Little Hearts Academy

Center · Kirkland · 11828 Slater Avenue NE, Suite #150

What kind of place is this?

Size 51 children licensed In the middle half for 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?

Hours 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
Schedule Half Day, Full Day, Extended Day

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
July 17, 2026
On file
4 visits since March 2024 — 1 cited nothing
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
Serious110-300-0106(12) Staff person Indhumathi T has an expired Food Workers Card · July 17, 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.

Jul 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · July 17, 2026

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

110-300-0106(12) Staff person Indhumathi T has an expired Food Workers Card

Report (PDF)

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 18, 2026

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(3)(f) · Short Term

There is a play kitchen set in the red room that is a tipping hazard.

Report (PDF)

Jan 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Mar 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 25, 2024

Training requirements

WAC 110-300-0106(12) · Serious

Staff member MJ who cook the meals/snacks could not locate food handlers permit proof.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Little Hearts Academy hasn’t published

Cost, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the two findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in July 2026.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.

Will it fit our family

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

Licensing and contact

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Little Hearts Academy? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.