Concord · Licensed center
Primrose School At Afton Village
- Large academic center, licensed for 175 children.
- A Primrose Schools franchise. The brand is owned by Roark Capital, a private-equity firm.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 3 of its 7 licensing inspections since December 2023.
Of the 86 Charlotte-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 3 of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 7, 3% at none.
Licensing inspections
Feb 19, 20262 citations
“Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. In Space 2 where infants are enrolled, there were not sleep logs being maintained.”
Violation corrected during visit
“The center's safe sleep policy was not posted in a prominent place in the infant room where parents and caregivers were able to view daily. In Space 2 where infants are enrolled, the safe sleep policy was not posted.”
Violation corrected during visit
May 17, 20241 citation
“A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. In space C4 there was a diaper ointment without a Permission to Administer form.”
Violation corrected during visit
Dec 20, 20232 citations
“A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. In Space 9, a tube of Vaseline had "as needed" in the instructions instead of a measurable amount.”
Violation corrected during visit
“Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. In Spaces 1 and 10 the sleep charts had not been documented for the day and infants were observed sleeping.”
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/26/2023
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — North Carolina DCDEE
- Last visit
- February 19, 2026
- On file
- 7 visits since December 2023 — 4 cited nothing, 4 of those unannounced
- Fixed?
- All 5 record a correction, in the licensor’s own words.
- Most serious
- North Carolina DCDEE does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
North Carolina DCDEE describes every citation in the licensor’s own words and records the correction in that same text — the only one of the six states that publishes whether a violation was fixed. It attaches no rule number and no report document.
Feb 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · February 19, 2026
Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. In Space 2 where infants are enrolled, there were not sleep logs being maintained.
Violation corrected during visit
The center's safe sleep policy was not posted in a prominent place in the infant room where parents and caregivers were able to view daily. In Space 2 where infants are enrolled, the safe sleep policy was not posted.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000286 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
May 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding
Unannounced visit · May 17, 2024
A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. In space C4 there was a diaper ointment without a Permission to Administer form.
Violation corrected during visit
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000286 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
Dec 2023 Unannounced visit 2 findings
Unannounced visit · December 20, 2023
A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. In Space 9, a tube of Vaseline had "as needed" in the instructions instead of a measurable amount.
Violation corrected during visit
Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. In Spaces 1 and 10 the sleep charts had not been documented for the day and infants were observed sleeping.
Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/26/2023
DCDEE facility lookup On that page, enter license number 13000286 in the License Number box, choose Search and open the result; the record is listed under Visits.
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How they teach
Academic
“An exclusive Balanced Learning® curriculum that blends academics and social-emotional growth through purposeful play and nurturing guidance”
A day here
- Hours
- 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week, year round
- Meals
- Meals and snacks included in tuition (all Primrose schools)
- Updates for parents
- Real-time updates and photos sent to families (all Primrose schools)
- Schedule
- full-time, part-time
Details
- Website
- primroseschools.com
- Address
- 5401 Vining Street
- License
- 13000286, active
- Quality program
- One Star License
- Ages they serve
- ages 0-5
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked July 2026 primroseschools.com
State record
From North Carolina DCDEE’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Updates for parents — Checked July 2026 primroseschools.com
- Hours, Calendar, Schedule — Checked July 2026 primroseschools.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. To check it, open ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov/childcaresearch, enter licence 13000286 under License Number, and open the result.
- Website — Checked July 2026 primroseschools.com
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 primroseschools.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 primroseschools.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 roarkcapital.com
The private-equity firm Roark Capital lists Primrose Schools among its current investments and describes it as a franchisor of pre-K schools. roarkcapital.com
Large means the biggest quarter of Charlotte-area’s 591 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 163 to 528 children. Small is 11 to 50; medium is 51 to 162.