Creative Play Center, INC
Creative Play Center, INC is a licensed child care center in Pleasant Hill, CA, licensed for up to 48 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1973. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 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 #13 of 24 centers in Pleasant Hill and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers.
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Common questions
Does Creative Play Center, INC take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Creative Play Center, INC had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 1 Type B citation, listed above.
How does Creative Play Center, INC compare with other daycares in Pleasant Hill?
It is tied for #13 of 24 centers in Pleasant Hill by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 45% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Creative Play Center, INC last inspected?
Mar 4, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Creative Play Center, INC cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Creative Play Center, INC for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Contra Costa County, which includes Pleasant Hill, was $1,287 a month for preschoolers (about $1,620 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Creative Play Center, INC?
The licensee is Creative Play Center, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Cory Gillespie.
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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 070200186 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.