Belmont · Licensed center

Footsteps@nesbit Puma Cubs(preschool)

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.

Source for who runs it

ccld.dss.ca.gov

How they teach

Play-based

“We believe children learn through play, exploration, and discovery. We have an integrated approach to our play-based curriculum, focusing on children's development and emerging interests.”In their words, July 2026.footstepschildcare.org

One of 82 Bay Area providers that describe a play-based approach, out of 164 that describe any approach at all.

Who cares for your child

One adult for every three infants

Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

One adult for every four toddlers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

One adult for every eight preschoolers. Shortlist has not yet sourced this state’s legal ratio limit, so there is nothing to set this beside yet.

Two staff are named on their site, with no start years given.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 1 of 3 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits. Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.

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
April 10, 2025
On file
3 visits since August 2022 — 2 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.

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.

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

Licensing visit · March 13, 2024

CCR 101216(f) · Type B

(f) At least one staff member who is trained in pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation and pediatric first aid pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.866 shall be present when children are at the child care center or offsite for center activities. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 7 out of 9 staff were missing or did not have current CPR which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Dec 2022 Complaint

Complaint · December 20, 2022

CCR 101223(a)(3) · Type B

101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, it has been confirmed that staff played the "Fake Police for Kids" video for a child that was misbehaving. This is a potential risk to children in care.

State report

Aug 2022 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).

A day here

Updates for parents
Procare Connect (plus email, text, or site telephone)
Hours
7:30 AM to 6:00 PM, 5 days a week

Details

(650) 226-3356

Website
footstepschildcare.org
Address
500 Biddulph Way
License
414001947, active
Ages they serve
2.0-entering TK/Kindergarten
Established
1994

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:

Footsteps@nesbit Puma Cubs-Infant

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