Leafspring School At Cornelius-The Village

Center · Cornelius · 18120 Statesville Road

What kind of place is this?

Size 199 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Charlotte centers, where the middle half licenses 50–162. Measured across 598 Charlotte centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 3 of the 5 visits below. Across Charlotte centers it cites something at about 57% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Charlotte with Charlotte and never with another state.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Four Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
April 21, 2026
On file
5 visits since December 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 7 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.

Apr 2026 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · April 21, 2026

New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 6 weeks of employment for a staff member.

Violation corrected during visit

Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. There was no documentation on file for orientation training within 2 weeks of employment for a staff member.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · October 28, 2025

A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. There was no current activity plan posted for the school age group of children.

Violation corrected during visit

The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. There was no documentation on file of an annual EMC plan review for 3 staff members.

Violation corrected during visit

The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. There was no documentation on file of an annual EPR review for 3 staff members.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Apr 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Mar 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · March 6, 2025

Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have a medical exam/health assessment record on file during today's visit.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025

Each child was not immunized as per Article 6 of Chapter 130A and an immunization record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. A preschool age child whose family enrolled her on 9/9/24, did not have an immunization record on file during today's visit.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 3/11/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Dec 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Leafspring School At Cornelius-The Village hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious.North Carolina DCDEE records the correction in its own words, but never says how serious it was.

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

All checked July 2026.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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