Bancroft Day Care Center
Bancroft Day Care Center is a licensed child care center in Walnut Creek, CA, licensed for up to 150 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 1994. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 1 citation, 0 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #14 of 38 centers in Walnut Creek and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring all staff have an eligible criminal background clearance prior to working in the facility, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
About this center
Common questions
Does Bancroft Day Care Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Bancroft Day Care Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Bancroft Day Care Center compare with other daycares in Walnut Creek?
It is tied for #14 of 38 centers in Walnut Creek by weighted citations per inspection, and has fewer citations per inspection than 54% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Bancroft Day Care Center last inspected?
Oct 24, 2024. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Bancroft Day Care Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Bancroft Day Care Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Walnut Creek, was $800 a month for school-age children (about $1,010 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Bancroft Day Care Center?
The licensee is Dianne Adair Daycare Centers INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Stefanie Lee.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 070209004 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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