Licensed child care center · public record
Oxford Academy
Houston, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
6 state inspections, last 2 years
39 deficiencies on the state’s summary
30 high or medium-high risk
October 13, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued November 5, 2015
- Capacity
- 164 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat · 05:30 AM-07:30 PM
- Accepts child care subsidies
- Yes
- Conditions on the permit
- Yes
- Corrective action listed
- No
- Adverse action listed
- No
- Temporarily closed
- No
- State operation number
- 1558779
Where
12602 Hillcroft St
Houston, TX 77035
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 39.
| Inspection | Risk | Standard |
|---|---|---|
| October 13, 2026 | Medium High | 746.4907(a)(1) - Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Six Inches if Equipment 5 Ft or Less State’s note: “The operation was observed to not have loose fill at 6 inches as required. The grass was observed grown into the mulch.” |
| October 13, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3407(9) - Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean State’s note: “The operation was observed to have the baseboard coming from the wall of the infant/toddler classroom. The baseboard and debris is a safety hazard for children.” |
| October 13, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “The operation was observed to have four wooden pieces of wood trim around playground area split and broken.” |
| April 7, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards State’s note: “There were two protruding bolts sticking out of the wood around the playground.” |
| January 16, 2025 | Medium Low | 746.303(b) - Report Number of Employees State’s note: “The operation has not reported to CCR the number of employees who ceased working at the center in 2024 within the required timeframe.” |
| December 9, 2024 | Medium High | 746.5403(a) - Gas Leak Inspection - Natural Gas State’s note: “The operation has not had a gas inspection conducted since November 2022.” |
| November 27, 2024 | Medium High | 746.631(a) - Sign-in and Sign-out Tracking System State’s note: “Documentation showing 5 children were signed into care was not available upon request.” |
| November 27, 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: “5 children were left in the classroom unsupervised when the caregiver came to open the front door.” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3701(10) - Safety - Televisions Anchored to Prevent Tip Over State’s note: “A television in the schooler room was not mounted or anchored. Note: Television was removed during inspection.” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium High | 746.1205(a)(3) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know children's names and ages State’s note: “Caregivers did not have documentation in their classrooms showing the ages and names of children. Note: This was addresed during the inspection when caregivers wrote a list of childrens names with their ages” |
| November 1, 2024 | Medium | 746.2207(c)(3) - Screen Time Activities - Not Exceed One Hour Daily State’s note: “Children were watching television for more than one hour during the inspection” |
| October 29, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3407 - Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment State’s note: “A cabinet in the toddler room has broken and does not properly close.” |
| October 29, 2024 | Medium | 746.2207(c)(5) - Screen Time Activities - Does not include Advertising or Violence State’s note: “Based on the information obtained, screen time has included films that contained violence.” |
| October 29, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3407(8) - Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner State’s note: “Insects were observed in the hall way and in one of the cabinets during the inspection.” |
| October 29, 2024 | High | 746.3407(12) - Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children State’s note: “During the inspection, a bottle of Ajax was observed in an unlocked cabinet in the schooler room. Note: Ajax was removed during inspection.” |
| October 17, 2024 | Medium High | 746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards State’s note: “A celing tile is falling in the infant room. The fence is broken and bolts are projecting from the wooden borders in the ourdoor play area.” |
| October 17, 2024 | Medium Low | 746.1317(c)(4) - Training Criteria - Certificate State’s note: “Documentation of training certificates was not made available upon request for 2 staff members.” |
| October 17, 2024 | High | 746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for State’s note: “A caregiver did not know the correct number of children in their group. The caregiver stated they had 10 children present in the room with them. There were 11 children counted.” |
| October 20, 2023 | High | 746.5617(a)(5) - Required Equipment in Vehicles - Fire Extinguisher State’s note: “The fire extinguisher in one of the vehicles used for transportation needed to be recharged and would not have functioned in an emergency. This was corrected when a replacement extinguisher was placed in the van.” |
| October 20, 2023 | Medium High | 746.5607(b) - Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Not expired or damaged in accident State’s note: “Two expired booster seats were in use by transported children.” |
| October 20, 2023 | Medium | 746.2207(c)(5) - Screen Time Activities - Does not include Advertising or Violence State’s note: “Three school age children were observed playing games on the computer than included shooting, ramming of cars and fighting. This was corrected when the inappropriate games were deleted from the computer.” |
| July 24, 2023 | High | 746.2401(7) - Basic Requirements for Infants - Never Unsupervised State’s note: “In the infant classroom four infants were left unattended while the caregiver went next door to convesre with toddler's caregiver.” |
| July 24, 2023 | Medium High | 746.1609 - Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children State’s note: “The infant room was out of ratio by 1. There was a total of 5 infants.” |
| July 24, 2023 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “A four month old n infant was in a bouncy seat that was placed inside of a crib with blanket over their legs..” |
| July 24, 2023 | High | 746.1205(a)(2) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Know number of children responsible for State’s note: “The two caregivers present in the school age classroom did not know the amount of children they were supervising.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- October 13, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- April 7, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- March 31, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- October 14, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 18, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- January 16, 2025 Assessment · deficiency found: Yes
- December 9, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 27, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 26, 2024 Report · deficiency found: No
- November 14, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- November 1, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 29, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- October 29, 2024 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- October 17, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- October 20, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
How many times has the state inspected Oxford Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 6 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on October 13, 2026. 5 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Oxford Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 39: 11 high-risk, 19 medium-high-risk, 7 medium-risk, 2 medium-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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