Licensed child care center · public record
Pointe Academy
Mckinney, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued March 25, 2024
- Capacity
- 218 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 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
- 1784926
Where
3201 N Central Expy
Mckinney, TX 75071
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 |
|---|---|---|
| September 28, 2026 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The operation's last fire inspection was conducted in May of 2025.” |
| September 28, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based State’s note: “A caregiver who has been employed at the operation for more than 90 days has completed CPR/First Aid training which was not conducted in person.” |
| June 9, 2026 | 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: “This standard was evaluated during the investigation and was found to be deficient. Caregivers left a child in the restroom of a classroom while they took the rest of the class outside on the playground. The child was left alone in the restroom for approximately 15 minutes before being found by another caregiver.” |
| June 9, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3417(3) - Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering State’s note: “During the investigation video was reviewed which showed that after a caregiver changed a child's diaper the caregiver set the child on the ground to play and did not ensure that a child had washed their hands.” |
| June 9, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3415(4) - Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child State’s note: “During the investigation video was reviewed which showed that a caregiver did not wash their hands after diapering a child.” |
| February 20, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3417(3) - Children Handwashing After Toileting or Diapering State’s note: “A child was not guided to wash their hands with soap and running water after a diaper change but instead the child was guided to engage in a table activity. When CCR inspector brought hand washing to their attention, the caregiver guided the child to the hand washing sink to wash the child's hands with soap and running water.” |
| February 20, 2026 | Medium High | 746.3415(4) - Employee Handwashing After Diapering a Child State’s note: “A caregiver did not wash hands with soap and running water after changing a child's diaper but instead guided the child to enage in a table activity. When CCR inspector brought hand washing to her attention, the caregiver washed their hands with soap and running water.” |
| February 20, 2026 | Medium High | 746.1609 - Maximum Group Size 13 or More Children State’s note: “A caregiver was observed supervising 14 children ranging from 17 months to 2 years with a Specified Age Group of 18 to 23 months. The ratio for 18 to 23 months is 9:1. The director corrected the deficiency during the inspection by adding a second qualified caregiver in the class to mitigate risk.” |
| December 12, 2025 | High | 746.1205(a)(5) - Responsibilities of Caregivers - Intervene to ensure each child's safety State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. Three children were unsupervised in a classroom when two of the children exited through a fire door to a sidewalk on the outside of the building.” |
| December 12, 2025 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. When one caregiver saw three children running away from the group while the caregiver was supervising the group with another caregiver, the caregiver did not show good judgement when the caregiver did not run after the children which resulted in the caregiver losing sight…” |
| December 10, 2025 | 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: “This standard was evaluated for investigation and was found to be deficient. Through review of video and staff interviews, it was determined a child was left unsupervised in a classroom for one minute and 3 seconds.” |
| March 19, 2025 | High | 746.5101(a) - Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months State’s note: “The Fire Marshall for the City of McKinney has not conducted a fire inspection at the operation since 9/15/2023.” |
| October 7, 2024 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found to be deficient. Through interviews with staff and review of video, it was determined a caregiver grabbed a child's forearm with one hand and pulled the child away from an area when a child was not moving away from the area on their own.” |
| May 29, 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: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. Through interviews with staff and review of video, it was determined that when a caregiver took a group of children outside, the caregiver left one child from the group in an inside hallway for approximately one minute.” |
| May 29, 2024 | High | 746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk State’s note: “This standard was evaluated as part of the investigation and was found to be deficient. When a child was left unattended in a hallway on 5/28/2024, the parents of the child were not notified until 5/29/2024.” |
| August 24, 2023 | Medium High | 746.5202(5) - Emergency Preparedness Plan-Reunification Plan State’s note: “The emergency preparedness plan did not list procedures of how children will b reunified with their parents.” |
| August 24, 2023 | High | 746.501(a)(9) - Written Operational Policies - Safe Sleep for Infants 12 Months and Younger State’s note: “The operational policies did not list safe sleep procedure.” |
| August 24, 2023 | Medium High | 746.5202(2) - Emergency Preparedness Plan - Communication Procedures State’s note: “The emegency preparedness plan did not list procedures of how staff will communication with parents and Childcare Regulations.” |
| August 24, 2023 | Medium High | 746.5202(3) - Emergency Preparedness Plan - Essential Documentation State’s note: “The emergency preparedness plan did not lists procedures for how staff will evaluate with essential documentation.” |
| August 24, 2023 | Medium | 746.501(a)(19) - Written Operational Policies - Providing & Applying Insect Repellant and Sunscreen State’s note: “The operational policies did not list procedures for applying insect repellent.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 28, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- September 14, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 20, 2026 Report · deficiency found: No
- July 7, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 30, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 11, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 9, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- February 25, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- February 20, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- January 9, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 12, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- December 12, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 10, 2025 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- September 8, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 2, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected Pointe Academy?
Texas HHSC's file lists 17 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 28, 2026. 6 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does Pointe Academy have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 20: 10 high-risk, 9 medium-high-risk, 1 medium-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.
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