Skokie · Licensed center
British Infant School
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 20 children.
Program news
Illinois’s child care licensing agency (DCFS) lists this program’s license status as “Refuse to Renew.” The record does not say whether that decision is final or under appeal. DCFS still lists the program. Ask DCFS or the program whether it may care for children today.
Illinois DCFS provider lookup. Shortlist last read it on November 8, 2026, and has read this status there since August 12, 2026.
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since May 2013.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Sep 23, 20141 citation
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a)
Apr 2, 20141 citation
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
May 8, 20136 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(g)
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(2)
Guidance and Discipline
Guidance and Discipline
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a)
Health Requirements for Children
Health Requirements for Children
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this center's inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 57% of 110.
How all 110 Chicago-area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 110 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 38%
- 2 of 324%
- All 357%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- September 23, 2014
- On file
- 3 visits since May 2013 — all of them cited findings
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 9, 2015. Illinois DCFS does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Illinois DCFS does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.
Sep 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · September 23, 2014
Physical Plant/Indoor Space
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.370(a) · Violation corrected
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172269 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Apr 2014 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · April 2, 2014
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172269 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2013 Monitoring visit 6 findings
Monitoring visit · May 8, 2013
Enrollment and Discharge Procedures
3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(g) through (i)(4)(a) · Violation corrected · Violation substantiated
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(g) · 407.250(i)(2) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(c)(5) · Violation substantiated
Guidance and Discipline
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.270(a) · Violation substantiated
Health Requirements for Children
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 172269 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (847) 679-6903
- Address
- 8201 North Karlov Avenue, Skokie, 60076
- License
- Refuse to renew
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked August 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRITISH INFANT SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60076 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 172269).
- Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "BRITISH INFANT SCHOOL" under Provider Name and 60076 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 172269).
Small means the smallest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 48 children. Medium is 49 to 118; large is 119 to 487.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.