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Kensington School Of Bucktown

kensingtonschool.com

At a glance

  • Large academic center, licensed for 214 children.

What to know

License: 6 weeks to 5 years (state).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited no rules at its 1 licensing inspection, in July 2026.

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Licensing inspections

  • Jul 21, 2026Nothing cited

The state cited no rules at this center's 1 inspection. Most Chicago-area centers inspected once had rules cited: 81% of 53.

How all 53 Chicago-area centers inspected once compare

Of the 53 Chicago-area centers the state inspected once, whether that inspection cited a rule:

  • No19%This center
  • Yes81%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Illinois DCFS

Last visit
July 21, 2026
On file
1 visit, July 2026 — it cited nothing
Fixed?
Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
Most serious
Nothing was cited at any visit on file.

Illinois DCFS cites each subsection of a rule separately, so one audit of a filing cabinet can produce ten citations. It publishes the rule’s title and a correction deadline, but no description of what was observed.

Jul 2026 Compliance monitoring visit nothing cited

A day here

Meals
Serves high-quality, natural foods; allergies and food restrictions are carefully monitored (all Kensington schools)

How they teach

Academic and play-based

“Play-based programs encouraged children’s independence and social confidence.”

Who cares for your child

Barbara Marlas (Founder) since 1969.

57 years · Chicago-area median 16, among 26 that publish

Details

Phone
(630) 990-8000
Address
1745 N Damen Ave, Chicago, 60647
Established
1969
Chain
Kensington School

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How they teach

Who cares for your child

State record

From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked November 8, 2026.

A day here

Details

  • Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KENSINGTON SCHOOL OF BUCKTOWN" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 644308).
  • Website, Chain — Checked October 2026 kensingtonschool.com
  • Ages on the license — Checked November 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov/…/ProviderLookup.aspx. To check it, open sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov's Licensed Provider Lookup, enter "KENSINGTON SCHOOL OF BUCKTOWN" under Provider Name and 60647 under Zip, and press Search (DCFS provider 644308).
  • Established — Checked August 2026 kensingtonschool.com

Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,948 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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