Saratoga · Licensed center
Growing Tree Learning Center
At a glance
- Large center, licensed for 89 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since March 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Oct 24, 2025Nothing cited
- Mar 28, 2024Nothing cited
- Mar 23, 2023Nothing cited
The state cited no rules at any of this center's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area centers inspected 3 times had the same: 51% of 568.
How all 568 Bay Area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 568 Bay Area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None51%This center
- 1 of 334%
- 2 of 312%
- All 33%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- December 18, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2023 — all of them cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Most serious
- Type B —
(d) The surface of the outdoor activity space shall be maintained: (1) In a safe condition for the activities planned. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on records review, observation, and interviews, a child had substained an injury in the outdoor play area due to falling into a gap which posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to person in care.
· December 18, 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.
Dec 2025 Complaint Substantiated
Complaint · December 10, 2025
CCR 101238.2(d)(1) · Type B
(d) The surface of the outdoor activity space shall be maintained: (1) In a safe condition for the activities planned. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on records review, observation, and interviews, a child had substained an injury in the outdoor play area due to falling into a gap which posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to person in care.
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Details
- Phone
- (408) 873-2889
- Address
- 12000 Saratoga-sunnyvale Road, Saratoga, 95070
- License
- 434410761
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All checked November 2026.
State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.