Lees Summit · Licensed center
The Goddard School (Lee's Summit)
A center in Lees Summit, licensed for 182 children. The state cited something at 4 of 8 routine visits (Kansas City-area centers: about 8 in 9).
Large center. Large means the biggest quarter of Kansas City-area’s 187 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 135 to 729 children. Small is 8 to 55; medium is 56 to 134.
How they teach
Not published
Who cares for your child
Not published
What it costs
Not published
Shortlist can ask The Goddard School (Lee's Summit) for what it has not published: how they teach, who is with the children and for how long, what it costs, hours and late pickup and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 4 of 8 cited something
Across Kansas City-area centers, the state cites something at about 8 in 9 routine visits (2,101 visits).
From Missouri DESE Office of Childhood’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Missouri DESE Office of Childhood
- Last visit
- March 2, 2026
- On file
- 8 visits since November 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was October 29, 2025. Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Missouri DESE Office of Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Missouri DESE marks every rule section of an inspection Compliance, Violation or Not Observed, and for each violation publishes the inspector’s observation, the rule quoted in full, the correction required and a deadline. A complaint investigation is published where the state substantiated a rule violation, with its disposition.
Oct 2025 Compliance verification visit 1 finding
Compliance verification visit · October 29, 2025
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A) · Personnel · Correction due October 29, 2025
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2024, the staff listed need the following information: A.H. needs 12 hours and Jenni Kerley needs 12 hours.
Required correction: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Aug 2025 Compliance monitoring visit 1 finding
Compliance monitoring visit · August 4, 2025
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A) · Personnel
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2024, the staff listed need the following information: A.H. needs 12 hours and Jenni Kerley needs 12 hours.
Required correction: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
Nov 2023 Compliance verification visit 2 findings
Compliance verification visit · November 28, 2023
5 CSR 25-500.052 (2) (A) · Annual Requirements · Correction due November 28, 2023
The annual fire safety inspection was not conducted.
Required correction: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual fire safety requirements.
5 CSR 25-500.202 (1) (I) · Nutrition and Food Service · Correction due November 2, 2023
Requirements for food sanitation were not maintained as evidenced by cots and bedding were out for nap while 1 child in classroom 5 and 12 children in classroom 6 were eating lunch.
Required correction: The facility shall follow state and local rules regarding food service sanitation.
Nov 2023 Supplemental visit 3 findings
Supplemental visit · November 1, 2023
5 CSR 25-500.052 (2) (A) · Annual Requirements
The annual fire safety inspection was not conducted.
Required correction: The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual fire safety requirements.
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A) · Personnel · Correction due November 1, 2023
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2022, the staff listed need the following information: K.R. needs 2 training hours.
Required correction: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
5 CSR 25-500.202 (1) (I) · Nutrition and Food Service
Requirements for food sanitation were not maintained as evidenced by cots and bedding were out for nap while 1 child in classroom 5 and 12 children in classroom 6 were eating lunch.
Required correction: The facility shall follow state and local rules regarding food service sanitation.
Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.
A day here
- Meals
- Morning and afternoon snacks provided at all schools; lunch varies by location (some locations offer lunch, others require families to pack food from home) (Goddard School’s policy for all its schools)
- Outdoors
- Children play outside every day, weather permitting (Goddard School’s policy for all its schools)
Details
- Phone
- (816) 293-9393
- Website
- goddardschool.com
- Address
- 3301 NE Ralph Powell Rd
- License
- 002796701, active
- Ages
- 6 weeks to 6 years
- Ownership
- For-profit
- Chain
- The Goddard School, a franchise
- Owner
- This school is owned by its franchisee. The Goddard School brand is owned by Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm.
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State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors — Checked July 2026 · goddardschool.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 · healthapps.dhss.mo.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 · goddardschool.com
- Ages — Checked July 2026 · goddardschool.com
- Ownership — Checked September 2026 · healthapps.dhss.mo.gov
- Chain — Checked September 2026 · goddardschool.com
- Owner — Checked September 2026 · prnewswire.com