Novato · Licensed center
Montessori School of Novato
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 60 children.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections since July 2023.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Sep 24, 2026Nothing cited
- Jul 8, 2024Nothing cited
- Jul 6, 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
- September 24, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2023 — all of them cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
- 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.
Mar 2022 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · March 14, 2022
ALLEGATION(S): 1. Staff hit daycare child 2. Daycare child sustained injuries while in care INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: On 5/27/22 at 9:10AM, Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) H.C. arrived at the facility to conduct a closing complaint investigation in response to the above allegation(s). LPA spoke with the Director, M.G. Present during the inspection were 21 children and 7 staff. Based on LPA's gathered information through interviews with parents and staff, the agency has investigated the complaint allegations above. Staff state the program use Motessori based discipline which are positive redirection discipline and verbal, and posiitve role modeling conflict. Staff state threatening or harming a child, verbally or physically is never tolerated. Although the allegation may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove the alleged violation(s) did or did not occur, therefore the allegation in UNSUBSTANTIATED. Appeal Rights were provided to the facility. This report and rights to comment and appeal have been discussed. A Notice of Site Visit was posted during this inspection. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
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Details
- Phone
- (415) 892-2228
- Address
- 1466 South Novato Blvd., Novato, 94947
- License
- 213000400
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All checked November 2026.
State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 1 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 1 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=0, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=2, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=0, Type B citations=0. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License ccld.dss.ca.gov
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.