Texas records · WICHITA County · WICHITA FALLS
Tadpole Childrens Academy
Licensed Center in WICHITA FALLS, Texas · Full Permit · permit issued January 29, 2013
State record presented as of November 5, 2026
- Address
- 921 SCOTT AVE, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76301 3415
- Operation type
- Licensed Center
- Type of issuance
- Full Permit
- Permit issued
- January 29, 2013
- Operation number
- 1475806
- Licensed capacity
- 227 children
- Ages served
- Infant,Toddler,Pre-Kindergarten,School
- Schedule
- Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri · 06:00 AM-05:30 PM
- Conditions on permit
- YES
The record at a glance
| Inspections on record | 36 |
| Reports (complaints, incidents, self-reports) on record | 12 |
| Assessments on record | 0 |
| Standards evaluated across those visits | 10,466 |
| Citations recorded | 28 |
| Record covers | November 2, 2021 – September 29, 2026 |
Citations by the state’s risk levels
| High | 10 |
| Medium High | 12 |
| Medium | 6 |
Visits and findings, newest first
During a monitoring inspection, a child was found to be using a tablet during nap/rest time.
Corrected at the time of inspection. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During a monitoring inspection completed this date there were infants found to be sleeping with their bottles.
Corrected at the time of inspection. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
This standard was found deficient as part of a DFPS investigation.
Correction verified by the state on August 20, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During a DFPS Investigation, it was found that a 1yo child was left unsupervised on the playground area.
Correction verified by the state on August 20, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During a DFPS Investigation, it was determined that multiple caregivers were not aware of which children they were individually responsible for while outside in the playground area.
Correction verified by the state on August 20, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During a DFPS Investigation, it was determined that there were infants on the playground at the same time as older (Pre-K age) children which were more than 18 months older than the youngest child.
Correction verified by the state on August 20, 2025. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During the investigation, it was discovered that a new employee without valid CPR/First Aid certification was allowed to be left alone unsupervised with children in care.
Correction verified by the state on October 3, 2024. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During this investigation, screenshots of a group text among 10 caregivers were reviewed. These images showed active texting sent between caregivers while they were supervising children in care in various rooms.
Correction verified by the state on October 3, 2024. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
A child in care was found to have obtained an injury and the parent was not notified.
Correction verified by the state on August 13, 2024. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During this inspection, I again observed an infant teacher to be using their phone for personal use instead of activily supervising children in their care. Upon review of the video footage of the room, another infant teacher was also on her phone for personal use prior to my entry into the room.
Correction verified by the state on May 14, 2024. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During a secondary walkthrough of an infant room, a caregiver was observed to not wash an infant's hands following a diaper change.
Correction verified by the state on May 14, 2024. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During this inspection, there were two staff member laying on the floor in the infant room. One staff member appeared to be asleep and was woke up by another staff member. Upon review of the video footage of the room, that infant teacher could be observed on camera appearing to fall asleep from 1:26pm to when I walked into the room around 1:47pm.
Correction verified by the state on May 14, 2024. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During this inspection, I observed an infant teacher to be using their phone for personal use instead of activily supervising children in their care.
Correction verified by the state on April 30, 2024. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During inspection of a 18-24 month group of children, screentime was being used on a tablet attached to the wall. This was corrected at inspection when it was turned off.
Corrected at the time of inspection. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
It was determined during the investigation that the vehicle used to transport the children in care did not have an electronic child safety alarm installed.
Correction verified by the state on December 1, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
The incident report was not signed by the parent.
Correction verified by the state on December 1, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
It was determined that a child in care was left unattended in a vehicle owned and operated by the operation.
Correction verified by the state on December 1, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
It was determined throughout the course of the DFPS Investigation that a child in care was neglectfully supervised.
Correction verified by the state on December 1, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
It was determine during the course of the investigation that a caregiver did use their phones for personal use while working in the classroom with children.
Correction verified by the state on August 17, 2023. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
A room with 7 children, ages 12-18 months, was observed to have one caregiver supervising children in a reduced ratio classroom. This was corrected at inspection when another caregiver entered the room.
Correction verified by the state on October 25, 2022.
The operation was lacking a current fire inspection.
Correction verified by the state on October 26, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
A crib that an infant under the 12 months of age was resting in contained a large toy for the infants entertainment. This was corrected at inspection when a cargiver removed toy from the crib.
Correction verified by the state on April 5, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
An infant was in a bouncer for a period of at least 30 minutes or more. This was stated by the caregiver in the infant room. This was corrected at inspection when the caregiver removed the infant from the restrictive device.
Correction verified by the state on April 5, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
All classrooms in the operation were lacking posted activity plans.
Correction verified by the state on April 5, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
Several of the infant playyards contained matresses that were not designed by the manufactuer, causing the mattress to not fit snugly in the playyard. This was corrected at inspection when the mattresses were removed from the playyards. One infant crib had a loose fitted sheet causing the sheet to bunch up on the mattress. This was corrected at inspection when the sheet was changed to a snug fitted sheet.
Correction verified by the state on April 5, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
During lunch time there were 4 infants in the kidney bean shaped toddler table that were not buckled in.
Correction verified by the state on April 5, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
A child with a doctors note stating that the child was allergic to citrus/oranges did not have an allergy emergency plan on file.
Correction verified by the state on March 30, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
It was determined that a child in care was left unattended in a vehicle owned and operated by the operation.
Correction verified by the state on March 22, 2022. The state provided technical assistance on this standard.
This page presents the state’s record for this operation as of November 5, 2026; it is a dated presentation, not a live register. If something here does not match the operation’s current state record, file a correction report.