Leander · Licensed center
Goddard School
- Large center, licensed for 194 children.
- A Goddard School franchise. The brand is owned by Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 2 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Texas HHSC
- Last visit
- June 30, 2026
- On file
- 2 visits since September 2024 · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- High —
The operation did not notify parents as stated in Minimum Standards regarding a situation that placed a child at risk.
· October 8, 2024
Texas HHSC describes each deficiency in writing and weights the standard behind it from high to low by the risk a violation presents to children. It publishes no inspection document.
Jun 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · June 30, 2026
746.4003(a)(8) - First Aid Kit Incomplete - Tweezers · Medium · No longer on the state’s site as of September 1, 2026
While conducting a first aid kit audit, tweezers were missing.
Oct 2024 Complaint 2 findings
Complaint · October 8, 2024
Reported to the state by the program
Self-report is Texas HHSC’s own field on its complaint investigation record.
746.307(b)(4) - Parental Communication - Situation that Placed a Child at Risk · High · No longer on the state’s site as of September 1, 2026
The operation did not notify parents as stated in Minimum Standards regarding a situation that placed a child at risk.
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 · High · No longer on the state’s site as of September 1, 2026
It was found that a caregiver did not have physical proximity, auditory or visual awareness of a child's on-going activity when the caregiver transitioned without all the children in their group leaving a child unsupervised.
Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 19, 2024
746.3805(b)(1) - Administering Medication - Original Container with Child's Name, Date · Medium High · No longer on the state’s site as of September 1, 2026
Two medications were observed stored in the medication storage not in the original container.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Address
- 1730 Union Street
- License
- 1839577, active
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Details
- Phone, License — Checked July 2026 childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Address — Checked October 2026 childcare.hhs.texas.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 goddardschool.com/…/leander/leander
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sycamorepartners.com
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com/about
The private-equity firm Sycamore Partners lists Goddard Systems as a current investment. sycamorepartners.com
Goddard’s own site says “All Goddard Schools are independently owned and operated.” goddardschool.com
Large means the biggest quarter of Austin-area’s 928 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 154 to 731 children. Small is 12 to 61; medium is 62 to 153.