The Big Red Barn Christian Academy

Center · Lakewood · 1020 S Flower St

What kind of place is this?

Size 48 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.
Approach faith-based, play-based

In the program’s own words

“Where little hearts learn big faith! ... Our mission is to spread God's love to your kiddos and to help them build a foundation of love, grace, and prayer.” bigredbarnchristianacademy.com, July 2026
“we believe learning happens through play, curiosity, and investigation—and it's our role to safely guide children as they explore, problem-solve, and build important life skills” bigredbarnchristianacademy.com, July 2026

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit Colorado Department of Early Childhood names a limited company as the licensee, and it is not in the IRS register of tax-exempt organisations. data.colorado.gov

Who will be with our child?

Will it fit our family?

Hours 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Days / week 5

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Colorado Shines Level 1
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
February 9, 2026
On file
1 visit, February 2026
Fixed?
Shortlist has not read Colorado Department of Early Childhood’s reports for this provider, so what they cited is not known.
Most serious
Shortlist has not read the reports Colorado Department of Early Childhood published for these visits, so nothing here says what they found.

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Feb 2026 Original visit report not read State records file

Where this record comes from

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The file this page is built from arrived on September 1, 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

The Big Red Barn Christian Academy hasn’t published

Cost, sick and biting policies.

Sources and dates

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established.

Who runs it

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, schedule, holiday closures.

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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