San Mateo · Licensed center
Glorious Academy
At a glance
- Small Montessori center, licensed for 27 children.
- Ages They list: 3 months to kindergarten and up.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections under this license since November 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 28, 2025Nothing cited
Sep 25, 20251 citation
CCR 101238(g)Type B
“(g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by storing chemicals and detergents in cabinets without childproof locks, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
CCR 101238(g)
Sep 23, 20241 citation
HSC 1597.16(a)(1)Type B
“(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in testing for lead in facility water which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
HSC 1597.16(a)(1)
- Dec 29, 2023Nothing cited
- Nov 28, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections under this license. Most Bay Area centers inspected 5 times had fewer: 64% of 457 had rules cited at 1 or none.
How all 457 Bay Area centers inspected 5 times compare
Of the 457 Bay Area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None29%
- 1 of 535%
- 2 of 523%This center
- 3 of 59%
- 4 of 54%
- All 5under 1%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 28, 2025
- On file
- 5 visits since November 2023 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Type B —
(g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by storing chemicals and detergents in cabinets without childproof locks, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
· September 25, 2025
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.
Sep 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 25, 2025
CCR 101238(g) · Type B
(g) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons and other items that could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by storing chemicals and detergents in cabinets without childproof locks, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Sep 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 23, 2024
HSC 1597.16(a)(1) · Type B
(1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in testing for lead in facility water which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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How they teach
Montessori and bilingual
“Glorious Academy is a bilingual preschool with a focus on each child's whole development”
Details
- Phone
- (650) 898-6991
- Address
- 2727 S. El Camino Real, #f, San Mateo, 94403
- License
- 414005062
- Ages they serve
- 3 months to kindergarten and up
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:
Glorious AcademyWe couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies, and who owns it. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
Sources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
All checked July 2026.
How they teach
- Approach gloriousacademy.com
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website gloriousacademy.com
- Ages they serve gloriousacademy.com
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.