The Children's Courtyard · Preschool, Murrieta
The Children's Courtyard is a licensed child care center in Murrieta, CA, licensed for up to 144 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 5 complaints, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 1 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for background checks (2 of 6). 3 citations came in the last 12 months, including 1 Type A. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #24 of 32 centers in Murrieta and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
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Facility Director will schedule a staff training on Care and supervision and submit training materialscovered along with staff attendance sign-in sheets to LPA via email by the
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in ensuring Staff #1 was partially cleared and working with the children which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Facility is being assessed Civil Penalties for this violation.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in ensuring staff #6 renewed Mandated Reporter training Certification which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview, record review, a preschool staff member (S6) was on site with an uncleared background, therefore the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 9 staff members, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
(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 was not met as evidence by...... 1 Director stated S1 is no longer working at the CCC due to this incident. Based on confidential interviews S1 held C1 down attempting to keep C1 on her bed which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care. 8
(7) Modified diets prescribed by a child's physician as a medical necessity shall be provided.(B) A child shall not be served any food to which the child's record indicates he/she has an allergy. This requirment has not been met as evidence by... 1 Director stated she will ensure that all staff are following the diet restrictions by holding a meeting discussing the severity of diet restirctions and ensuring they are looking at their allergen list during meal distrubution. Based on interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8
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Does The Children's Courtyard take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has The Children's Courtyard had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jun 30, 2026, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about The Children's Courtyard?
California investigated 5 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does The Children's Courtyard compare with other daycares in Murrieta?
It is tied for #24 of 32 centers in Murrieta by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was The Children's Courtyard last inspected?
Oct 22, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does The Children's Courtyard cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask The Children's Courtyard for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Riverside County, which includes Murrieta, was $856 a month for preschoolers (about $1,080 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs The Children's Courtyard?
The licensee is Tutor Time Learning Center, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Katrina Wanemacher.
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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 334817890 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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