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Bright Horizons Palo Alto Square

At a glance

  • Small center, licensed for 15 children.
  • Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at any of its 4 licensing inspections under this license since June 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • Feb 18, 2025Nothing cited
  • Dec 21, 2023Nothing cited
  • Apr 27, 2023Nothing cited
  • Jun 9, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at any of this center's 4 inspections under this license. Most Bay Area centers inspected 4 times had at least one: 59% of 569.

How all 569 Bay Area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 569 Bay Area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None41%This center
  • 1 of 438%
  • 2 of 415%
  • 3 of 46%
  • All 41%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
February 18, 2025
On file
4 visits since June 2022 — all of them cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited under this license, so there is nothing to correct. The other license at this address keeps its own record.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file under this license. The other license at this address keeps its own record.

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 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Dec 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Apr 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Jun 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

What staff are paid

Early Childhood and School Age Teacher
$25.75 to $31.45 an hourJob posting, August 2026
Early Childhood Education Substitute Teacher
$20.40 to $31.45 an hourJob posting, June 2026

Details

Phone
(650) 493-3777
Address
3000 El Camino Real #3-110, Palo Alto, 94306
License
434404364

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:

Bright Horizons Palo Alto Square

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What staff are paid

State record

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

Details

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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