Kirkland · Licensed center
Little Hearts Academy
At a glance
- Medium center, licensed for 51 children.
- Hours 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since March 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 17, 20261 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Staff person I.T. has an expired Food Workers Card”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Mar 18, 20261 citation
Safety requirementsShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“There is a play kitchen set in the red room that is a tipping hazard.”
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(f)
- Jan 14, 2025Nothing cited
Mar 25, 20241 citation
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Staff member MJ who cook the meals/snacks could not locate food handlers permit proof.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
The state cited rules at 3 of this center's 4 inspections. Seattle-area centers inspected 4 times split about evenly: about a third had fewer, a third the same, and a third more (272 centers).
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%
- 2 of 417%
- 3 of 433%This center
- All 429%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 17, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since March 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
110-300-0106(12) Staff person I.T. has an expired Food Workers Card
· July 17, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jul 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 17, 2026
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
110-300-0106(12) Staff person I.T. has an expired Food Workers Card
Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 18, 2026
WAC 110-300-0165(3)(f) · Short Term
There is a play kitchen set in the red room that is a tipping hazard.
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · March 25, 2024
WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious
Staff member MJ who cook the meals/snacks could not locate food handlers permit proof.
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What it costs
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A day here
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Schedule
- Schedule
- Half-day, full-day, extended-day
Details
- Phone
- (425) 518-8385
- Address
- 11828 Slater Avenue NE, Suite #150, Kirkland, 98034
- License
- PL-81226
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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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
- Hours, Schedule — Checked September 2026 littleheartsacademy.com
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 littleheartsacademy.com
- Address, License — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- Quality program — Checked April 2026 data.wa.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.