Palo Alto · Licensed center

Headsup! Child Development Center

What these mean, and where they come from

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.

Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

What the state has found

Routine visits: 4 of 5 cited something

Bay Area centers: the state cites something at about 1 in 4 routine visits.

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.

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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit
October 17, 2025
On file
5 visits since May 2022 — 1 cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
Most serious
Type A — (1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. Under no circumstances shall ANY infant be left unattended. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 2 staff members stated an infant was left unattended in the outdoor play area on the morning of 08/22/2024, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · August 23, 2024

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 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 17, 2025

CCR 101221(b)(8)(C) · Type B

(b) Each record shall contain information including, but not limited to, the following: (8) Medical assessment, including ambulatory status as specified in Section 101220, and the following health information: (C) A signed consent form for emergency medical treatment unless the child's authorized representative has signed the statement specified in Section 101220(f). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as children's files did not have a signed LIC 627 Consent for Medical Treatment form. The facility has an in-house form that is similar but does not have the same statement as the LIC 627 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Aug 2024 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · August 23, 2024

CCR 101429(a)(1) · Type A

(1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. Under no circumstances shall ANY infant be left unattended. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 2 staff members stated an infant was left unattended in the outdoor play area on the morning of 08/22/2024, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

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, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 1 infant (under 12 months of age) was sleeping with a sleep sack on during nap time. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 101416.5(b) · Type B

(b) There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 0 of the 3 staff members present during today's inspection is a fully qualified infant teacher, thus the facility is out-of-ratio, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Aug 2024 Licensing visit nothing cited
Aug 2024 Complaint

Complaint · August 2, 2024

CCR 101429(a)(2)(b) · Type B

Section 101429(a)(2)(B) - Staff shall physically check on sleeping infant(s) every 15 minutes & document. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: During record review, LPA Uribe found that staff have not been meeting the requirement for documenting 15-minute checks on sleeping infants which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to children in care.

State report

May 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 4, 2023

CCR 101429(a)(2)(B) · Type B

(B) Staff shall physically check on sleeping infant(s) every 15 minutes and document the following: 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 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observe that facility did not have the 15 minute check log, Director stated that facility visually check the children, but did not know that it needed to be logged on paper.

State report

May 2022 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 18, 2022

CCR 101239(r) · Type B

(r) Fixtures, furniture, and equipment that have been banned or recalled by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall not be used or on the facility’s premises. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed an infant bouncer and inclined sleeper present in the infant classroom during today's visit. This posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

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).

Details

(650) 424-1221

Address
2800 West Bayshore Road
License
434408916, active

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:

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All checked July 2026.

State record

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The state’s licensing transparency data reports 4 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=1, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=2, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=1. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.

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