Seattle · Licensed center
UCDS The Studio
At a glance
- Small center, licensed for 23 children.
- Hours 8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m., year round.
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 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since September 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
- Dec 2, 2025Nothing cited
- Sep 30, 2024Nothing cited
Sep 26, 20232 citations
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Some staff need to renew Food handler training, child abuse/neglect training and safe sleep training.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12), WAC 110-300-0106(4)
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“back deck door needs to remain unlocked from the inside.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a)
The state cited rules at 1 of this center's 3 inspections. Most Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times had more: 68% of 364 had rules cited at 2 or more.
How all 364 Seattle-area centers inspected 3 times compare
Of the 364 Seattle-area centers the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None12%
- 1 of 321%This center
- 2 of 335%
- All 333%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- December 2, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since September 2023 — 2 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
Some staff need to renew Food handler training, child abuse/neglect training and safe sleep training.
· September 26, 2023
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Sep 2023 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · September 26, 2023
WAC 110-300-0106(12) / 110-300-0106(4) · Serious
Some staff need to renew Food handler training, child abuse/neglect training and safe sleep training.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious
back deck door needs to remain unlocked from the inside.
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What it costs
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A day here
8:15 a.m. to 3 p.m., year round
Updates for parents and schedule
- Updates for parents
- Uses the brightwheel app
- Schedule
- Full-week (5 days/week, priority-filled) and part-week (2-3 days/week, if openings remain)
Policies
- Enrollment
- Wait pool and lottery; a place is offered only through an enrollment request submitted in the brightwheel app after attending a virtual information session; joining the wait pool does not guarantee enrollment
Details
- Phone
- (206) 547-8237
- Address
- 5301 8th Ave NE, Seattle, 98105
- License
- PL-12050
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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
- Updates for parents — Checked August 2026 ucds.org
- Hours, Schedule — Checked September 2026 ucds.org
- Calendar — Checked June 2026 ucds.org
Policies
- Enrollment — Checked September 2026 ucds.org
Details
- Phone — Checked April 2026 ucds.org
- Website — Checked July 2026 ucds.org
- Address — Checked June 2026 data.wa.gov
- License — Checked March 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Small means the smallest quarter of Seattle-area’s 855 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 6 to 40 children. Medium is 41 to 115; 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.