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The Goddard School

goddardschool.com

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 187 children.
  • The Goddard School franchise; the brand is owned by Sycamore Partners (private equity).

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 6 years (state).

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 4 licensing inspections since November 2017.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Dec 11, 2025Nothing cited
  • May 20, 20251 citation
    • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

      • Diapering and Toileting Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1)

  • Nov 6, 20192 citations
    • General Requirements for Personnel

      • General Requirements for Personnel

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f)

    • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

      • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

  • Nov 17, 20172 citations
    • Personnel Records

      • Personnel Records

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4)

    • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

      • A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 59% of 117 had rules cited at all 4.

How all 117 Chicago-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 117 Chicago-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None2%
  • 1 of 44%
  • 2 of 413%
  • 3 of 422%This center
  • All 459%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
December 11, 2025
On file
4 visits since November 2017 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was June 10, 2025. 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.

Dec 2025 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited
May 2025 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · May 20, 2025

Diapering and Toileting Procedures

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.340(k)(1) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419523 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2019 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 6, 2019

General Requirements for Personnel

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(f) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419523 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Nov 2017 Monitoring visit 2 findings

Monitoring visit · November 17, 2017

Personnel Records

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.120(a)(4) · Violation corrected

A citation the state’s report lists only by its code, CCASEC4.

0 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 419523 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

What staff are paid

Preschool and Pre-Kindergarten Lead Teacher
$18 to $21 an hourJob posting, October 2026
Lead Teacher Infant / Toddler
$18 to $21 an hourJob posting, October 2026

Details

Phone
(847) 413-8777
Address
1001 E Woodfield Rd, Schaumburg, 60173

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What staff are paid

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

Details

The private-equity firm Sycamore Partners lists Goddard Systems as a current investment. sycamorepartners.com

Goddard’s own site says “All Goddard Schools are independently owned and operated.” goddardschool.com

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.

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