Primrose School At Afton Village

Center · Concord · 5401 Vining Street

What kind of place is this?

Size 175 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.
Approach academic

In the program’s own words

“An exclusive Balanced Learning® curriculum that blends academics and social-emotional growth through purposeful play and nurturing guidance” primroseschools.com, July 2026

Who runs it

Chain Primrose Schools
Owner Taurus Capital Partners Owned by private-equity firm Taurus Capital Partners, which acquired Primrose Schools from Roark Capital (Roark held it 2015-2025 and explored a sale in 2024). primroseschools.com

Primrose Schools runs 9 licensed locations in Charlotte.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 3 of the 7 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?

Ages served ages 0-5
Hours 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Days / week 5
Schedule full-time, part-time

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating One Star License
License status Active

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

Sep 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Feb 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Sep 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
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

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

Before you tour

Primrose School At Afton Village hasn’t published

Cost, 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

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established.

Who runs it

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: holiday closures.

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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