The Goddard School

Center · Castle Rock · 4340 Woodlands Blvd

What kind of place is this?

Size 133 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Denver centers, where the middle half licenses 40–113. Measured across 1,156 Denver centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Chain The Goddard School
Owner Sycamore Partners Franchisor (Goddard Systems) acquired by private-equity firm Sycamore Partners in June 2022. Individual schools are franchisee-owned; the brand/franchisor is PE-owned. prnewswire.com

The Goddard School runs 24 licensed locations in Denver.

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 4
License status Active

State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood

Last visit
March 17, 2026
On file
3 visits since May 2024 · 4 complaint investigations
Fixed?
The latest correction deadline was April 17, 2026. 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 17, 2026

2.212.G · Correction due April 17, 2026

Reviewed 22 staff member files, 1 staff member lacking a health care provider signature on their medical statement.

Required correction: Review all staff member files and ensure that all have a health care provider signature on their medical statement. Correct by 04/17/2026

State records file

Aug 2025 Complaint Founded

Complaint · August 5, 2025

Founded

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 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding

Supervisory visit · April 16, 2025

2.219.B.2 · Correction due May 16, 2025

Reviewed 10 child files, 1 file lacking documentation of current health statement.

Required correction: Review all child files, ensure that all have documentation of current health statements. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 05/16/2025

State records file

Dec 2024 Complaint

Complaint · December 20, 2024

2.217.A.14

Identified through staff member statements and review of attendance verification that classrooms are out of ratio before a second staff member arrives at times in the morning. Identified through staff member statement that on 12/17/24 they were alone with 7 children for a few minutes when other staff member left the classroom.

State records file

Dec 2024 Complaint Founded

Complaint · December 20, 2024

Founded

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

May 2024 Supervisory visit report not read State records file
Complaint

Complaint

2.224.A.5 · Correction due August 5, 2025

ldentified through staff member statements and enrollment reports that there have been children under 3 years of age enrolled in Discovery Preschool that has not been receiving alternate snacks for those that could be a choking hazard.

Required correction: Immediately ensure that foods offered are age appropriate and not a choking hazard. Submit statement of compliance. Correct by 08/05/2025 Created with Scanner Pro

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 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 Goddard School 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.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

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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