Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.67
- Local median
- 0.25
STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL & INFANT CARE
201 COVINGTON ROAD, Los Altos, CA 94024
- Facility:
- 434414434
- Type:
- DAY CARE 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:
- 64
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionApril 3, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsApril 3, 2026
Summary
This summary covers six available inspections for STEPPING STONES PRESCHOOL & INFANT CARE from February 25, 2022 through April 3, 2026.
Three inspections recorded violations, with four recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on June 29, 2022 and involved health or food records, with a due date of July 22, 2022.
Background screening was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
Three later inspections, from July 13, 2023 through April 3, 2026, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 6
- Recorded violations
- 4
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 0
1 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
6 total inspections vs 4 local median in 94024
Compared to 13 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 17%
- Local median
- 20%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 50%
- Local median
- 25%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 0
- Local average
- 0
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
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Inspection history
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No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Health or food records
- Report finding
- General Provisions and Definitions (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. 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 one staff member does not have proof of Measles (MMR) immunization which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by July 22, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) - 1596.7995(a)(1)
- Official code
- 1596.7995(a)(1)
Medium concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- Section 101223(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 interviews conducted which showed a preponderance of evidentiary statements that staff yell at daycare children which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by June 10, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(3)
Medium concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- Section 101223(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (1) To be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted which showed a preponderance of evidentiary statements that staff made inappropriate comments to daycare child which poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by June 10, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(1) - 101223(a)(1)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(1)
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that one staff member did not have an eligible criminal background clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by February 25, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101170(e)(1) - 101170(e)(1)
- Official code
- 101170(e)(1)