Oswego · Licensed center

The Learning Experience At Oswego

Large center, licensed for 159 children.
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What the state has found

The state cited rules at 4 of its 7 licensing inspections since October 2021.

Of the 157 Chicago-area centers with 7 licensing inspections, 13% had rules cited at 4 of them, as this center did. 40% had rules cited at all 7.

Licensing inspections

Jan 7, 2026No rules cited

Oct 2, 20251 citation

Grouping and Staffing
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a)

Jul 30, 20241 citation

Napping and Sleeping
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i)

Jul 22, 2024No rules cited

Oct 17, 2023No rules cited

Sep 27, 20223 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

Oct 1, 20215 citations

Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)
Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b)
Personnel Records
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(3)

1 more from this inspection

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit: January 7, 2026
On file: 7 visits since October 2021 — 3 cited nothing
Fixed?: The latest correction deadline was November 1, 2025. 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.

Jan 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 2, 2025

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(a) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · July 30, 2024

Napping and Sleeping

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.350(i) · Violation corrected on site

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2024 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Oct 2023 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

Sep 2022 Monitoring visit 3 findings

Monitoring visit · September 27, 2022

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Oct 2021 Monitoring visit 5 findings

Monitoring visit · October 1, 2021

Personnel Records

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(2) through (4) · Violation corrected

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

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(b) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

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

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 602862 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

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

6303835100

Address: 91 Templeton Dr
License: license issued (il)
Chain: The Learning Experience
Owner: The Learning Experience brand is owned by Harvest Partners, a private-equity firm. Most of its schools are owned by franchisees.

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State record

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

Details

Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "THE LEARNING EXPERIENCE AT OSWEGO" under Provider Name and 60543 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 602862).
Chain — Checked October 2026 thelearningexperience.com
Owner — Checked October 2026 harvestpartners.com

The private-equity firm Harvest Partners lists The Learning Experience as a current investment, made in July 2025, and describes it as a franchisor and operator of early childhood education schools. So a single center may be run by a franchisee or by the company. harvestpartners.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.