 12 months, the crib or play yard must be bare except for a tight-fitting sheet and, if used, a thin, tight-fitting mattress cover made for that mattress. Official rule text · rule revised March 2023
Medium High · Oct 28, 2021 · Inspection
A caregiver did not wash a child's hands after changing the child's diaper.
In plain English: Children must wash their hands before eating and before water-table play, and after using the toilet or having a diaper changed, after outdoor activities, after playing in sand, and after feeding or touching animals. They must also wash any other time a caregiver has reason to believe they touched something that could harm them. Official rule text
Medium · Oct 26, 2021 · Assessment
A caregiver has not completed annual training in the discipline and guidance topic.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
Medium High · Oct 25, 2021 · Inspection
Observed exposed hoses/cords connected to a mist water system on the operation's playground that were accessible to the children. The exposed hoses/cords presents a tripping hazard and places the children at risk.
Plain-English explanation above
High · Oct 25, 2021 · Inspection
A 4 month old child was observed sleeping in a restrictive device (bouncer).
In plain English: An infant may not sleep in a restrictive device unless the center has a completed Sleep Exception Form with a health-care professional's signed statement that it is medically necessary. Without that form, if an infant falls asleep in such a device, the caregiver must move the infant to a crib as soon as possible. Official rule text · rule revised March 2023
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Explanations follow the current rules (HHSC minimum standards, revised December 2025).