Licensed Child Care Center · Houston, TX 77008
Between Oct 20, 2021 and Oct 20, 2026, the state cited St Andrews Episcopal School for 35 deficiencies — the Texas HHSC term for rule violations — over 7 routine inspections and 3 other visits (investigations or paperwork reviews); 7 were under rules the state weights High. The rule cited most often here is 746.901 (8 times, most recently Feb 6, 2023).
The state lists St Andrews Episcopal School as serving infant, toddler, pre-kindergarten, and school-age children, open 07:30 AM to 02:45 PM (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri). Programs on file: School Age Care, Part Time Care. Program type: Child Care Program.
Of the 35 violations at St Andrews Episcopal School, 7 fall under rules Texas weights High and 13 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 | 7 | 20% |
| Medium High | 13 | 37% |
| Medium | 12 | 34% |
| Medium Low | 3 | 9% |
| Low | 0 | 0% |
St Andrews Episcopal School had 35 violations in five years, more than the median of 11 across Houston’s 923 licensed child care centers, and 3.7 per routine inspection against a median of 1.0 — a count of state records, not a rating.
7 rules were cited more than once at St Andrews Episcopal School in the last five years.
| Rule | Times | What the rule covers |
|---|---|---|
| 746.901 Medium | 8 | The center must keep a file at the center for each employee, caregiver, substitute, and volunteer, available during operating hours. It must include items such as start and end dates, proof of age and education qualifications, the required state affidavit forms (Forms 2985 and 2912), training records, proof that background checks were requested, and a copy of a photo ID. Official rule text · rule revised August 2024 Most recent: Feb 6, 2023 · first: Jan 4, 2023 |
| 746.605 Medium High | 4 | Before admitting a child, the center must collect set information, including the child's name and birth date, how to reach the parents, an emergency contact for when parents can't be reached, the people allowed to pick up the child, and permission to get emergency medical care. It must also record the child's special care needs, any allergies with a food allergy emergency plan if needed, and permission for transportation, field trips, or water activities if the center offers them. Official rule text · rule revised September 2024 Most recent: Dec 13, 2023 · first: Jan 4, 2023 |
| 746.1315 Medium High | 4 | Each caregiver and the center director must hold a current certificate in pediatric first aid (including rescue breathing and choking) and in pediatric CPR. A new caregiver may work with children before getting the CPR certificate, but at least one employee or caregiver with a current pediatric CPR certificate must be on the premises whenever children are in care. Official rule text Most recent: Feb 6, 2023 · first: Jan 4, 2023 |
| 746.5101 High | 3 | 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: Jul 17, 2024 · first: Jan 6, 2022 |
| 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: Dec 13, 2023 · first: Jan 6, 2022 |
| 746.603 Medium | 2 | 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 Most recent: Feb 6, 2023 · first: Jan 4, 2023 |
| 746.501 Medium | 2 | The center must have written policies on a long list of topics, including hours, how children are released, illness and exclusion, medication, medical emergencies, discipline, infant sleep, meals, immunizations, physical activity, parent rights, and its emergency plan. It must also tell parents that the area within 1,000 feet of the center is a gang-free zone. Official rule text · rule revised August 2024 Most recent: Jan 4, 2023 · first: Jan 4, 2023 |
| Year | Routine inspections | All state visits | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 (from Oct 20) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5 | 27 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 visits on record since Oct 20, 2021, newest first, including visits that found nothing.
| Date | Type | Rules checked | Violations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 15, 2025 | Inspection | 677 | None |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Inspection | 259 | None |
| Jul 17, 2024 | Inspection | 403 | 3 |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Inspection | 586 | 4 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | Inspection | 1 | 1 |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Investigation (self-report) | 5 | 1 |
| Feb 6, 2023 | Assessment | 7 | 7 |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Inspection | 615 | 14 |
| Feb 25, 2022 | Assessment | 1 | 1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | Inspection | 679 | 4 |
3 rules cited at St Andrews Episcopal School changed after some of these citations (marked “rule revised”), so the wording that applied at the time may differ from our plain-English explanation.
High · Jul 17, 2024 · Inspection
The operation did not have an carbon monoxide detection on the first floor, they was only one on the second floor.
Official text of rule 746.5531
High · Jul 17, 2024 · Inspection
An employee was observed in the building without a background check. Corrected: The employee left the building.
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
High · Jul 17, 2024 · Inspection
The operation did not have an updated inspection, the las inspection was conducted on 1-23-2023.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Dec 13, 2023 · Inspection
The operation did not have a Children's Product form at the operation.
In plain English: The center must check the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall list and keep recalled children's products out of the center, except antiques or items being repaired that children cannot use or reach. Each year it must certify in writing on a state form that it has done this, and it must post a notice telling parents and staff how to find the recall list. Official rule text
Medium High · Dec 13, 2023 · Inspection
The operation was missing four months of fire drills. Corrected: When I went over the standard with the operation.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Dec 13, 2023 · Inspection
A child with food allergy did not have a plan on file.
In plain English: For each child with a food allergy diagnosed by a health-care professional, the center must have a food allergy emergency plan signed and dated by the child's health-care professional and parent. A copy must be kept in the child's file. Official rule text
Medium High · Dec 13, 2023 · Inspection
Two children did not have an address for an emergency contact and one child had a parent.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
High · Jun 16, 2023 · Inspection
The operation did not have an updated fire inspection report, the last inspection was conducted on 1/24/2022.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jun 15, 2023 · Investigation (report)
The operation did not have incident report for the three children involved in the incident on the playground when children were placed at risk.
In plain English: The center must fill out the state's Incident/Illness Report form (or one with the same information) when a child has an injury needing medical treatment or hospitalization, an illness needing hospitalization, or an emergency allergic reaction that required a stock epinephrine auto-injector not prescribed to the child. It must also fill one out when a child or employee gets a reportable disease, or when any unusual situation put a child at risk, such as a child left in a vehicle or wandering off. Official rule text
Medium High · Feb 6, 2023 · Assessment
The operation did not provide the updated CPR training.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Feb 6, 2023 · Assessment
The operation did not provide the updated First Aid.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Feb 6, 2023 · Assessment
The operation did not provide the missing training hours for caregivers.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium · Feb 6, 2023 · Assessment
The operation did not provide the employees documentation of attended orientation.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium · Feb 6, 2023 · Assessment
The operation did not provide updated information for the three employees documentation that they received a copy of the operations center or personnel policies.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium Low · Feb 6, 2023 · Assessment
The operation did not provide the missing an affidavit on file.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium · Feb 6, 2023 · Assessment
The operation did not provide the missing health statement.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Three employees did not have documentation that they received a copy of the operations center or personnel policies.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
High · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Two children are missing medical emergency care authorization.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
Medium · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
The operation did not have in their operational policies on how parents can contact the licensing office of abuse and neglect line.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium High · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Three children were missing an address, one child is missing a number for their emergency contact and one child did not have any emergency contact.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
Medium High · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
One child with an food allergy did not have a food allergy plan on file.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised September 2024
Medium · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Five children's files did not have a statement on parents receiving the operational policies.
Medium · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Two employees did not have documentation that they attended orientation, one caregives start date was 3/1/2022 and the other start date 9/1/2019.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium High · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Two caregivers are missing first aid training.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Four caregivers are missing annual trainig. One caregiver only had 18 annual hours, three caregiver only had 17 annual hours of training.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium High · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
The operation is missing how they would evacuate children 24 months and younger and any child with limit mobility out of the building.
In plain English: The center's written emergency plan must explain how staff will evacuate, relocate, or shelter and lock down children, including children under 24 months and those who need extra help, and how every child will be accounted for. It must also cover how the center will contact authorities and parents, bring each child's emergency contacts and medical authorization, keep caring for children until they are picked up, and reunite them with parents. Official rule text
Medium Low · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Three employees are missing an affidavit on file.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
One child is missing a health statement.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
Two caregivers are missing CPR training.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium · Jan 4, 2023 · Inspection
The operation did not have in their operational policies on how parents can review a copy of the most recent licensing inspection report or how parents may access the minimum standards online.
Plain-English explanation above · rule revised August 2024
Medium Low · Feb 25, 2022 · Assessment
A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2021 data from February 23, 2022, revealed that the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2021 by February 22, 2022, as required
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
High · Jan 6, 2022 · Inspection
Two caregivers in attendance did not have an initial background check submitted.
In plain English: An operation must request a background check when it applies for a permit, hires someone, contracts with someone who needs a check, has a resident age 14 or older move in or a resident who is about to turn or has just turned 14, or learns of anyone else who needs a check. Checks must be renewed within five years for fingerprint-based checks or two years for name-based checks, and also when the person moves to another state or takes a role that requires fingerprints. Official rule text
High · Jan 6, 2022 · Inspection
Operation does not have a current fire inspection.
Plain-English explanation above
Medium High · Jan 6, 2022 · Inspection
Operation does not have a current gas inspection,
In plain English: A center that uses natural or LP gas must be inspected for gas leaks before its first permit and every two years after that, unless it is in a public school building run by the local school district. Official rule text
Medium High · Jan 6, 2022 · Inspection
Operation has not been conducting monthly fire drills.
Plain-English explanation above
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Explanations follow the current rules (HHSC minimum standards, revised December 2025).