Licensed child care center · public record
The Climbing Tree
The Woodlands, Texas. The state’s inspection record for this operation, from Texas Health and Human Services Child Care Regulation, in plain English.
8 state inspections, last 2 years
14 deficiencies on the state’s summary
10 high or medium-high risk
September 18, 2026 most recent inspection
The operation
- Type
- Licensed child care center
- State permit
- Full Permit, issued May 27, 1997
- Capacity
- 400 children
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri · 06:30 AM-06:15 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
- 523718
Where
6363 Research Forest Dr
The Woodlands, TX 77381
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 |
|---|---|---|
| August 20, 2026 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that a caregiver did not demonstrate good judgment while engaging with a child at the operation.” |
| August 20, 2026 | Medium High | 746.305(a)(2) - AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization State’s note: “This standard was tasked as part of the investigation and found to be deficient. It was determined that the operation did not report an injury of a child that required medical attention to CCR.” |
| August 7, 2026 | High | 746.2805(3) - Prohibited Punishments - Grabbing and Pulling State’s note: “It was revealed that the caregiver forcefully pulled and grabbed a child by the arm.” |
| July 2, 2026 | Medium | 746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days State’s note: “Based on information obtained during the investigation, the operation did not follow the child's documented feeding instructions.” |
| September 29, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3401(a) - Annual Sanitation Inspection State’s note: “The annual sanitation inspection was expired.” |
| February 25, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3819 - Food Allergy Emergency Plan Signed by Parents and Health Care Professional State’s note: “One child epi pen was expired.” |
| February 25, 2025 | Medium High | 746.3503(a) - Diaper Changing Equipment - Smooth, Non-absorbent, Easy to Clean Surface State’s note: “The changing mat in the two year old classroom was ripped. Note: changing mat was replaced during this inspectiion.” |
| November 29, 2023 | Medium | 746.701(1) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Injuries Requiring Medical Treatment or Hospitalization State’s note: “The incident/illness report form was not completed within 48 hours of the incident.” |
| November 28, 2023 | Medium | 746.2421(b) - Written Feeding Instructions - Review and Update Every 30 Days State’s note: “One infant did have current infant feeding.” |
| October 29, 2023 | High | 746.2805(1) - Prohibited Punishments - Corporal Punishment State’s note: “Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation, corporal punishment was used on a child in care when the caregiver picked up a child by one arm in an aggressive manner and resulted in physical abuse.” |
| October 29, 2023 | Medium | 746.701(5) - Licensing Incident/Illness Report Form - Situations Placing Children at Risk State’s note: “Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation, an incident report was not written informing the parents that the incident occurred.” |
| October 29, 2023 | High | 746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control State’s note: “Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation caregivers did not demonstrate good judgement when not asking for assistance when needed which resulted in a child being abused as well as a caregiver not intervening when the abuse occurred.” |
| October 29, 2023 | High | 746.1201(4) - AP Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Ensure No Child Abused, Neglected, or Exploited State’s note: “Based on the findings from a DFPS investigation, one caregiver was found Reason To Believe for Physical Abuse and another caregiver was found Reason To Believe for Neglectful Supervision.” |
| December 6, 2021 | Medium High | 746.1315(b)(1) - CPR Training and Recertification Adhere to Guidelines-skill based State’s note: “One of the caregivers had completed CPR training through online instruction and did not attend a class.” |
Recent inspections and visits
- September 18, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 21, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 20, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- August 10, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- August 7, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- July 16, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- July 2, 2026 Report · deficiency found: Yes
- May 21, 2026 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- September 29, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- September 26, 2025 Report · deficiency found: No
- February 25, 2025 Inspection · deficiency found: Yes
- November 26, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- June 18, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- January 4, 2024 Inspection · deficiency found: No
- December 1, 2023 Inspection · deficiency found: No
How many times has the state inspected The Climbing Tree?
Texas HHSC's file lists 8 inspections in the last two years, the most recent on September 18, 2026. 5 of the inspections and other visits in that period are marked as having found a deficiency.
Does The Climbing Tree have deficiencies on its record?
The state's summary for this operation lists 14: 5 high-risk, 5 medium-high-risk, 4 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.
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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