Chicago · Licensed center

The Goddard School-Chicago

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 7 of its 8 licensing inspections since May 2013.

Of the 127 Chicago-area centers with 8 licensing inspections, 17% had rules cited at 7 of them, as this center did. 36% had rules cited at all 8.

Licensing inspections

Apr 28, 20266 citations

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(r)

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(3)

  • Physical Plant/Indoor Space

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2)

2 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7)

  • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

Aug 5, 20211 citation

  • Background Checks for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110

Apr 26, 20191 citation

  • Qualifications for Child Care Director

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1)

Mar 13, 20182 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

May 11, 20166 citations

  • Hand Washing

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(5)

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

  • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4)

2 more from this inspection

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260

  • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(e)(3)

Apr 30, 20158 citations

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(e)(5)

4 more from this inspection

  • General Requirements for Personnel

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(b)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

May 20, 2014No rules cited
May 1, 20134 citations

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(6)

  • Personnel Records

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4)

  • Health Requirements for Children

    89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(5)

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
April 28, 2026
On file
8 visits since May 2013 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was May 28, 2026. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Apr 2026 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · April 28, 2026

Physical Plant/Indoor Space

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) through (r) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(e) · 407.370(r)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(7) · Violation corrected

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(i)(3) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(2) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC7.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

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Aug 2021 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 5, 2021

Background Checks for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.110 · Violation corrected

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Apr 2019 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · April 26, 2019

Qualifications for Child Care Director

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.130(l)(1) · Violation corrected

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Mar 2018 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · March 13, 2018

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · Violation corrected

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May 2016 Monitoring visit 6 findings

Monitoring visit · May 11, 2016

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260 through (e)(3) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260 · 407.260(e)(3)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

Hand Washing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.320(a)(5) · Violation corrected

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(a)(4) · Violation corrected

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Apr 2015 Monitoring visit 8 findings

Monitoring visit · April 30, 2015

Personnel Records

5 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (e)(5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) · 407.120(a)(3) · 407.120(a)(4) · 407.120(b) · 407.120(e)(5)

Health Requirements for Children

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (5) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5)

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation corrected

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May 2014 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
May 2013 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · May 1, 2013

Health Requirements for Children

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) through (6) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(4) · 407.310(a)(5) · 407.310(a)(6)

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3) · Violation corrected

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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

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Address
1127 W Armitage Ave
License
pending renewal application (rn)

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State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

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 Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.