Arlington Hts · Licensed center
Kensington School Of Arlington Heights
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 159 children.
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 3 of its 6 licensing inspections since September 2021.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
May 20, 20261 citation
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m)
May 19, 20261 citation
Organization and Administration
Organization and Administration
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(c)
Jan 15, 20262 citations
General Requirements for Personnel
General Requirements for Personnel
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)
Medications
Medications
89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c)
- Mar 26, 2024Nothing cited
- Jan 24, 2023Nothing cited
- Sep 9, 2021Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 6 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times had more: 82% of 139 had rules cited at 4 or more.
How all 139 Chicago-area centers inspected 6 times compare
Of the 139 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- 1 of 62%
- 2 of 64%
- 3 of 612%This center
- 4 of 614%
- 5 of 631%
- All 637%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Illinois DCFS
- Last visit
- May 20, 2026
- On file
- 6 visits since September 2021 — 3 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Correction was due February 14, 2026. 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.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 20, 2026
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(m) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 573615 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
May 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding
Monitoring visit · May 19, 2026
Organization and Administration
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 573615 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Jan 2026 Monitoring visit 2 findings
Monitoring visit · January 15, 2026
General Requirements for Personnel
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation substantiated
Medications
1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.360(c) · Violation substantiated
DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 573615 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.
Details
- Phone
- (630) 990-8000
- Address
- 840 E Kensington Rd, Arlington Hts, 60004
- Chain
- Kensington School
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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 "KENSINGTON SCHOOL OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS" under Provider Name and 60004 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 573615).
- Website, Chain — Checked October 2026 kensingtonschool.com
- 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 "KENSINGTON SCHOOL OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS" under Provider Name and 60004 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 573615).
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.