Licensed child care center · public record
Little Britches
Martindale, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
11 state inspections, last 2 years
36 deficiencies on the state’s summary
23 high or medium-high risk
September 28, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued June 6, 2021
- Capacity
- 99 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 07:00 AM-06:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1717122
Where
57 Thomas Dr
Martindale, TX 78655
Deficiencies by risk level
The state’s own summary counts for this operation, as published in the HHSC operations file.
Citations on the record
Each standard the state found not met, newest first, with its risk level and when it was corrected. Showing the newest 25 of 36.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2026 | Medium High | 746.5101(b) - Annual Fire Inspection - Conducted by Fire Marshal State’s note: “The last completed fire inspection was in April 2025.” |
| September 28, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1301(a)(4)(A) - Training Requirements for Employees, Caregivers, and Directors - Pediatric CPR State’s note: “Two caregivers were missing their CPR and First Aid certification.” |
| September 28, 2026 | Medium | 746.603(a)(3) - Children's Records - Health Statement State’s note: “One child file was missing a health statement.” |
| September 28, 2026 | Medium High | 746.5307(a) - Inspect Fire Extinguishers Monthly State’s note: “The operation has not inspection the smoke and carbon monoxide detector and fire extinguishers since December 2025.” |
| September 28, 2026 | Low | 746.1105(3) - Minimum Qualifications Employees and Caregivers - Affidavit (Form 2985) State’s note: “Three caregiver files were missing the required notarized affidavit.” |
| November 19, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “Two children did not have updated immunization records.” |
| November 19, 2025 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The annual fire inspection is not current.” |
| November 19, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3415(4) - Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child State’s note: “I watched 3 diaper changes in two classrooms, with two different teachers. Both teachers chose not to wear gloves, and both teachers forgot to wash their hands after helping the child wash their hands, then sanitizing the mat.” |
| November 19, 2025 | Medium | 746.801(10) - Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Safety Documentation for Emergency Drills, Fire Extinguishers, & Smoke Detectors State’s note: “The operation was missing documentation of lock down drills.” |
| November 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3415(4) - Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child State’s note: “One teacher did not wash hands after diapering.” |
| November 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1205(a)(3) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages State’s note: “In two classrooms, the care givers did not know the ages of their youngest child in care.” |
| November 13, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3417(3) - Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering State’s note: “One child in the 2-3-year old classroom did not have help to wash his hands after diapering.” |
| November 12, 2025 | Medium | 746.707 - Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent State’s note: “The operation did not get a signed incident report for an incident that required medical attention.” |
| July 30, 2025 | High | 746.4601(8) - No Asphalt or Concrete Under Climbing Equipment Unless Unitary Surfacing Covers Use Zone State’s note: “The inflatable wading pool was set up over concrete. This was corrected with the pool was removed from the concrete area.” |
| July 30, 2025 | Medium High | 746.2101(a) - Child/Caregiver Ratio - Splashing/Wading Activities State’s note: “One caregiver was supervising 4 children during water activities. The children were playing in a wading pool with a slide. The youngest child in the group was 2 years old. This was corrected when the caregiver ended the water activities and took the children back to their classroom.” |
| July 30, 2025 | Medium High | 746.4305 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space State’s note: “Four children between the ages of 2-3 years old were engaged in water activities in an outdoor space without a fence. This was corrected when the children went back to their classroom.” |
| January 22, 2025 | High | 746.305(a)(6) - Report Situation Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “The operation did not report a situation placing a child at risk to Child Care Regulation.” |
| January 22, 2025 | High | 746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk State’s note: “It was found that the parents of a child were not notified of an incident involving their child.” |
| January 22, 2025 | Medium | 746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “It was found that a report was not created for an incident that occurred between two children.” |
| January 13, 2025 | Medium | 746.603(a)(4) - Children's Records - Immunizations State’s note: “Two children files did not have an updated immunization record on file.” |
| January 13, 2025 | Medium | 746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days State’s note: “Two infants in care did not have feeding forms available for review.” |
| September 30, 2024 | Medium | 746.2803(4)(D) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, it was found that a caregiver uses 15 minute long time outs for school age children.” |
| September 21, 2024 | Medium | 746.2207(a) - Screen Time Activities - Not Used for Under Two State’s note: “During a DFPS investigation, a caregiver said that she allowed the 1 year old children in her class to have screen time.” |
| June 7, 2024 | Medium High | 746.4305 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space State’s note: “At the follow up inspection, the exterior fence in the outdoor play area still did not meet the 4 ft. minimum requirement.” |
| May 7, 2024 | Medium High | 746.4305 - Fenced Outdoor Activity Space State’s note: “The exterior fence in the outdoor play area does not meet the 4 ft. minimum requirement.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 28, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- December 3, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 13, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- November 13, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 12, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- August 13, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 30, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- July 18, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 16, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- April 17, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- April 11, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 24, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 22, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- January 13, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Little Britches?
Texas HHSC's file lists 11 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 28, 2026. 7 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Little Britches have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 36: 8 high-risk, 15 medium-high-risk, 11 medium-risk, 2 low-risk. Each one is listed below with its date and whether it was corrected.
Is this a rating?
No. This page shows the State of Texas's own public records, summarized. It is not a rating, a review or our opinion. Ask the operation or HHSC about anything here.
About this record. Public record from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation: the operations file, the inspections file and the non-compliance file on data.texas.gov, read daily. We summarize the state’s counts and quote its words; we don’t rate, rank or review anyone. For the official record or a complaint, go to HHSC Child Care Regulation. Is this your operation, and is something wrong? Tell us.
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