Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.47
- Local median
- 0.69
GROWING FOOTPRINTS & GROWING FOOTSTEPS-LOS GATOS
16575 SHANNON ROAD, Los Gatos, CA 95032
- Facility:
- 430710595
- Type:
- DAY CARE CENTER
- Status:
- Closed, Single License Conversion
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 84
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionJuly 2, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsAugust 9, 2024
Summary
This summary covers 17 available inspections for GROWING FOOTPRINTS & GROWING FOOTSTEPS-LOS GATOS from October 26, 2022 through July 2, 2025.
Eight inspections recorded violations, with eight recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on July 2, 2025 and involved facility condition, with a due date of July 17, 2025.
Child guidance was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 17
- Recorded violations
- 8
- Higher-concern violations
- 4
- Repeated topics
- 1
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
17 total inspections vs 5 local median in 95032
Compared to 11 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 24%
- Local median
- 24%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 47%
- Local median
- 47%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.36
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Staff-to-child ratio
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
March 14, 2024May 1, 2024Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
Medium concern: Facility condition
- Report finding
- Food Service: (a) In child care centers providing meals to children, the following shall apply:...(7)(B) A child shall not be served any food to which the child's record indicates he/she has an allergy. This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Volunteer provided C1 with a food item containing contents that were documented to cause C1 a non-life threatening allergic reaction. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 17, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101227(a)(7)(B) - 101227(a)(7)(B)
- Official code
- 101227(a)(7)(B)
Medium concern: Parent rights
- Report finding
- Health & Safety: A licensed child day care facility shall provide to the parents or guardians of each child receiving services in the facility copies of any licensing report that documents any Type A citation that represents an immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of children in care as set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 1596.893b.(2) Upon enrollment of a new child in a facility...(3)recipient to sign(4)keep verification of receipt on child's file... Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 5 files which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 7, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.8595(c)(1-4) - 1596.8595(c)(1-4)
- Official code
- 1596.8595(c)(1-4)
Higher concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- 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, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting... This requirement is not met as evidenced by: S1 removed food from a child before they were complete and attempted to move the child to the rug without child's consent. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by October 22, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(3)
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- 101216.3 Teacher-Child Ratio (a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, except as specified in (b) and (c) below. Based observation conducted, LPA observed 18 children left with music staff without fully qualified teachers present in the room which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
- Inspector notes
- Based observation conducted, LPA observed 18 children left with music staff without fully qualified teachers present in the room which poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 2, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216.3(a) - 101216.3(a)
- Official code
- 101216.3(a)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- 101216.3 Teacher-Child Ratio (a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, except as specified in (b) and (c) below. Based on interview, LPA learned that one teacher was supervising 18 children while another staff took a bathroom break which places the classroom out of ratio.This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interview, LPA learned that one teacher was supervising 18 children while another staff took a bathroom break which places the classroom out of ratio.This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety and personal rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 15, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101216.3(a) - 101216.3(a)
- Official code
- 101216.3(a)
Medium concern: Incident records
- Report finding
- 101212 Reporting Requirements (d) (1) Upon the occurrence... a report shall be made to the Department ... within the Department's next working day.... a written report containing the information ... shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurence of such event. (C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: LPA observed that incident was reported to parent but reporting requirements to the Childcare Licensing Department were not followed.
- Inspector notes
- event. (C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: LPA observed that incident was reported to parent but reporting requirements to the Childcare Licensing Department were not followed.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by March 8, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101212(d)(1)(C) - 101212(d)(1)(C)
- Official code
- 101212(d)(1)(C)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision. The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, LPAs observed that a child was behind the slide of the play structure. A staff did went over to the child. There were two staff present, but cannot visually see the child from where they were positioned. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by December 22, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101229(a)(1) - 101229(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101229(a)(1)
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- Lead Testing Written Directives section 101700.3 (b)(1), a result with values of 5.5 ppb or greater shall be deemed an Action Level Exceedance. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: This exceedance level found in “B” drinking fountain was 8.1 ppb and drinking fountain "E" was 20 ppb. This poses a potential risk to the Health, Safety, or Personal Rights of children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 28, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency