Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR
Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR is a certified child care center in Huntingdon Valley, PA, with capacity for 159 children. It holds a Keystone STAR 1 rating. Since August 2021, Pennsylvania certification staff have inspected it twice. No visit in that period produced a citation, which puts it among the 3% of ranked Pennsylvania centers with no citations. Measured by topic-weighted citations per inspection, it is #1 of 6 centers in Huntingdon Valley and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
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“Core safety” marks citations about supervision and staff ratios, discipline and caregiver conduct, background checks, child protection and safe sleep, the topics our score weights most. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity. “Follow-up” marks a violation re-cited at a follow-up visit, counted once. How scores work.
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Common questions
Has Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR had any serious violations?
No citations on supervision, staff ratios, discipline, background checks, child protection or safe sleep since 2021.
Have there been complaints about Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR?
Pennsylvania lists no complaint investigation that found a violation at Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR since 2021. Its search shows these “verified complaints” but not what a complaint alleged, or whether every violation relates to it.
What is Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR’s Keystone STARS rating?
STAR 1, effective Jun 4, 2019. Keystone STARS is Pennsylvania’s quality rating program for child care, from STAR 1 to STAR 4. It measures program quality, not inspection results, so read both.
How does Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR compare with other daycares in Huntingdon Valley?
It is #1 of 6 centers in Huntingdon Valley by topic-weighted citations per inspection, and is tied for the best record statewide (no citations).
When was Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR last inspected?
Aug 3, 2026 (allocated unannounced monitoring). No violations were cited during that visit.
Who runs Gloria Dei Preschool Discovery CTR?
The legal entity on its Pennsylvania certificate is Gloria Dei Evangelical Lutheran Church.
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Citations are quoted from Pennsylvania Department of Human Services inspection records (Office of Child Development and Early Learning, Bureau of Certification Services), including each finding and the center’s plan of correction. Rule numbers refer mostly to 55 Pa. Code Chapter 3270, the rules for child care centers; a few cite Chapter 20, which covers every certified facility. Pennsylvania’s records don’t grade violations by severity; the “core safety” label and the score are Daycare Record’s.
To check the state’s own record, search the center’s name on COMPASS Child Care Provider Search and open its inspection history. Data refreshed Oct 16, 2026.
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