Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 1.17
- Local median
- 0.18
HEADSUP! CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
2800 WEST BAYSHORE ROAD, Palo Alto, CA 94303
- Facility:
- 434408916
- Type:
- INFANT CENTER
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 24
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionOctober 17, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsAugust 22, 2024
Summary
This summary covers six available inspections for HEADSUP! CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER from May 18, 2022 through October 17, 2025.
Five inspections recorded violations, with seven recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on October 17, 2025 and involved health or food records, with a due date of November 17, 2025.
Sleep safety was a higher-concern topic that showed up in three inspections.
The available reports do not include a later inspection with no recorded violations after that violation.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 6
- Recorded violations
- 7
- Higher-concern violations
- 5
- Repeated topics
- 1
1 in last 12 months
1 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
6 total inspections vs 4 local median in 94303
Compared to 54 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 50%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 83%
- Local median
- 17%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.07
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Sleep safety
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
August 23, 2024Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- Child's Records (b) Each record shall contain information including, but not limited to, the following: (8) Medical assessment, including ambulatory status as specified in Section 101220, and the following health information: (C) A signed consent form for emergency medical treatment unless the child's authorized representative has signed the statement specified in Section 101220(f). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as children's files did not have a signed LIC 627 Consent for Medical Treatment form. The facility has an in-house form that is similar but does not have the same statement as the LIC 627 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by November 17, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101221(b)(8)(C) - 101221(b)(8)(C)
- Official code
- 101221(b)(8)(C)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
- Report finding
- Section 101429(a)(2)(B) - Staff shall physically check on sleeping infant(s) every 15 minutes & document. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: During record review, LPA Uribe found that staff have not been meeting the requirement for documenting 15-minute checks on sleeping infants which poses a potential risk to the health, safety, or personal rights to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by September 6, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101429(a)(2)(b) - 101429(a)(2)(b)
- Official code
- 101429(a)(2)(b)
Higher concern: Supervision
- Report finding
- Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants (1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. Under no circumstances shall ANY infant be left unattended. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 2 staff members stated an infant was left unattended in the outdoor play area on the morning of 08/22/2024, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by August 26, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101429(a)(1) - 101429(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101429(a)(1)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
- Report finding
- Infant Care Activities (C) An infant shall not be swaddled while in care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 1 infant (under 12 months of age) was sleeping with a sleep sack on during nap time. which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by September 6, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101430(a)(3)(C) - 101430(a)(3)(C)
- Official code
- 101430(a)(3)(C)
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- Staff-Infant Ratio (b) There shall be a ratio of one teacher for every four infants in attendance. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as 0 of the 3 staff members present during today's inspection is a fully qualified infant teacher, thus the facility is out-of-ratio, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by September 6, 2024
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101416.5(b) - 101416.5(b)
- Official code
- 101416.5(b)
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Sleep safety
- Report finding
- Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants (B) Staff shall physically check on sleeping infant(s) every 15 minutes and document the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and 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. LPA observe that facility did not have the 15 minute check log, Director stated that facility visually check the children, but did not know that it needed to be logged on paper.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 8, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101429(a)(2)(B) - 101429(a)(2)(B)
- Official code
- 101429(a)(2)(B)
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
- Report finding
- Fixtures, Furniture, Equipment and Supplies (r) Fixtures, furniture, and equipment that have been banned or recalled by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall not be used or on the facility’s premises. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA observed an infant bouncer and inclined sleeper present in the infant classroom during today's visit. This posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 18, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101239(r) - 101239(r)
- Official code
- 101239(r)