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Latest inspectionMarch 23, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsMarch 23, 2026
Summary
This summary covers 12 available inspections for KINDERCARE LEARNING CENTER from February 14, 2022 through March 23, 2026.
Four inspections recorded violations, with five recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on August 28, 2024 and involved child guidance, with a due date of September 5, 2024.
Attendance accountability was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
Three later inspections, from June 19, 2025 through March 23, 2026, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
Total inspections
12
1 in last 12 months
Recorded violations
5
0 in last 12 months
Higher-concern violations
1
0 in last 12 months
Repeated topics
1
Last 36 months
Local comparison
12 total inspections vs 9 local median in 91730
Compared to 13 local facilities
Recorded violations per inspection
This provider
0.42
Local median
0.33
0.42This provider
0.33Local median
Inspections with higher-concern violations
This provider
8%
Local median
0%
8%This provider
0%Local median
Inspections with recorded violations
This provider
33%
Local median
25%
33%This provider
25%Local median
Repeated topics
This provider
1
Local average
0.23
1This provider
0.23Local average
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Child guidance
Appeared across 3 inspections, with 3 recorded violations.
Personal Rights (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.. This requirement was not met as evidenced by Based on interviews conducted staff member inappropriately handled a child. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care
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 review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by April 17, 2024
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)
Higher concern: Attendance accountability
Report finding
Sign In and Sign Out (b) The person who brings the child to, and removes the child from, the center shall sign the child in/out. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from... unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule ... This requirement was not met as evidenced by Based on pertinent parties interviews a staff member did not appropriately handle a child. This is a potential health and safety and personal rights of children in care.
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, ..., and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by Based on pertinent parties confirmed a child was accidentally left in wet shoes after water play activity. This is a potential risk to the Health and Safety and personal rights of children in care.