Kiddie Academy of Irvine · Infant Center, Irvine
Kiddie Academy of Irvine is a licensed child care center in Irvine, CA, licensed for up to 24 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2006. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, both of them substantiated. The state issued 2 citations, both of them Type A (the most serious). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #88 of 106 centers in Irvine and has more citations per inspection than 79% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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101223 Personal Rights(a)(1) The licensee shall ensure that each child is to be accorded dignity in his/her personal relationships with staff and other persons. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Director provided a written statement to LPA staing on 1/12/24 she went over policies with staff and all staff members were provided training on how to properly hold a child, how to diaper, and how to feed children. Director will provide LPA with a list of staff names and signatures of staff who attended training by 4/12/24. Based on LPA video footage review, S1 did not provide adequate support when holding C1 whom is 3 months old.Which poses an immediate health risk to the children in care.
101223 Personal Rights(a)(3) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat...aids physical functioning. This requirement is not met as evidence by: 1 Director provided LPA with a written statement, stating she will provide training on personal rights to staff on 1/29/24. Director will provide a sign in sheet with staff signatures that attended the training. Director will provide sign in sheet to LPA via email. Based on LPA’s record review, LPA reviewed video footage of incident that occurred on 10/27/23.LPA reviewed video footage dated 10/27/23. LPA observed on video at 10:45am C1 was sleeping on the carpet in the classroom. At 10:46am a Staff #1 walks over to C1 and lifts up sleeping child, staff placed their hands under C1’s arm pits. Staff S1 lifts up child about 8 inches from the ground and lowers child again, S1 lifts and lowers C1 several times. C1 knees bend and their knees touch the floor. C1 sat on the carpet on…
Complaint investigations
Staff are not handling day care children in an appropriate manner
Staff handled day-care child in a rough manner.
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Common questions
Does Kiddie Academy of Irvine take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Kiddie Academy of Irvine had any serious violations?
California issued 2 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Mar 29, 2024, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kiddie Academy of Irvine?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kiddie Academy of Irvine compare with other daycares in Irvine?
It is tied for #88 of 106 centers in Irvine 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 Kiddie Academy of Irvine last inspected?
Sep 1, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kiddie Academy of Irvine cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kiddie Academy of Irvine for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Orange County, which includes Irvine, was $1,584 a month for infants (about $2,000 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kiddie Academy of Irvine?
The licensee is Ka Preschool Of Irvine Corporation, and the administrator listed with the state is Sara Ortiz.
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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 304370232 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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