Santa Clara · Licensed center

Bright Horizons at Stevens Creek

What these mean, and where they come from

Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.

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: 3 of 4 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
July 23, 2025
On file
4 visits since April 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious
Type A — Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision(a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: A child was left unattended inside Preschool Room Two on February 29,2024. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. · March 7, 2024

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.

Jul 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 7, 2024

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type A

Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision(a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: A child was left unattended inside Preschool Room Two on February 29,2024. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.

State report

Feb 2024 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · February 27, 2024

CCR 101212(b) · Type B

(b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. The director packet was not submitted to the Childcare Licensing Department within 10 days of a change of director.

CCR 101170(e)(1) · Type A

101170 Criminal Record Clearance (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and staff roster review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for one staff (S3) which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101170(e)(2) · Type B

101170 Criminal Record Clearance (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (2) Request a transfer of a criminal record clearance as specified in Section 101170(f). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and staff roster review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited for one staff (S4) which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. DIrector failed to transfer staff fingerprints.

State report

Apr 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · April 13, 2022

CCR 101229(a)(1) · Type A

Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision - (a)The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: A child was found by a staff member unattended in the Early Preschool 2 classroom on March 15,2022. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.

State report

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

(408) 990-8920

Address
4945 Stevens Creek Boulevard
License
434415794, active
Ownership
For-profitSource: ccld.dss.ca.gov

The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.

The infant-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:

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