Bright Horizons at Interbay

Center · Seattle · 1570 W Armory Way, Unit 107

What kind of place is this?

Size 121 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Chain Bright Horizons
Owner Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM) Public company, NYSE: BFAM (SEC reporting; CIK 0001437578). sec.gov

Bright Horizons runs 27 licensed locations in Seattle.

How this compares

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.

Who will be with our child?

Will it fit our family?

Ages served 2 months - 5 years
Hours 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Days / week 5

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Level 3
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 15, 2026
On file
5 visits since May 2023 — 2 cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousBased 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.

Jul 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 15, 2026

Training requirements

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.

Report (PDF)

Feb 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jul 2025 Complaint 2 findings

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.

Supervising children

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.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Nov 2024 Complaint 3 valid issues

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.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 7, 2024

Safety requirements

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).

Training requirements

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.

Report (PDF)

May 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · May 11, 2023

Safety requirements

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)

Training requirements

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.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Bright Horizons at Interbay hasn’t published

Cost, sick and biting policies.

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.

Sources and dates

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.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

  • Owner — Checked September 2026 · sec.gov

Who will be with our child

Not yet reported: children per teacher.

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: 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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