Lees Summit · Licensed center
The Goddard School (Lee's Summit)
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 182 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- The Goddard School franchise; the brand is owned by Sycamore Partners (private equity).
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 6 of its 10 licensing inspections since November 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Aug 14, 20261 citation
Personnel
“The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2025, the staff listed need the following information: B.C. needs 2 more hours.”
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A)
Aug 11, 20261 citation
Personnel
“The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2025, the staff listed need the following information: B.C. needs 2 more hours.”
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A)
- Mar 2, 2026Nothing cited
Oct 29, 20251 citation
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 J.K. needs 12 hours.”
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A)
Aug 4, 20251 citation
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 J.K. needs 12 hours.”
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A)
- Mar 24, 2025Nothing cited
- Aug 26, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 11, 2024Nothing cited
Nov 28, 20232 citations
Annual Requirements
“The annual fire safety inspection was not conducted.”
5 CSR 25-500.052 (2) (A)
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.”
5 CSR 25-500.202 (1) (I)
Nov 1, 20233 citations
Annual Requirements
“The annual fire safety inspection was not conducted.”
5 CSR 25-500.052 (2) (A)
Personnel
“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.”
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A)
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.”
5 CSR 25-500.202 (1) (I)
The state cited rules at 6 of this center's 10 inspections. Of 138 Kansas City-area centers inspected 10 or more times, 44% had rules cited at some but not all of theirs, as this center did, 56% at all of theirs and 0% at none.
How all 138 Kansas City-area centers inspected 10 or more times compare
Of the 138 Kansas City-area centers the state inspected 10 or more times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- Some44%This center
- All56%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Missouri DESE Office of Childhood
- Last visit
- August 14, 2026
- On file
- 10 visits since November 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was August 14, 2026. 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.
Aug 2026 Compliance verification visit 1 finding
Compliance verification visit · August 14, 2026
5 CSR 25-500.102 (3) (A) · Personnel · Correction due August 14, 2026
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2025, the staff listed need the following information: B.C. needs 2 more hours.
Required correction: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
Aug 2026 Compliance monitoring visit 1 finding
Compliance monitoring visit · August 11, 2026
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 2025, the staff listed need the following information: B.C. needs 2 more hours.
Required correction: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
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 J.K. needs 12 hours.
Required correction: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
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 J.K. needs 12 hours.
Required correction: Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
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 · No longer on the state’s site as of November 2, 2026
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 · No longer on the state’s site as of November 2, 2026
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 · No longer on the state’s site as of November 2, 2026
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.
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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) (all Goddard schools)
Outdoors, diapers and updates for parents
- Outdoors
- Children play outside every day, weather permitting (all Goddard schools)
- Diapers
- Parents supply diapers, wipes, and changes of clothing (all Goddard schools)
- Updates for parents
- Daily photo/video updates via the Goddard Family Hub app (all Goddard schools)
Details
- Phone
- (816) 293-9393
- Address
- 3301 NE Ralph Powell Rd, Lees Summit, 64064
- License
- 002796701
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Sources and dates
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State record
From Missouri DESE Office of Childhood’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.
A day here
- Meals, Outdoors, Diapers — Checked July 2026 goddardschool.com
- Updates for parents — Checked July 2026 goddardschool.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 healthapps.dhss.mo.gov/…/Facility.aspx
- Website, Who runs it — Checked October 2026 goddardschool.com
- Ages they serve — Checked July 2026 goddardschool.com
- Who runs it — Checked November 2026 healthapps.dhss.mo.gov/…/Facility.aspx
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sycamorepartners.com
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com
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 Kansas City-area’s 191 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 135 to 729 children. Small is 8 to 56; medium is 57 to 134.