Licensed child care center · public record
Natures Way Preschool
Austin, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
5 state inspections, last 2 years
10 deficiencies on the state’s summary
4 high or medium-high risk
January 29, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued September 3, 2010
- Capacity
- 24 children
- Ages served
- Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 09:00 AM-05:00 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- No
- Conditions on the permit
- No
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1024587
Where
301 Nature Center Dr
Austin, TX 78746
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.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| February 19, 2025 | Medium High | 746.1316(a) - Transportation Safety Training -Director and Employee Complete 2 Hours Annually State’s note: “Three employees were missing their annual transportation training. It's currently being done every two years.” |
| February 19, 2025 | Medium | 746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content State’s note: “Of the four staff files reviewed, three employees lacked documentation of food allergy training, while one employee was missing training records in the following topics.” |
| December 4, 2024 | High | 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 State’s note: “A four-year-old child was left alone in a classroom for 45 minutes while the rest of the group participated in their daily hike.” |
| April 4, 2024 | Medium | 746.5205(4) - Documentation of Drills State’s note: “There was no documentation of a fire drill done in March of this year.” |
| April 4, 2024 | Medium | 746.1309(e) - Documented Annual Training- Required Content State’s note: “There was one caregiver who did not have their annual trainings in the required topics.” |
| June 6, 2023 | Low | 746.1329(d) - Employee record: Signed and Dated Statement for Orientation/Pre-Service training by trainer and employee State’s note: “The director did not have documentation of completing orientation.” |
| June 21, 2022 | Medium | 746.501(a)(18) - Written Operational Policies - Promotion of Physical Activity State’s note: “The promotion of Physical Activity was not available for review in the Operational Policies.” |
| June 21, 2022 | Medium High | 746.605(6) - Required Admission Information - Emergency Contact State’s note: “Four out of four children's record was missing the address of the emergency contact person.” |
| June 21, 2022 | Medium High | 746.605(13) - Required Admission Information - Special Needs Statement State’s note: “Four out of four children's records were missing the statement of special needs.” |
| June 21, 2022 | Medium | 746.4751(b) - Maintenance Procedures for Active Play - Monthly Maintenance Checklist State’s note: “There was no monthly maintenance checklist available for review.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- January 29, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 19, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 7, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 19, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 5, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 4, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- April 4, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- June 6, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- July 11, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 21, 2022 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Natures Way Preschool?
Texas HHSC's file lists 5 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on January 29, 2026. 2 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Natures Way Preschool have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 10: 1 high-risk, 3 medium-high-risk, 5 medium-risk, 1 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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