Cupertino · Licensed center
Bright Horizons Children's Center
- Small center, licensed for 24 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 6 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.
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.
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.
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
- 10253 North Portal Avenue
- License
- 434400083, 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