Queen Anne · Licensed center
Bright Horizons Lower Queen Anne
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 80 children.
- Hours 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 5 days a week.
- Run by a for-profit business.
What to know
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 all 3 of its licensing inspections since July 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 21, 20251 citation
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Door to storage room with bleach and cleaning products is not able to be locked.”
WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b)
Jul 16, 20243 citations
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Teachers JC, HD, AM have not completed child care basics training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(3)
Training requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Teachers AA, FT, SW have expired or missing safe sleep training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(3)
Fire safetyShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Licensor observe electrical motor fan on wall to have accumulated dust. TA to clean fan.”
WAC 110-300-0170(3)(c)
Jul 26, 20232 citations
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Multiple items on shelf tops that pose risk of falling.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(a)
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Licensor used a thermometer to test the water temperature of each classroom. PS2 (classroom and bathroom) temp was 130. Toddler 1 was 121. All other classrooms had appropriate temperatures.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(a)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this center's inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had fewer: 67% of 364.
How all 364 Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 364 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 321%
- 2 of 335%
- All 333%This center
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 21, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since July 2023 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- Serious —
Door to storage room with bleach and cleaning products is not able to be locked.
· July 21, 2025
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jul 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 21, 2025
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) · Serious
Door to storage room with bleach and cleaning products is not able to be locked.
Jul 2024 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · July 16, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(3) · Short Term
Teachers JC, HD, AM have not completed child care basics training.
WAC 110-300-0106(3) · Short Term
Teachers AA, FT, SW have expired or missing safe sleep training.
WAC 110-300-0170(3)(c) · Short Term
Licensor observe electrical motor fan on wall to have accumulated dust. TA to clean fan.
Jul 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · July 26, 2023
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(a) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of August 5, 2026
Multiple items on shelf tops that pose risk of falling.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(a) · Serious · No longer on the state’s site as of August 5, 2026
Licensor used a thermometer to test the water temperature of each classroom. PS2 (classroom and bathroom) temp was 130. Toddler 1 was 121. All other classrooms had appropriate temperatures.
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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
Updates for parents
- Updates for parents
- My Bright Day mobile app with photos, real-time updates on care, learning and milestones, and notifications
Details
- Phone
- (206) 858-5901
- Address
- 315 1st Ave N, Seattle, 98109
- License
- PL-27933
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
- Chain
- Bright Horizons
- Owner
- Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, teaching approach, ratios and staff, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
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
A day here
- Updates for parents, Hours — Checked September 2026 child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com
Details
- Phone — Checked April 2026 child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com
- Website, Chain — Checked October 2026 brighthorizons.com
- Address, Quality program — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License — Checked March 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 child-care-preschool.brighthorizons.com
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 data.seattle.gov
- Owner — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/bfam-20251231.htm
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.