Licensed center
The Learning Nest Preschool 1
A center, licensed for 32 children. No complaint investigation has found a violation here, true of 207 of 218 similar-size Seattle-area centers. Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
Small center. Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 114; large is 115 to 323.
How they teach
Not published
Who cares for your child
Not published
What it costs
Not published
Shortlist can ask The Learning Nest Preschool 1 for what it has not published: how they teach, who is with the children and for how long, what it costs, hours and late pickup, a typical day and sick and biting policies. The answer will go on this page.
What the state has found
No complaint investigation has found a violation since February 2023
207: none11: one to four0: five or more
The 218 Seattle-area centers licensed for 6 to 40 children, the size band this one falls in, as of September 26, 2026.
Larger centers have more complaint investigations, so The Learning Nest Preschool 1 (32 children) is compared with centers its size. The state also lists one complaint here whose published report includes no citation detail, so it is not counted as found.
Routine visits: 2 of 3 cited something
Across Seattle-area centers, the state cites something at about 2 in 3 routine visits (1,966 visits). Three visits are too few to read as a pattern.
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked September 26, 2026.
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 30, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2023 — 1 cited nothing · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
- Most serious
- Serious —
There was a door in the older toddler room that did not open and it appeared to be locked.
· July 30, 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.
Jun 2026 Complaint 2 valid issues
Complaint · June 23, 2026 · Resolved August 12, 2026
The state lists this complaint on the provider’s record, but the state’s published report includes no citation detail.
Jul 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · July 30, 2025
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
There was a door in the older toddler room that did not open and it appeared to be locked.
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · September 27, 2023
WAC 110-300-0215(3)(a)(i) · Serious
There are two epi-pens in the grab and go bag that are expired. One does not have the proper paperwork with it either.
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) / 110-300-0165(5)(b) · Serious
There are plastic bags on the diaper table accessible to children. There are outlets near sinks that are not GFCI. The outlet in the kitchen should have a surge protector instead of that many cords plugged into the outlet.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
In the Deer's classroom the emergency exit door is locked from the inside.
A day here
Not published
Details
- Address
- 460 Newport Way NW
- License
- PL-78465, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
Do you run The Learning Nest Preschool 1? 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.
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.
All checked September 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.
Details
- Address, License, Quality program — data.wa.gov