The Goddard School

RANDOLPH, NJLicensed Child Care CenterLicensed

4.4based on state inspection data
Capacity135
Est. price$899/mo

Contact information

Address1570 Sussex Tpke, Randolph, NJ, 07869

CityRANDOLPH, NJ 07869

CountyMorris

Phone973-584-1154

Operating details

Capacity135

Compliance snapshot

Last inspection: 7/24/2025 · Counts cover the full published inspection history; search results show the past 2 years.

  • High15
  • Medium-High2
  • Medium2
  • Medium-Low6
  • Low0

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1570 Sussex Tpke, Randolph, NJ, 07869, RANDOLPH, NJ 07869

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  1. Ask how they keep enrollment, immunization, and emergency-contact records current - their state findings include documentation lapses
  2. This is a large program - ask how children are grouped, how ratios are kept in each room, and how staff cover breaks
  3. Ask about teacher-to-child ratios and how supervision is maintained through the day
  4. Ask about their illness policy and which symptoms require a child to stay home

Violation summary

Last 2 years · Last inspection: 7/24/2025

  • High14
  • Medium-High2
  • Medium2
  • Medium-Low6
  • Low0

2025

  1. Medium risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) — Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 1.

    Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the child's name and date in room 1. Regulation: Feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for bottles, each child's bottle(s) shall be labeled with the child's name and dated.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  2. Medium-Low risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-3.6(b) — Maintain at the center and distribute to all families and staff, a copy of the Information to Parents document designated by the OOL.

    Maintain at the center and distribute to all families and staff, a copy of the Information to Parents document designated by the OOL. Regulation: The center shall distribute a copy of the Information to Parents document to each child’s parent(s) upon enrollment and to every person upon becoming a staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s and staff member’s signature attesting to receipt of the document.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  3. Medium-Low risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-3.4(a) — Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.

    Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage. Regulation: The sponsor or sponsor representative shall secure comprehensive general liability insurance coverage for the center and shall maintain on file a copy of the insurance policy or documentation of current insurance coverage.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  4. Medium-Low risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(c) — Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually for 16 staff.

    Ensure that all staff complete 12 hours of staff development annually for 16 staff. Regulation: The center shall ensure that all staff members who work at the center complete 12 hours of continuing staff development each year. Orientation training as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) may be included for six of the required hours of staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(c) and (d).

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  5. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) — Based on report, retrain the named staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.

    Based on report, retrain the named staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children. Regulation: (a) Topics of orientation training shall include all of the following: 1. Supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a); 2. Understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3; 3. Implementing group size limits and primary caregiver responsibilities, as applicable, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.4; 4. Recognizing and reporting child abuse or neglect, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.9; 5. Evacuating the center and using the fire alarms, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(l); 6.Implementing the center’s release policy, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.5; 7. Implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6; 8. Implementing health practices, including medication administration and responding to symptoms of illness, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1 through 7.11; 9. Implementing safe sleep practices to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; 10. Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma; 11. Recognizing and responding to injuries and emergencies, including the prevention of and response to emergencies due to food-related allergies and other allergic reactions; and 12. Including children with special needs in the center’s program.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  6. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) — Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually for 5 staff.

    Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually for 5 staff. Regulation: (a) Topics of orientation training shall include all of the following: 1. Supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a); 2. Understanding center operations, policies and procedures, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)3; 3. Implementing group size limits and primary caregiver responsibilities, as applicable, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.4; 4. Recognizing and reporting child abuse or neglect, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.9; 5. Evacuating the center and using the fire alarms, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(l); 6.Implementing the center’s release policy, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.5; 7. Implementing the center's statement of policy on the disciplining of children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6; 8. Implementing health practices, including medication administration and responding to symptoms of illness, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1 through 7.11; 9. Implementing safe sleep practices to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome; 10. Preventing Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma; 11. Recognizing and responding to injuries and emergencies, including the prevention of and response to emergencies due to food-related allergies and other allergic reactions; and 12. Including children with special needs in the center’s program.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  7. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a) — Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.

    Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Regulation: The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children. 1. At least one staff member shall be physically present in the room or area in which children are napping and shall be able to summon other staff members without leaving the room or area. 3. Naptime preparations shall have been completed and all children 18 months or above are resting or sleeping, while all children under 18 months of age are sleeping.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  8. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(b) — Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for 1 staff.

    Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for 1 staff. Regulation: When the center applies for a new license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that each staff member at least 18 years of age who is or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis completes the CHRI fingerprinting process specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a). Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that the new staff member completes the CHRI fingerprinting process specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a). Until the center receives the results of the CHRI background check for a new staff member, the center shall ensure oversight of that person by another staff member and ensure that the person is not alone to supervise a child or group of children.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  9. Medium-Low risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(d) — Ensure staff sign employment applications and provide staff signature of receipt of all center policies.

    Ensure staff sign employment applications and provide staff signature of receipt of all center policies. Regulation: the Staff Records Checklist for the current director and all staff members currently working at the center shall be maintained on file at the center.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  10. Medium-High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.9(a)(1) — Maintain an illness log on file at the center that includes the date of return.

    Maintain an illness log on file at the center that includes the date of return. Regulation: The center shall maintain on file a log of the initial illnesses, symptoms of illness, or diseases that are exhibited by each child while in the center’s care, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.1(c) and (d). This illness log shall include: the child's name; the date and time the illness, symptoms of illness or diseases were observed at the center; a description of the symptoms of illness manifested by the child; the action taken by the center to assist: the child who is demonstrating symptoms of illness; and the director in determining if exclusion of the child from the center is necessary; any significant change in the child's symptoms of illness; the date, if applicable, that: the child was removed from the center; the child returned to the center with a note from a health care provider attesting to the child's admissibility to the center and recovery from a reportable disease, as specified in N.J.A.C. 8:57; the child returned to the center with a parent’s note attesting that six days have elapsed since the onset of chicken pox, or that all chicken pox sores have dried and crusted; or the child returned to the center symptom-free.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  11. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.2(a)(8) — Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served.

    Provide a current life/hazard use registration certificate applicable to the center's licensed capacity and ages served. Regulation: The center shall obtain a Life Hazard Use Registration certificate applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served pursuant to the Uniform Fire Safety Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-192 et seq. The center shall post this document in a prominent location within the center.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  12. Medium-Low risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) — Provide documentation that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual.

    Provide documentation that the head teacher meets the required qualifications as specified in the manual. Regulation: For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: or all centers, the head teacher or consulting head teacher shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the seven options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c) for education and experience.

    Corrected 10/1/2025
  13. Medium risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.4(a)(2) — Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four infants or six toddlers.

    Ensure that a primary caregiver is assigned to each group of four infants or six toddlers. Regulation: For early childhood programs, the following shall apply for infants (under 18 months of age) and toddlers (18 months to 2½ years of age):a group shall consist of four infants or six toddlers to whom a primary caregiver has been assigned.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  14. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) — Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center.

    Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Regulation: The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  15. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.10(b)(1) — Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 2 staff for renewal.

    Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for 2 staff for renewal. Regulation: Within two weeks after a new staff member begins working at the center, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall submit to the Department a completed CARI consent form for the new staff member. Until the results of the CARI background check for a new staff member have been received from the Department, the center shall ensure oversight of the new staff member by another staff member, and ensure that person is not left alone to supervise a child or group of children.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  16. Medium-High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.3(a)(12)(ii) — Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in rooms 2 and 6.

    Ensure that each child's sippy cup is labeled with the child's name in rooms 2 and 6. Regulation: center shall ensure that these safety and sanitation practices are followed: sippy cups shall be labeled with the child’s name.

    Corrected 8/26/2025
  17. Medium-Low risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(iii) — Submit current documentation from the DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water (BSDW) and post the results.

    Submit current documentation from the DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water (BSDW) and post the results. Regulation: If the facility or site is not provided a potable water supply by a public community water system, the applicant shall provide potable water sampling results demonstrating compliance with maximum contaminant levels for all contaminants required to be tested pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:10-5 for public non-transient, non-community (NTNC) water systems, including radiological contaminants, regardless of whether they meet the definition of NTNC systems as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:10-1.3. This sampling shall have been conducted within three years of the date of application submission, except nitrates and coliform, for which the sampling shall have been conducted within 90 days of submitting the application.

    Corrected 10/1/2025
  18. High risk7/24/2025

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) — Ensure that at least 2 staff members present at the center are trained in the procedures for administering seizure medication.

    Ensure that at least 2 staff members present at the center are trained in the procedures for administering seizure medication. Regulation: (9) The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: before administering a health care procedure associated with a child’s health condition, such as the use of a blood glucose monitor, nebulizer, or epinephrine pen, the center shall ensure that all staff members who administer the procedure are taught to do so by the child’s parent or another appropriately-trained person. There shall be at least two staff members present at the center who are trained in such health care procedures. 10. The center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40- 12.5.e(1).

    Corrected 8/26/2025

2024

  1. High risk11/15/2024

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) — Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Two named staff failed to conduct the required name to face check when returning to the playground an

    Based on information, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Two named staff failed to conduct the required name to face check when returning to the playground and a named child was left on the playground unsupervised. Regulation: The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips.

    Corrected 11/21/2024
  2. High risk11/15/2024

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(g)(1) — Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.

    Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children. Regulation: The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by the center, the center shall maintain on file documentation or a copy of all staff development materials used.

    Corrected 11/21/2024
  3. High risk11/15/2024

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a) — Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child was left unsupervised on the playground for 12-13 minutes.

    Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. A named child was left unsupervised on the playground for 12-13 minutes. Regulation: The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children.

    Corrected 11/21/2024
  4. High risk9/18/2024

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(g)(1) — Based on report, retrain the named staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.

    Based on report, retrain the named staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children. Regulation: The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by the center, the center shall maintain on file documentation or a copy of all staff development materials used.

    Corrected 10/10/2024
  5. High risk9/18/2024

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a)(1) — Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center.

    Based on report, ensure that adequate procedures for tracking children are adhered to at all times throughout the center. Regulation: The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips.

    Corrected 10/10/2024
  6. High risk9/18/2024

    N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a) — Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.

    Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. Regulation: The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children.

    Corrected 10/10/2024

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About this daycare

  • Location: RANDOLPH, Morris County
  • Capacity: 135
  • Type: Licensed Child Care Center

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