Creative Beginnings Preschool

Center · Seattle · 522 28th Ave E

What kind of place is this?

Size 27 children licensed Smaller than the middle half of Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

How this compares

Washington DCYF cited something at 3 of the 4 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.

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

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
March 6, 2026
On file
4 visits since February 2023 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousLicensor reviewed staff files. Staff member Nedra needs to renew her expired food worker card. · March 6, 2026

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.

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 6, 2026

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Licensor reviewed staff files. Staff member Nedra needs to renew her expired food worker card.

Report (PDF)

May 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Apr 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · April 2, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

1 staff needs to get food handlers card.

Report (PDF)

Feb 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · February 28, 2023

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

need to change the door handle to be unlocked from the inside and locked on the outside.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Creative Beginnings Preschool hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the three findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in March 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed.

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.

Licensing and contact

  • State quality rating — Checked March 2026 · data.wa.gov
  • License status — Checked March 2026

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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