Fountainhead Montessori School Orinda Campus
Fountainhead Montessori School Orinda Campus was a licensed child care center in Orinda, CA, licensed for up to 129 children. Its license closed around June 2023. Since February 2021, the state visited it 3 times, investigated 2 complaints (1 substantiated) and issued 1 citation, and it was Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Citations, newest first
101223 Personal Right (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... This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Although the facility is now permanently closed, the staff are employed at other Fountainhead Montessori School locations. By 07/13/2023 the owner will submit a written plan on how she will ensure all staff are trained on Personal Rights. Based on observation and interview the facility did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring staff did not violate a child’s personal rights. A child suffered a significant injury to the mouth by a staff, which violated the child’s personal rights. 8
Complaint investigations
Staff hit daycare child
About this center
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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 070211836 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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