State Child-Care Inspection Record

By the Barnyard Gate

TX Operation #308277FORNEY · KAUFMAN County · TX

Record as of June 2026, from Texas HHSC

Does By the Barnyard Gate have a state child-care violation history?

Texas HHSC records list 15 child-care citations for By the Barnyard Gate in FORNEY, TX. The state assigns each cited standard a risk level; for this facility, 7 are recorded at the High level and 7 at Medium High, with the remainder at Medium, Medium Low, or Low. Each entry below reproduces the standard Texas cited and the state's own description of what was found.

These are licensing-record findings, not a judgment about any child or family. The dates shown are the dates Texas recorded a correction as verified — they are not inspection dates, and the record may lag the state's current file. This page reflects the published record as of its last update and is not a complete history; the authoritative source is Texas HHSC.

State citation record

Texas HHSC recorded 7 High-risk citations at this facility.

Risk levels below are Texas HHSC's own labels, shown verbatim.

High
7
Medium High
7
Medium
1
Medium Low
No citations at this level in the current record.
Low
No citations at this level in the current record.
  1. Correction verified November 3, 2025High

    746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found deficient. A child was left unattended in the classroom.

  2. Correction verified October 17, 2025High

    746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found deficient. A child was left unattended in the hallway.

  3. Correction verified October 17, 2025High

    746.1205(a)(4) - Supervision ensures each child?s safety, well-being, including physical proximity and auditory or visual awareness of each child?s on going activity

    This standard was evaluated as part of an investigation and was found deficient. A child was left unattended on the playground.

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  1. Correction verified June 18, 2025High

    746.1205(a)(4) - 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 was left unattended on the playground for approximately 8 minutes.

  2. Correction verified October 24, 2024High

    746.1205(a)(4) - 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 was left unattended in the classroom for approximately 15 minutes.

  3. Correction verified September 21, 2023High

    746.1201(1) - Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    This standard was reviewed in part of a report an found to be deficient. A caregiver did not use good judgment when they physically redirected a child, causing the child to receive an injury.

  4. Correction verified June 15, 2022High

    746.2805(6) - Prohibited Punishments - Humiliating, Rejecting, Yelling

    This standard was reviewed in part of a report and found to be deficient. A caregiver yelled at children in care in the classroom.

  5. Correction verified May 14, 2026Medium High

    746.1203(4) - Provide care consistent with child's habits, interests, strengths, special needs, including any special supervision needs

    A five year old child was left in the classroom for twenty minutes.

  6. Correction verified March 12, 2026Medium High

    746.4953(5) - Safety Requirements of SCPE - Supervison

    The operation failed to have a caregiver on the second floor of the indoor playscape.

  7. Correction verified March 12, 2026Medium High

    746.3701 - Safety - Areas Free From Hazards

    The indoor playscape had two areas with torn materials. One was the flat woven straps and the other was a fabric structure that the children walk over.

  8. Correction verified March 12, 2026Medium High

    746.4953(5) - Safety Requirements of SCPE - Supervison

    A caregiver was not assigned to supervise the second level of the indoor play area. A child received an injury which required medical attention.

  9. Correction verified December 16, 2022Medium High

    746.4103(b) - Policies for Release of Children - Record Identity of Person

    The operation did not record the identity of a person listed on the pick up list.

  10. Correction verified June 15, 2022Medium High

    746.2419(1) - Requirements for Feeding Infants-Hold through 6-months

    This standard was reviewed in part of a report and found deficient. Caregivers routinely allowed infants younger than six months to hold their own bottle while in a bouncer seat.

  11. Correction verified January 26, 2022Medium High

    746.305(a)(4) - Report Outbreak of Communicable Illness

    The operation has had a total of 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases that were not reported to Child Care Licensing and the local health authority.

  12. Correction verified October 24, 2024Medium

    746.2803(4)(D) - Positive Methods of Discipline and Guidance - Brief Supervised Separation

    A child was left in time out for approximately 15 minutes.

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This facility in context

This facility15
Texas median5
Texas average8.7

Both reference figures are from Texas HHSC records — total citations on record.

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