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Glorious Academy

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At a glance

  • Small Montessori–inspired center, licensed for 10 children.
  • Ages They list: 3 months through 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.

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Licensing inspections

  • Oct 28, 2025Nothing cited
  • Sep 25, 20252 citations
    • CCR 101430(a)(3)(C)Type B
      • “(C) An infant shall not be swaddled while in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by using sleep sacks for napping infants, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        CCR 101430(a)(3)(C)

    • CCR 101429(a)(2)(C)Type B
      • “(C) Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not maintaining sleep logs, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        CCR 101429(a)(2)(C)

  • 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 record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in testing for lead contamination levels before 1/1/2023 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 — (C) An infant shall not be swaddled while in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by using sleep sacks for napping infants, 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.

Oct 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited
Sep 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · September 25, 2025

CCR 101430(a)(3)(C) · Type B

(C) An infant shall not be swaddled while in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by using sleep sacks for napping infants, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101429(a)(2)(C) · Type B

(C) Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not maintaining sleep logs, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

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 record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in testing for lead contamination levels before 1/1/2023 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Dec 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited
Nov 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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A day here

Meals
Wholesome meals provided

How they teach

Montessori–inspired 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
414005063
Ages they serve
3 months through kindergarten and up

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:

Glorious Academy

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All checked July 2026.

How they teach

State record

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

A day here

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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