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The Goddard School

goddardschool.com

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 138 children.
  • The Goddard School franchise; the brand is owned by Sycamore Partners (private equity).

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 10 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 all 4 of its licensing inspections since July 2026.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Oct 20, 20261 citation
    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

      • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

  • Aug 24, 20261 citation
    • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

      • Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(h)(8)

  • Aug 17, 20264 citations
    • General Requirements for Personnel

      • General Requirements for Personnel

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.100(d)

    • Personnel Records

      • Personnel Records

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

    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

      • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

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

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

  • Jul 21, 20269 citations
    • Organization and Administration

      • Organization and Administration

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i)

    • Staffing Structure

      • Staffing Structure

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2)

    • Staffing Structure

      • Staffing Structure

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(d)(1)

    • Grouping and Staffing

      • Grouping and Staffing

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1)(g)

    • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

      • Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(4)(a)

    • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

      • Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d)

    • Health Requirements for Children

      • Health Requirements for Children

        89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3)

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

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%
  • All 459%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
October 20, 2026
On file
4 visits since July 2026 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was November 20, 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.

Oct 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · October 20, 2026

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 651049 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 1 finding

Monitoring visit · August 24, 2026

Special Requirements for Infants and Toddlers

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.210(h)(8) · Violation substantiated

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 651049 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Aug 2026 Monitoring visit 4 findings

Monitoring visit · August 17, 2026

General Requirements for Personnel

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

Personnel Records

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

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Rule cited again

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 651049 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Jul 2026 Monitoring visit 9 findings

Monitoring visit · July 21, 2026

Enrollment and Discharge Procedures

3 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) through (4)(a) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.250(i)(1) · 407.250(i)(1)(g) · 407.250(i)(4)(a)

Staffing Structure

2 citations · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) through (d)(1) · Violation corrected

89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.90(a)(2) · 407.90(d)(1)

Organization and Administration

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.70(i) · Violation corrected

Grouping and Staffing

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.190(e) · Violation corrected

Daily Arrival and Departure of Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.260(d) · Violation corrected

Health Requirements for Children

1 citation · 89 Ill. Adm. Code 407.310(a)(3) · Violation corrected

DCFS compliance lookup On that page, enter provider number 651049 in the Provider box and choose Search; the compliance report downloads from the button on the result row.

Details

Phone
(708) 390-8880
Address
11900 Francis Rd, Mokena, 60448

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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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