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Latest inspectionDecember 11, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsDecember 11, 2025
Summary
This summary covers 15 available inspections for BRIGHT HORIZONS AT GARNER from May 19, 2022 through December 11, 2025.
Seven inspections recorded violations, with seven recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on November 30, 2023 and involved child guidance, with a due date of November 30, 2023.
Supervision was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
Five later inspections, from March 13, 2024 through December 11, 2025, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
Total inspections
15
1 in last 12 months
Recorded violations
7
0 in last 12 months
Higher-concern violations
1
0 in last 12 months
Repeated topics
0
Last 36 months
Local comparison
15 total inspections vs 3 local median in 94502
Compared to 12 local facilities
Recorded violations per inspection
This provider
0.47
Local median
0.33
0.47This provider
0.33Local median
Inspections with higher-concern violations
This provider
7%
Local median
0%
7%This provider
0%Local median
Inspections with recorded violations
This provider
47%
Local median
33%
47%This provider
33%Local median
Repeated topics
This provider
0
Local average
0.08
0This provider
0.08Local average
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
No repeated topics found
The available reports do not show the same violation topic appearing in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. Review the inspection history below for one-time violations or report details.
Inspection history
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101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:(2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observations and interviews staff placed a 3 inch wide circular log ontop of a child's back during naptime to help assist with her sleeping issues. This poses a potential risk to health and safety of children in care.
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Based on LPA observations and interviews staff placed a 3 inch wide circular log ontop of a child's back during naptime to help assist with her sleeping issues. This poses a potential risk to health and safety of children in care.
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision- No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement has not been met as evidence by: Based on interviews, and documnents submitted by the center a child was left alone in the classroom which is an immediate risks to children in care.
Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. Based on interviews an incident was not reported to licensing which is a safety risk to children in care.
California Lead Action Level at Child Care Centers; A result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement has not been met as evidence by: LPA reviewed the lead analyses and observed an exceedance in one of the faucets, which is a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Limitations on Capacity and Ambulatory Status . 101161(a) Limitations on Capacity and Ambulatory Status. The licensee shall not exceed the conditions, limitations and capacity specified in the license. This requirement has not been met as evidence by. Based on observations the center had preschool children and school age on the yard which is a potential risk to children in care.
Personal Rights: The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interview, the teacher violated the children's personal rights which poses a potential safety risk to children in care.
Personal Rights: The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interview, the teachers violated the children's personal rights which poses a potential safety risk to children in care.