Westminster · Licensed center
The Goddard School
- Large center, licensed for 125 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- 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 — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- November 6, 2025
- On file
- 2 visits since December 2024
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was November 6, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Nov 2025 Supervisory visit 10 findings
Supervisory visit · November 6, 2025
2.209.A.7 · Correction due November 6, 2025
Reviewed 10 child files and identified 5 children's emergency medical authorization to be expired.
Required correction: Emergency medical authorization must be updated annually. Submit a written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 11/06/2025
2.212.G
Reviewed 16 staff files and identified SM6 to be missing a health statement and SM3, SM4 to be missing a self- reported health history.
2.213.C · Correction due November 6, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff files and identified SM1 and SM2 with expired Infant Safe Sleep training.
Required correction: The training must be renewed annually. Submit documentation with written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 11/06/2025
2.213.G · Correction due November 6, 2025
Reviewed 16 staff files and identified SM1 with expired child abuse prevention training.
Required correction: The training must be updated annually. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. SM1 completed the training. No response required. Correct by 11/06/2025
2.216.A.1
SM10 working with children alone in the classroom and to be missing qualifications. Director stated SM10 is an Aide and does not have qualifications.
Required correction: Staff responsible for a group of children must meet ECT qualification. Submit a written statement of compliance
2.219.B.1 · Correction due November 6, 2025
Reviewed 10 child files and identified 2 children to be missing the immunization statement and one child's immunization record not documented on the approved form.
Required correction: Each child must have an immunization record and documented on the approved certificate of immunization. Submit a written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 11/06/2025
2.219.B.2
Reviewed 10 child files and identified 2 children to be missing a medical statement signed and dated by a health care provider.
2.222.A.1.b · Correction due November 6, 2025
In the Bridge classroom, diapers on the bathroom counter, accessible to children.
Required correction: Diapers must be inaccessible to children. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. Director placed the diapers to an area inaccessible to children. No response required. Correct by 11/06/2025
2.223.C.2 · Correction due November 6, 2025
In the Infant 2 room, one crib mattress had loose sheet on.
Required correction: Crib mattresses must have properly fitted sheet. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. Staff replaced the sheet on the mattress. No response required. Correct by 11/06/2025
2.229.L
In the Toddler 1 and Two's classrooms broken chalk on the shelves, and in the Bridge classroom small Geo blocks accessible to children under 3 years of age, posing a potential hazard.
Required correction: Choke hazards must be inaccessible to children under 3 years of age. CORRECTED AT THE TIME OF THE INSPECTION. Dircetor placed the choke hazards to an area inaccessible to children. No response required. Correct by
Dec 2024 Original-Change of Owner visit 15 findings
Original-Change of Owner visit · December 11, 2024
2.210.A.3 · Correction due January 11, 2025
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified 13 staff to be missing immunization record or statement.
Required correction: All staff must have immunization record or a statement. Submit a written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 01/11/2025
2.212.G
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified 10 staff to be missing a medical statement.
2.206.B.18 · Correction due January 11, 2025
Reviewed center policies and identified the procedure for caring for children who arrive late to be missing.
Required correction: The policies must include the information. Correct prior the approval of license and submit a written statement to specialist. Correct by 01/11/2025
2.212.N · Correction due December 11, 2024
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified J.R. and S.S. to be missing the signed statement that they have been trained in center's policies for administering medications.
Required correction: All staff must sign the statement. Submit a written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 12/11/2024
2.206.B.25 · Correction due January 11, 2025
Reviewed center policies and identified the procedure for filing a complaint and phone number to be missing.
Required correction: The policies must include the information. Submit a written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 01/11/2025
2.206.B.26
Reviewed center policies and identified the procedure for reporting of child abuse to be missing.
2.209.A.2 · Correction due January 11, 2025
Reviewed child enrollment forms and identified the parents' special instructions as to how they may be reached to be missing.
Required correction: The enrollement forms must include special instructions from parents as to how to reach them. Submit a written statement of complinace to specialist. Correct by 01/11/2025
2.121.J.1 · Correction due December 11, 2024
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified R.R. and C.W. to be lived Out-of-State in the past 5 years and to be missing the Clearance letter.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that R.R. and C.W. have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of Out of State background check Clearance letter with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 12/11/2024
2.213.B · Correction due December 11, 2024
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified M.P., A.D. and B.B. with expired Standard Precautions training and T.S. to be missing the training.
Required correction: All staff must complete the training prior working with children, then update annually. Submit documentation with written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 12/11/2024
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified R.R. to be missing the Firts Aid/CPR Module and no certification.
2.213.G · Correction due January 11, 2025
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified A.D. with expired Child Abuse Prevention training.
Required correction: All staff must complete the training annually. Submit documentation with written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 01/11/2025
2.216.A.1 · Correction due December 11, 2024
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified R.R., T.S., E.H., N.C., K.A., acting as ECT in the classroom and to be missing documentation of qualifications.
Required correction: Staff acting as ECT must meet qualifications. Submit documentation with written statement of compliance to specialist. Correct by 12/11/2024
2.216.C.2
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified Toddler Aide J. R. and I/T Floater G.O. to be missing the 8 hours of orientation.
2.120.C.1 · Correction due December 11, 2024
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified that C.W. to be missing Trails Clearance letter under the new governing body license number.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff C. has reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of TRAILS Clearance Letter for C. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 12/11/2024
2.121.D · Correction due December 11, 2024
Reviewed 19 staff files and identified C.W. to be missing FBI and CBI learance letters and G.O. to be missing CBI clearance letter under the new governing body license number.
Required correction: All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of FBI and CBI Clearance Letter for C. and CBI clearance letter for G. with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 12/11/2024
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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Details
- Address
- 4147 W Main St.
- License
- 1783410, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.