Primrose School Of Huntersville

Center · Huntersville · 9552 Kincey Avenue

What kind of place is this?

Size 169 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.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit North Carolina DCDEE names a limited company as the licensee, and it is not in the IRS register of tax-exempt organisations. ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov
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 5 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?

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 One Star License
License status Active

State record — North Carolina DCDEE

Last visit
January 21, 2026
On file
7 visits since January 2024 — 2 cited nothing, 2 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 9 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.

Jan 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jul 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · July 8, 2025

The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. There was no acknowledgement of a review of the shaken baby policy for a staff member on file.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/17/2025

Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A seasonal employee did not complete the trainings within one year of employment.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 7/17/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Apr 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Apr 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · April 16, 2025

Children were not adequately supervised at all times. On April 2, 2025, a child two years of age was left on the playground unattended for 5 minutes.

Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 4/28/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jan 2025 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · January 23, 2025

A copy of the safe sleep policy was not given to and/or explained to the parent of each child on or before the first day the infant attended the center. A child's file was missing the acknowledgement of the safe sleep policy.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/30/2025

Health and safety training topics were not included as part of on-going training within five years of completing the previous health and safety training topics. There was no documentation on file that a staff member completed the maltreatment training for the 5 year mark.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 1/30/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jul 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · July 24, 2024

All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member has not completed the training within the required timeframe.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/7/2024

All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member has not completed the course within the required timeframe.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 8/6/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Jan 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · January 24, 2024

All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. In space #8, there is peeling paint on the green border.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 2/2/2024

Equipment and furnishings not meeting the requirements outlined in child care .0601(b) and (c) were not removed or made inaccessible. In space #4, there was a torn pillow in the reading center.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Before you tour

Primrose School Of Huntersville 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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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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