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Bright Horizons at Issaquah

brighthorizons.com

At a glance

  • Medium developmental center, licensed for 106 children.
  • Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round.

What to know

License: 1 month to 7 years (state). They serve: 1 month to 6 years (their website).

The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since July 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

See each inspection

Licensing inspections

  • Jul 16, 2026Nothing cited
  • Nov 6, 2025Nothing cited
  • Jul 15, 20241 citation
    • MedicationSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “One child's medication (epi-pen) is expired. There were some diaper forms not up to date in the toddler rooms.”

        WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i), WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii)

  • Jul 17, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 4 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times had more: 79% of 272 had rules cited at 2 or more.

How all 272 Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times compare

Of the 272 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None7%
  • 1 of 415%This center
  • 2 of 417%
  • 3 of 433%
  • All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
July 16, 2026
On file
4 visits since July 2023 — 3 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — One child's medication (epi-pen) is expired. There were some diaper forms not up to date in the toddler rooms. · July 15, 2024

Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.

Jul 2026 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Nov 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jul 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 15, 2024

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) / 110-300-0215(3)(a)(ii) · Serious

One child's medication (epi-pen) is expired. There were some diaper forms not up to date in the toddler rooms.

Report (PDF)

Jul 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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What it costs

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A day here

7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week, year round

Meals, outdoors, updates for parents and one more
Meals
Breakfast, hot lunch, and two snacks provided every day
Outdoors
Three separate playgrounds by age group (infant/waddler/young toddler; twos/transitional preschool; preschool)
Updates for parents
My Bright Day mobile app with photos, real-time updates on care, learning and milestones, and notifications
Schedule
Full-week (Monday through Friday) and part-week (Monday/Wednesday/Friday or Tuesday/Thursday)

How they teach

Developmental and play-based

“Whole Child Curriculum — Support for all skills — cognitive, linguistic, social-emotional, physical — to develop future learners, leaders, and citizens.”

Policies

Enrollment
Families with no space available register for up to 3 locations and are waitlisted; children already enrolled at a Bright Horizons location have priority over the general community in many centers

Details

Phone
(425) 427-8538
Address
35 NE Gilman Blvd, Issaquah, 98027
License
PL-20184
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled
Chain
Bright Horizons
Owner
Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)

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How they teach

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.

Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.

Ages

Age groups as Washington defines them: WAC 110-300-0005 (infant to 11 months, toddler 12 to 29 months, preschool 30 months to 6 years, school age 5 to 12 years).

A day here

Policies

Details

Bright Horizons is a public company. Its annual report to the SEC for 2025 (Form 10-K, filed February 2026) lists its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BFAM. sec.gov

Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 115 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 116 to 323.

The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.

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