Superlative Child Care

Home · Charlotte · 3339 Barfield Dr

What kind of place is this?

Size 8 children licensed The same licensed capacity as at least half of Charlotte home daycares, which license 8. Measured across 141 Charlotte home daycares, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

North Carolina DCDEE cited something at 7 of the 15 visits below. Across Charlotte home daycares it cites something at about 44% 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?

Accepts subsidy Yes

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 27, 2026
On file
15 visits since November 2023 — 8 cited nothing, 8 of those unannounced
Fixed?
All 10 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 nothing cited
Feb 2026 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Oct 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · October 27, 2025

A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The roster was incomplete in ABCMS.

Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 2/10/2026

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Jun 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · June 24, 2025

Screen time was not prohibited for children under the age of three. The operator did not offer alternative activities for children under the age of three years. Screen time was observed provided to a one (1) year old child.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/24/2025

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2025 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · June 9, 2025

The family child care home operator did not collect and submit samples of water from each outlet used for drinking or food preparation for lead analysis to the local health department or a laboratory certified to analyze for lead in drinking water by the North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health. Water was not tested before January 1, 2025; the water was tested April 24, 2025.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

May 2025 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · November 6, 2024

Signed discipline statement did not include the required information, as outlined in rule. The discipline policy did not include the child's name, the date the child first attended the home, the date the operator's policy was given and explained to the parent, the parent's name, the parent's signature, and the date the parent signed the acknowledgement.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 11/7/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Oct 2024 Unannounced visit 1 finding

Unannounced visit · October 31, 2024

Sleeping infants, ages 12 months and younger were not visually checked every 15 minutes. Sleep log was not completed for new enrollment (ten month old) that began care on October 29, 2024.

Violation confirmed corrected by follow-up visit made by consultant on 11/6/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2024 Unannounced visit 2 findings

Unannounced visit · June 13, 2024

Operator did not keep records of monthly fire drills, quarterly lockdown or shelter-in-place drills, incident reports, incident logs, accurate attendance, emergency numbers, emergency preparedness and response plan, field trip/transportation permission, pet vaccinations records and/or playground inspections monthly outdoor safety checks for a minimum of one year. The playground inspections were incomplete; last inspection was completed March 7, 2024

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/28/2024

The operator did not conduct a monthly fire drill. The fire drill was not completed for May 2024.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 6/28/2024

DCDEE facility lookup

Jun 2024 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Dec 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Unannounced visit 3 findings

Unannounced visit · November 8, 2023

Electrical outlets not in use were not covered. Two (2) outlet covers were not posted.

Violation confirmed corrected by letter received from provider on 12/22/2023

Required locked storage was not secure with combination locks, electronic, or magnetic devices, key, or equivalent locking devices. The outdoor storage shed was not locked. A storage shed was unlocked that contained a hand saw.

Violation corrected during visit

A First Aid Information sheet, complete with required information, was not posted for quick referral by staff. The First Aid Information sheet was not posted.

Violation corrected during visit

DCDEE facility lookup

Nov 2023 Unannounced visit nothing cited

Before you tour

Superlative Child Care 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.

Will it fit our family

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