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Bright Horizons Children's Center

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 24 children.
  • Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 6 licensing inspections under this license since February 2022.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Jun 5, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jun 20, 2024Nothing cited
  • Dec 29, 2022Nothing cited
  • Apr 7, 2022Nothing cited
  • Mar 16, 2022Nothing cited
  • Feb 2, 20221 citation
    • 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 grass area outside the toddler yard on January 25, 2022. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. An immediate civil penalty of $500 was assessed.”

        CCR 101229(a)(1)

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 6 inspections under this license. Bay Area centers inspected 6 times split three ways: 17% had fewer, 35% the same, and 48% more (252 centers).

How all 252 Bay Area centers inspected 6 times compare

Of the 252 Bay Area centers the state inspected 6 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None17%
  • 1 of 635%This center
  • 2 of 631%
  • 3 of 612%
  • 4 of 66%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
June 5, 2025
On file
6 visits since February 2022 — 5 cited nothing
Most serious
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 grass area outside the toddler yard on January 25, 2022. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. An immediate civil penalty of $500 was assessed. · February 2, 2022

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 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Mar 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Feb 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · February 2, 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 grass area outside the toddler yard on January 25, 2022. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. An immediate civil penalty of $500 was assessed.

State report

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Details

Phone
(408) 366-1963
Address
10253 N Portal Ave, Cupertino, 95014
License
434400083
Chain
Bright Horizons
Owner
Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)

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:

Bright Horizons Children's Center

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State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

Bright Horizons is a public company. Its annual report to the SEC for 2025 (Form 10-K, filed February 2026) lists its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BFAM. sec.gov

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.

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