Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley · Preschool, San Jose
Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 142 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2019. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it once and investigated 4 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 8 citations, 2 of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.
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(c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve post-secondary semester or equivalent quarter units...and at least six months of work experience in a licensed child care center... (A)The units specified in (c)(1) ...the general areas of child growth and development, or human growth and development; child, family and community, or child and family; and program/curriculum. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 By Plan of Correction due date of 10/03/2025, Director will provide updated staff schedule, and statement acknowledging teacher aides cannot be left with children unsupervised by a qualified teacher. Based on interviews, observation and records review, Staff 1 did not have required early childhood education to be a qualified teacher, and was left supervising children without a qualified teacher, which poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8
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Based on observation interview and record review, child C2 did not have completed immunization record, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interviews and record reviews, Licensee did not comply with section cited above, A facility staff/teacher handled children in a rough manner and staff/teacher caused an arm injury to a day care child which posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 Licensee must provide copies of this report to parents/guardians of children in care at this facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at this facility during the next 12 months per the AB633 requirements.
Licensee will submit Mandated Reporter training for staff S4 and S12 by
Based on record review, Licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain LIC503Health Screening reports for staff S1 and S3 which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, Licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Licensee did not obtain immunizations required prior to employment for staff S1 and S4 which posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interviews and observations, staff had been observed handling a child inappropriately. This poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of the children in care. 8 Director will submit meeting agenda to San Jose Reginal Office by close of business on September 29, 2021.
Complaint investigations
Staff caused injury to day care child.
Staff handles day care children in a rough manner.
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Common questions
Does Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Feb 6, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley?
California investigated 4 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
When was Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley last inspected?
Apr 14, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes San Jose, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kiddie Academy of Almaden Valley?
The licensee is Keyz Enterprise, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Lilia Talamantes.
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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 434415820 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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