Kiddie Academy of Bothell

Center · Bothell · 22703 Bothell Everett Hwy

What kind of place is this?

Size 167 children licensed Larger than the middle half of Seattle centers, where the middle half licenses 43–121. Measured across 576 Seattle centers, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Chain Kiddie Academy
Owner Essential Brands, Inc. Kiddie Academy is a franchise brand of Essential Brands, Inc.; individual academies are franchisee-owned. Per the company’s own site. kiddieacademy.com

Kiddie Academy runs 9 licensed locations in Seattle.

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?

Hours 10.5 hours a day
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
March 25, 2026
On file
4 visits since June 2023 — 1 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousStaff person has expired food worker permit. · February 19, 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.

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

Licensing visit · February 19, 2025

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Staff person has expired food worker permit.

Supervising children

WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b) · Short Term

Multiple interior classroom doors do not have bells or chimes to alert when the doors are opened.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Complaint 1 valid issue

Complaint · March 26, 2024 · Resolved June 27, 2024

Reported to the state by the program

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

Prohibited behavior and discipline, and physical separation of children

WAC 110-300-0331(1) · Serious

Staff person physically moved a child to a different area of the room, the child received two bruises on their body from the pressure that was applied by the staff person.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 8, 2024

Medication

WAC 110-300-0215(3)(c) · Serious

All diaper ointment is stored in one container, ointments need to be stored in a manner to prevent cross contamination.

Report (PDF)

Jun 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · June 15, 2023

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

Licensor Bakowski observed that staff members did not have current food worker cards: A. Graf, N. Zang and S. Ford Licensor Bakowski observed that the following staff did not have current infant safe sleep training: A. Graf. Licnesor Bakowski observed that the following staff had not completed child care basics training: N. Zang and S. Ford.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

Licensor Bakowski observed that classroom #8 had window blinds that had strings that formed loops.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Kiddie Academy of Bothell hasn’t published

Cost, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the five findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in February 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

Will it fit our family

Not yet reported: ages served, schedule, holiday closures.

Licensing and contact

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

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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