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St. Timothy's Christian Preschool

At a glance

  • Large center, licensed for 85 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2022.

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Licensing inspections

  • Oct 10, 20251 citation
    • HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)Type B
      • “(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having Staff 4 (S4) re-new her mandate report training that expired on 10/26/2024 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”

        HSC 1596.8662(b)(1)

  • May 29, 20242 citations
    • CCR 101215.1(f)Type B
      • “101215.1 Child Care Center Directors Qualifications and Duties (f) When the child care center director is absent... arrangements shall be made for a fully qualified teacher... to act as substitute. This substitute ... shall be designated as an authorized person to correct operational deficiencies that constitute immediate threats to children's health and safety. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: During record review LPA observed facility does not have a designated fully qualified teacher during all operational hours in the absence of the Director. Staff responsible to act in Director’s absence as indicated on the Designation of Facility Responsibility (LIC 308) are not present all hours the center is in operation.”

        CCR 101215.1(f)

    • CCR101229(a)(1)Type B
      • “101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: During facility walkthorugh LPA observed one child using one stall in the bathroom and staff (S1) standing outside the bathroom door and not maintaining visual supervision. Based on staff interviews, staff stated that they have observed children using the restroom with staff positioned away from the restroom.”

        CCR101229(a)(1)

  • Dec 7, 2022Nothing cited
  • Nov 18, 2022Nothing cited
  • May 11, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this center's 5 inspections. 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 10, 2025
On file
5 visits since May 2022 — 3 cited nothing
Most serious
Type B — (1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having Staff 4 (S4) re-new her mandate report training that expired on 10/26/2024 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · October 10, 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 1 finding

Licensing visit · October 10, 2025

HSC 1596.8662(b)(1) · Type B

(1) On or before March 30, 2018, a person who, on January 1, 2018, is a licensed child day care provider, administrator, or employee of a licensed child day care facility shall complete the mandated reporter training provided pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a), and shall complete renewal mandated reporter training every two years following the date on which he or she completed the initial mandated reporter training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having Staff 4 (S4) re-new her mandate report training that expired on 10/26/2024 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

May 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · May 29, 2024

CCR 101215.1(f) · Type B

101215.1 Child Care Center Directors Qualifications and Duties (f) When the child care center director is absent... arrangements shall be made for a fully qualified teacher... to act as substitute. This substitute ... shall be designated as an authorized person to correct operational deficiencies that constitute immediate threats to children's health and safety. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: During record review LPA observed facility does not have a designated fully qualified teacher during all operational hours in the absence of the Director. Staff responsible to act in Director’s absence as indicated on the Designation of Facility Responsibility (LIC 308) are not present all hours the center is in operation.

CCR101229(a)(1) · Type B

101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: During facility walkthorugh LPA observed one child using one stall in the bathroom and staff (S1) standing outside the bathroom door and not maintaining visual supervision. Based on staff interviews, staff stated that they have observed children using the restroom with staff positioned away from the restroom.

State report

Dec 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
Nov 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited
May 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone
(408) 265-0244
Address
5100 Camden Ave, San Jose, 95124
License
430701997

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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

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.

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