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Cedar Crest Academy - Bellewood Campus

At a glance

  • Medium center, licensed for 66 children.

What to know

License: 2 years 6 months to 6 years (state).

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

What the state has found

Someone reported a concern to the state, and in August 2024 the state found it valid. The state also cited rules at 3 of its 5 licensing inspections since May 2023.

One citation, in August 2024, was at the state’s highest risk level, Immediate: Water hazards and swimming pools.

See each inspection and complaint

Complaints the state found valid

Of the 207 Seattle-area centers licensed for 41 to 70 children, 163 (79%) have no valid complaint in the last three years; 44 (21%) have one or more, as this center does.

How all 207 similar-size centers compare

Of the 207 Seattle-area centers licensed for 41 to 70 children, how many valid complaints each had in the last three years:

  • None79%
  • One or more21%This center

Licensing inspections

  • Aug 5, 20262 citations
    • Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.

      • “(5) There was a broom in Room 101 that was accessible to the children. There was a broom in Room 102 that was accessible to the children.”

        WAC 110-300-0260(5)

    • Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “(2)(c) There was a walkie talkie charger on the counter by the sink in Room 101 that could form a loop and was accessible to the children. There was a pencil sharpener cord in Room 101 that could form a loop and was accessible to the children. There were multiple cords that were connected to the teacher's computer tower in Room 101 that could form a loop and were accessible to the children. There was a phone charger, a power strip cord, an ethernet cord, and a pencil sharpener cord by a teacher's desk in Room 102 that could all form a loop and were accessible to the children.”

        WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c)

  • Nov 19, 20251 citation
    • Outdoor early learning program spaceShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.

      • “(11) The exit gate on the playground that leads to unlicensed space does not self-close or self-latch.”

        WAC 110-300-0145(11)

  • Aug 20, 20241 citation, 1 Immediate
    • Water hazards and swimming poolsImmediate. Fix immediately or by the next business day. The licensor rechecks on site within 5.

      • “There was a children's inflatable pool in the playground. No water was present and it was turned upside down but still accessible to children.”

        WAC 110-300-0175(4) · Immediate risk

  • Nov 17, 2023Nothing cited
  • May 25, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 5 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 5 times had more: 61% of 77 had rules cited at 4 or more.

How all 77 Seattle-area centers inspected 5 times compare

Of the 77 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 5 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

  • None1%
  • 1 of 53%
  • 2 of 59%
  • 3 of 526%This center
  • 4 of 539%
  • All 522%
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
August 5, 2026
On file
5 visits since May 2023 — 2 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Most serious
Immediate — There was a children's inflatable pool in the playground. No water was present and it was turned upside down but still accessible to children. · August 20, 2024

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

Aug 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · August 5, 2026

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(c) · Short Term

(2)(c) There was a walkie talkie charger on the counter by the sink in Room 101 that could form a loop and was accessible to the children. There was a pencil sharpener cord in Room 101 that could form a loop and was accessible to the children. There were multiple cords that were connected to the teacher's computer tower in Room 101 that could form a loop and were accessible to the children. There was a phone charger, a power strip cord, an ethernet cord, and a pencil sharpener cord by a teacher's desk in Room 102 that could all form a loop and were accessible to the children.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(5) · Serious

(5) There was a broom in Room 101 that was accessible to the children. There was a broom in Room 102 that was accessible to the children.

Report (PDF)

Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · November 19, 2025

Outdoor early learning program space

WAC 110-300-0145(11) · Short Term

(11) The exit gate on the playground that leads to unlicensed space does not self-close or self-latch.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 20, 2024

Water hazards and swimming pools

WAC 110-300-0175(4) · Immediate

There was a children's inflatable pool in the playground. No water was present and it was turned upside down but still accessible to children.

Report (PDF)

Jul 2024 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · Received July 3, 2024 · Resolved August 22, 2024

Reported to the state by the program

Serious injury, valid issues and self-report are Washington’s own fields on its complaint listing.

The state’s report (PDF)

Nov 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
May 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

What it costs

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Details

Phone
(425) 454-1234
Address
2125 112th Ave NE, Bellevue, 98004
License
PL-20281

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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).

Details

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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