Santa Clara · Licensed center

Bright Horizons at Stevens Creek

What these mean, and where they come from

Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; 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
July 23, 2025
On file
5 visits since February 2023 — 4 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 in the Hallway outside of Early Preschool 2 on 8/16/23.This is a zero tolerance violation. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. · September 13, 2023

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 nothing cited
Oct 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · September 13, 2023

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 in the Hallway outside of Early Preschool 2 on 8/16/23.This is a zero tolerance violation. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.

State report

Feb 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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
434415795, 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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