Bright Horizons runs 27 licensed locations in Seattle.
Washington DCYF cited something at 3 of the 5 visits below. Across Seattle centers it cites something at about 67% of visits. Each state decides what gets written up, so this compares Seattle with Seattle and never with another state.
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Based upon information gathered from interviews with child care center staff and enrollment records reviewed, there is not sufficient evidence to suggest that the person the child was released to was authorized by that child's parent to have unsupervised access to the child. Determination of this finding was as a result of staffing between this licensor's supervisor and area administrator.· July 29, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.
Licensing visit · July 15, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(8) · Short Term
At the time of inspection, there were 6 staff have expired safe sleep in file and on merit.
Complaint · July 22, 2025 · Resolved October 16, 2025
2 valid issues
Serious injury, valid issues and self-report are Washington’s own fields on its complaint listing.
WAC 110-300-0345(1) · Serious
Based upon information gathered from interviews with child care center staff and enrollment records reviewed, there is not sufficient evidence to suggest that the person the child was released to was authorized by that child's parent to have unsupervised access to the child. Determination of this finding was as a result of staffing between this licensor's supervisor and area administrator.
Duty to protect children and report incidents
WAC 110-300-0475(2) · Serious
Upon interviewing administrative staff, the information shared with the licensor confirms that a dangerous incident occurred within close proximity to the child care center in which emergency services were required, and that this incident was not reported to the department within twenty-four hours.
Complaint · November 18, 2024 · Resolved March 4, 2025
Duty to protect children and report incidents
WAC 110-300-0475(2) · Serious
Based on the information gathered from the inspection, it was determined that the early learning provider did not submit a written incident report to the department within 24 hours when a serious injury in a child happened at the center. Based on the information gathered from the inspection, it was determined that there was insufficient evidence to suggest the early learning provider reported the incident by telephone within the required timeline to the listed individuals, department and other government agencies when the incident occured.
Licensing visit · March 7, 2024
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term
A beading cord with beads was observed to be hung on a cabinet door handle in the kindergarten prep classroom that was accessible to children and posed a strangulation hazard at the time of inspection (The violation was corrected on site).
WAC 110-300-0106(11) · Short Term
MERIT reflected that 5 staff members did not complete the child care basics training at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that a lead teacher's CPR and first-aid were expired (2/10/2024) at the time of inspection. MERIT reflected that three lead teachers' safe sleep were expired at the time of inspection.
Licensing visit · May 11, 2023
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) / 110-300-0165(5)(b) / 110-300-0165(5)(g) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state
At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, there were blinds in classrooms #230 and #233 that had blinds with a metal chain pull that formed a loop and was accessible to children in the classroom. ( At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, there was a cord (approx. 36" long) to the air purifier by the window in classroom #233. At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, there was a fishbowl (Round 16" diameter), sitting on a 13" high wood box, that was positioned above a normal tamper resistant outlet and accessible to children. At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, there was a fishbowl (Round 16" diameter), sitting on a 13" high wood box, that had an electrical pump plugged into an outlet less than a foot away and accessible to children in the class. (Room #233)
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state
At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, multiple staff did not have blood borne pathogens training available for review or in MERIT. At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, multiple staff did not have first aid or CPR trainings available for review or in MERIT. At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, multiple staff that were working and serving food did not have a current food handlers cards for review or in MERIT. At the time of the onsite Monitor Visit, multiple staff that had been hired for more than three months did not have childcare basics completed in MERIT.
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Ask what changed after the five findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in July 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.
Not yet reported: children per teacher.
Not yet reported: schedule, holiday closures.
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