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CASTLE HEAD START

2050 ACADEMY, Atwater, CA 95301

Facility:
243808261
Type:
DAY CARE CENTER
Status:
Licensed/Pending Increase
Records checked:
July 17, 2026
Additional info
Source:
California Community Care Licensing Division
District office:
Not listed
License effective:
Not found
Capacity:
76

Inspection snapshot

Recent higher-concern violation

At least one higher-concern violation appears in the last 12 months.

Next: Read reports, examine repeated topics below, look at the broader history, and ask what changed afterward.

Latest inspectionMarch 26, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsMarch 26, 2026

Summary

This summary covers 15 available inspections for CASTLE HEAD START from January 18, 2022 through March 26, 2026.

Six inspections recorded violations, with six recorded violations in total.

The most recent recorded violation was on March 19, 2026 and involved child guidance, with a due date of April 2, 2026.

That higher-concern topic showed up in three inspections.

A later inspection showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether it was a formal follow-up.

At a glance

Total inspections
15

7 in last 12 months

Recorded violations
6

3 in last 12 months

Higher-concern violations
4

2 in last 12 months

Repeated topics
2

Last 36 months

Local comparison

15 total inspections vs 5 local median in 95301

Compared to 10 local facilities

Recorded violations per inspection

This provider
0.4
Local median
0.37

Inspections with higher-concern violations

This provider
27%
Local median
10%

Inspections with recorded violations

This provider
40%
Local median
37%

Repeated topics

This provider
2
Local average
0.8

Repeated topics

Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.

Inspection history

Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.

View official report
Medium concern: Child guidance
Report finding
(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 the record review and interviews conducted, it was determined that staff failed to ensure that C1’s personal rights were protected by not ensuring C1’s safety. C1 should not have been allowed to climb up from the bottom of the slide, which resulted in C1 losing balance, falling, and sustaining an injury. This failure poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by April 2, 2026
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(2) - 101223(a)(2)
Official code
101223(a)(2)
View official report
Higher concern: Supervision
Report finding
(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) 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 is not met as evidenced by: Based on the record review and interviews conducted, it was confirmed that C1 was left unsupervised in the playground for seven minutes without adult supervision. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by January 9, 2026
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
Official code
101229(a)(1)
View official report
Higher concern: Supervision
Report finding
(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) 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 is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interviews conducted, it was confirmed that due to the lack of supervision, Child #1 (C1) had access to the off-limits. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by November 4, 2025
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
CCR 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
Official code
101229(a)(1)
View official report
Higher concern: Child guidance
Report finding
(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature… This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interviews conducted, it was confirmed that Staff #2 (S2) violated Child #1 (C1)’s Personal Rights by causing physical pain, intimidated, and threat C1. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by March 14, 2025
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
Official code
101223(a)(3)
View official report
Higher concern: Child guidance
Report finding
(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 record review and interviews conducted, C1 started having fever at 8:20 AM at 100.9, at 12:30 PM, C1’s fever was 102.4 and by 1:15 PM, C1 fever was at 103.2. During the interviews, staff were not aware of the protocol if a child involved is extremely ill and if the child’s parent is not able to be reached. Staff were also not able to identify the next appropriate protocol to take. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by February 29, 2024
More details
Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(2) - 101223(a)(2)
Official code
101223(a)(2)
View official report
Medium concern: Environmental health
Report finding
Lead Testing (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. As of today's date 03/02/2023 facility has not provided Community Care Licensing with evidence of testing the water used for drinking or food preparation for lead contamination as required, therefore facility is out of compliance which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by April 3, 2023
More details
Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
HSC 1597.16(a)(1) - 1597.16(a)(1)
Official code
1597.16(a)(1)