Chicago · Licensed center
Kensington School Of Bucktown
- Large academic center, licensed for 214 children.
What these mean, and where they come from
Large means the biggest quarter of Chicago-area’s 1,949 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 119 to 487 children. Small is 8 to 48; medium is 49 to 118.
How they teach
Academic and play-based
“Play-based programs encouraged children’s independence and social confidence.”In their words, August 2026.kensingtonschool.com
“Kensington School’s curriculum is traditional and academic at its core, innovative in creation, and forward-thinking in educational philosophy.”In their words, August 2026.kensingtonschool.com
One of 10 Chicago-area providers that describe an academic approach, out of 129 that describe any approach at all.
Who cares for your child
Ratio not published
Barbara Marlas (Founder) since 1969.
Of 5,346 Chicago-area providers, 27 publish how long a named staff member has been there; the longest tenure at each of those has a median of sixteen years.
Shortlist doesn’t have these yet: cost, hours and late pickup, sick and biting policies.
What the state has found
Routine visits: 0 of 1 cited something
Chicago-area centers: the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits. One visit is too few to read as a pattern.
From Illinois DCFS’s published reports, last checked September 25, 2026.
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.
How the comparison is built
Routine visits: across Chicago-area centers, the state cites something at about 5 in 6 routine visits (19,088 visits).
A day here
- Meals
- Serves high-quality, natural foods; allergies and food restrictions are carefully monitored
Details
- Website
- kensingtonschool.com
- Address
- 1745 N Damen Ave
- License
- license issued (il)
- Established
- 1969
- Chain
- Kensington SchoolSource: kensingtonschool.com
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 kensingtonschool.com
How they teach
- Approach — Checked August 2026 kensingtonschool.com
Who cares for your child
- Staff kensingtonschool.com
State record
Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.
A day here
- Meals — Checked August 2026 kensingtonschool.com
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 sunshine.dcfs.illinois.gov. 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 — Checked August 2026 kensingtonschool.com
- Established — Checked August 2026 kensingtonschool.com
- Chain — Checked September 2026 kensingtonschool.com