Bright Academy

Center · Aurora · 1400 Ironton St

What kind of place is this?

Size 113 children licensed In the middle half for Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 5
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
March 13, 2026
On file
3 visits since April 2024 — all of them cited findings · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 4, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
Most serious
Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.

Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.

Mar 2026 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · March 13, 2026

2.213.G

Reviewed 13 staff members files. Observed 2 staff members files missing department approved certificate for child abuse prevention .

State records file

Mar 2025 Supervisory visit 2 findings

Supervisory visit · March 28, 2025

2.213.B · Correction due March 28, 2025

Reviewed seven staff member Files one staff member ( Iman M.) files was missing Department approved training for standard precautions

Required correction: Correct immediately all staff must complete the department approved standard precautions training prior to working with children. Submit a written statement of compliance to the specialist by 04/04/2025 Correct by 03/28/2025

2.213.G · Correction due April 4, 2025

Reviewed seven staff member Files one staff member ( Iman M.) files was missing Department approved training for Child Abuse Prevention

Required correction: within 30 days of employment all employees must completeDepartment of proved training for Child Abuse Prevention. Submit a written statement of compliance to the specialist by Correct by 04/04/2025

State records file

Apr 2024 Complaint Unfounded

Complaint · April 30, 2024

Unfounded

The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record and publishes an investigation report for it. Shortlist has not read that report, so this row includes no citation detail.

State records file

Apr 2024 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · April 30, 2024

2.237.B · Correction due April 30, 2024

Outside of the infant room the window screen was torn on the side, also outside of the preshool room the window screen was torn on the bottom, and another window screen was torn on the side.

Required correction: At all times Buildings must be kept in good repair and maitained in a safe codition. Corrected at the time of the visit, the maitenance person came and repaired the screens on all windows. Correct by 04/30/2024

State records file

Where this record comes from

The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.

The file this page is built from arrived on September 13, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in September 2027.

The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.

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Before you tour

Bright Academy hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask which of these findings were serious, and what changed.Colorado Department of Early Childhood publishes a correction deadline, never whether the work was done or how serious it was.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

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