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Headwaters School

Licensed & activeAges Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, SchoolUp to 178 children

6305 Manchaca Rd and 1934 Berkeley Ave, Austin, TX 78745

Safety record

13 findings across 16 inspections

9 were rated high or medium-high risk. All were marked corrected. Texas HHSC inspections since 2022.

Safety hazardsMedium-high riskCorrectedMar 3, 2025
Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner: At inspection, a trash can, containing garbage was not covered.
Supervision & ratiosMedium riskCorrectedNov 22, 2024
Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: The operation, did not provide an incident report, to the parent, regarding an injury that required medical treatment, within 48 hours.
Health records & medicationMedium-high riskCorrectedApr 22, 2024
AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization: A child experienced a nursemaid's elbow when another child pulled their arm too hard, resulting in an injury.

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Date	Inspection	Result	Findings	Evidence
Sep 30, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	0	Verified
Feb 23, 2026	Inspection	No deficiencies cited	0	Verified
Mar 3, 2025	Inspection	Deficiencies cited	1	Verified
Nov 22, 2024	Investigation of a report (self-reported)	Deficiencies cited	1	Verified

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Date	Code	Severity	Status	Finding (source text)
Mar 3, 2025	§746.3407(8) Safety hazards	Medium-high risk	Corrected	Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner: At inspection, a trash can, containing garbage was not covered.
Nov 22, 2024	§746.707 Supervision & ratios	Medium risk	Corrected	Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: The operation, did not provide an incident report, to the parent, regarding an injury that required medical treatment, within 48 hours.
Apr 22, 2024	§746.305(a)(2) Health records & medication	Medium-high risk	Corrected	AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization: A child experienced a nursemaid's elbow when another child pulled their arm too hard, resulting in an injury.
Apr 22, 2024	§746.1205(a)(4) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: The operation failed to report to licensing within 48 hours that a child in their care, exhibiting signs and symptoms of illness necessitating medical attention, had been taken to the hospital.
Apr 9, 2024	§746.5307(b) Fire safety & emergency drills	Medium-high risk	Corrected	Fire Extinguishers Serviced: One of the fire extinguishers had a gauge that was showing in the red and needed to be serviced.
Mar 27, 2024	§746.305(a)(2) Supervision & ratios	Medium-high risk	Corrected	AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization: The operation failed to report to licensing within 48 hours that a child in their care sustained an injury that required medical treatment by a health-care professional.
Mar 27, 2024	§746.1205(a)(4) Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: A child inserted a pebble into their ear during their time in care.
Jun 21, 2023	§746.2209 Records, permits & program	Medium risk	Corrected	Posting of Activity Plan: Two classes did not have posted activity plans.
Jun 21, 2023	§745.641 Supervision & ratios	High risk	Corrected	AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation: Two caregivers were present in the classroom without eligible background checks.
Jun 21, 2023	§746.801(3) Staff qualifications & clearances	Medium risk	Corrected	Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records: Some of the personnel files were not available to review at the inspection today.
Jun 21, 2023	§746.1309(e) Staff qualifications & clearances	Medium risk	Corrected	Documented Annual Training- Required Content: Three caregivers were missing annual training on some of the required health and safety trainings.
May 3, 2023	§746.1315(a) Staff qualifications & clearances	Medium-high risk	Corrected	Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.: A caregiver did not have current first aid training.
Jul 28, 2022	§746.5205(1) Supervision & ratios	Medium-high risk	Corrected	Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes: The operation did not practice a fire drill for the month of June. This was corrected at inspection when the Inspector asked the Director to conduct a fire drill.

Date

Code

Severity

Status

Finding (source text)

Mar 3, 2025

§746.3407(8)

Safety hazards

Medium-high risk

Corrected

Garbage Inaccessible to Children; Maintained in Sanitary Manner: At inspection, a trash can, containing garbage was not covered.

Nov 22, 2024

§746.707

Supervision & ratios

Medium risk

Corrected

Incident/Illness Report Form Shared with Parent: The operation, did not provide an incident report, to the parent, regarding an injury that required medical treatment, within 48 hours.

Apr 22, 2024

§746.305(a)(2)

Health records & medication

Medium-high risk

Corrected

AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization: A child experienced a nursemaid's elbow when another child pulled their arm too hard, resulting in an injury.

Apr 22, 2024

§746.1205(a)(4)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: The operation failed to report to licensing within 48 hours that a child in their care, exhibiting signs and symptoms of illness necessitating medical attention, had been taken to the hospital.

Apr 9, 2024

§746.5307(b)

Fire safety & emergency drills

Medium-high risk

Corrected

Fire Extinguishers Serviced: One of the fire extinguishers had a gauge that was showing in the red and needed to be serviced.

Mar 27, 2024

§746.305(a)(2)

Supervision & ratios

Medium-high risk

Corrected

AP Report Child Injury Requiring Medical Treatment by a Health-Care Professional or Hospitalization: The operation failed to report to licensing within 48 hours that a child in their care sustained an injury that required medical treatment by a health-care professional.

Mar 27, 2024

§746.1205(a)(4)

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity: A child inserted a pebble into their ear during their time in care.

Jun 21, 2023

§746.2209

Records, permits & program

Medium risk

Corrected

Posting of Activity Plan: Two classes did not have posted activity plans.

Jun 21, 2023

§745.641

Supervision & ratios

High risk

Corrected

AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation: Two caregivers were present in the classroom without eligible background checks.

Jun 21, 2023

§746.801(3)

Staff qualifications & clearances

Medium risk

Corrected

Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records: Some of the personnel files were not available to review at the inspection today.

Jun 21, 2023

§746.1309(e)

Staff qualifications & clearances

Medium risk

Corrected

Documented Annual Training- Required Content: Three caregivers were missing annual training on some of the required health and safety trainings.

May 3, 2023

§746.1315(a)

Staff qualifications & clearances

Medium-high risk

Corrected

Each Caregiver and the Director Must Have Current Training in pediatric first aid with rescue breathing and choking.: A caregiver did not have current first aid training.

Jul 28, 2022

§746.5205(1)

Supervision & ratios

Medium-high risk

Corrected

Fire Drill Monthly - Exit in 3 Minutes: The operation did not practice a fire drill for the month of June. This was corrected at inspection when the Inspector asked the Director to conduct a fire drill.

Facility	Type	Operator	Capacity	Inspection findings	Last insp.	Dist.
Cunningham Crew Austin, 78745	School-age program	—	150	No records	—	0.1 km
Happy Hearts Bilingual Learning Center Austin, 78745	Child care center	—	72	No records	—	0.2 km
Berkeley Methodist Child Care Center Austin, 78745	Child care center	—	75	No records	—	0.3 km
International Immersion Center Austin, 78745	Child care center	—	252	No records	—	0.7 km
Kidspring Bilingual Learning Center Austin, 78745	Child care center	—	34	No records	—	0.8 km
Snapdragon Preschool Austin, 78745	Child care center	—	36	No records	—	0.9 km

Source	Record	Facts	Evidence	Effective	Retrieved
Texas HHSC Operations TX	212306	name, type, status, capacity, ages, hours, address, phone, subsidies	Verified	—	Nov 5, 2026
us_census_geocoder US	6305 MANCHACA RD AND 1934 BE…	location Census Geocoder Non_Exact match: MANCHACA RD & BERKELEY AVE, AUSTIN, TX, 78745	Corroborated	—	Nov 5, 2026
tx_twc_subsidy_providers TX	820597	tx_rising_star_rating, accepts_cc_subsidy	Verified	Mar 1, 2025	Nov 6, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905767788		Verified	Sep 30, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905767787		Verified	Feb 23, 2026	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905767786		Verified	Mar 3, 2025	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905909675		Verified	Nov 22, 2024	Nov 5, 2026
Texas HHSC Inspections	905767785		Verified	May 14, 2024	Nov 5, 2026

Headwaters School

13 findings across 16 inspections

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Headwaters School

13 findings across 16 inspections

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