Cadence Academy Preschool · 27630 Newhall Ranch Road, School-Age Program, Valencia
Cadence Academy Preschool is a licensed child care center in Valencia, CA, licensed for up to 144 children and serving school-age children. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times. The state issued 5 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (3 of 5). 4 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #13 of 15 centers in Valencia and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interview, record review, and observation staff completed face to name check and C1 went to the restroom without staff knowledge. The staff took the other children outside and C1 was unaware the class left and was alone inside the classroom for five minutes without staff supervision which is a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to the persons in care.
(a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs.(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision ... visual observation...This requirement was not met as evidence by: 1 I pulled everyone into office and reminded of supervision and having a staff meeting on May 5, 2026 and go over playground supervison. I will Inform Licensing about meeting and send over sign in/out sheet of who attended. Based on interview, observation, and record review, C1 was playing on the play structure monkey bars when they fell off the bars into the woodchips. Staff S1 & S2 were not in close proximity, they did not have visual observation of C1 and did not witness C1 fall. S1 & S2 learned of the injury after C2 & C3 brought C1 to them which is a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to the persons in care. 8
Based on observation, interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in the carpet inside the school aged class was torn and ripped as a potential tripping hazard which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in a lower cabinet was observed in the Kindergarten classroom unlocked with borax powder and alka seltzer as chemicals which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews and records, it was determined that C1 was left unsupervised in the outside play yard of the facility for an approximately one minute. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of the children in care.
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Common questions
Does Cadence Academy Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers school-age children.
Has Cadence Academy Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 5 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Cadence Academy Preschool compare with other daycares in Valencia?
It is tied for #13 of 15 centers in Valencia by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 76% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Cadence Academy Preschool last inspected?
Dec 23, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Cadence Academy Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Cadence Academy Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Valencia, was $821 a month for school-age children (about $1,040 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Cadence Academy Preschool?
The licensee is Cadence Education, LLC., and the administrator listed with the state is Jacqueline Major.
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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 197415187 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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