San Mateo · Licensed center
Bright Horizons at San Mateo
- Small center, licensed for 28 children.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What these mean, and where they come from
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 1 of 5 cited something
Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- June 30, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since January 2023 — 4 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(a) In addition to the sign-in procedure requirement of Section 101226.1(b), the licensee shall develop, maintain and implement a written procedure to sign the child in/out of the child care center that shall, at a minimum, include the following: (1) The person who signs the child in/out shall use his/her full legal signature and shall record the time of day. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 6 infants in room Infants 1, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· June 9, 2026
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Jun 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · June 9, 2026
CCR 101229.1(a)(1) · Type B
(a) In addition to the sign-in procedure requirement of Section 101226.1(b), the licensee shall develop, maintain and implement a written procedure to sign the child in/out of the child care center that shall, at a minimum, include the following: (1) The person who signs the child in/out shall use his/her full legal signature and shall record the time of day. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 6 infants in room Infants 1, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Bay Area centers, the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits (2,260 visits).
Details
- Address
- 1700 Alameda De Las Pulgas
- License
- 414004969, active
- Ownership
- For-profitSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.
The day-care-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:
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Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Ownership — Checked September 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov