Kindercare Learning Center
Kindercare Learning Center is a licensed child care center in Santa Clara, CA, licensed for up to 72 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1997. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 6 complaints, 3 of them substantiated. The state issued 16 citations, 6 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for supervision (4 of 16). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #46 of 46 centers in Santa Clara and better than 1% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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Based on interviews and record review, Staff did not meet C1's diapering needs which resulted in a diaper rash, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A staff (S1) served eggs to a child (C1) who has known egg allergy. This posed an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. 8 This is a repeat violation made within 12 months and an immediate civil penalty of $250.00 was assessed during the inspection.
Staff(S1) left 10 children unattended in the playground on 3/7/25. This is a zero tolerance violation. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. 8 inspection. Upon receipt, Director shall post and provide copies of this licensing report, have LIC 9224 signed and kept on file, to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. According to AB 633, parents must be provided with this report which contains this Type A deficiency for the next 12 months & copy of the signed acknowledgment form must be kept in each child's file.
A child was left unattended inside the Hallway on October 29, 2024.This is a zero tolerance violation. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. This is a zero-tolerance violation, an immediate civil penalty of $500.00 was assessed during the inspection. Upon receipt, Director shall post and provide copies of this licensing report, have LIC 9224 signed and kept on file, to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. According to AB 633, parents must be provided with this report which contains this Type A deficiency for the next 12 months & copy of the signed acknowledgment form must be kept in each child's file.
A staff (S1) served oranges to a child (C1) who has known citrus allergy. This posed an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for S1, S2, S3, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section above for S1, S2 and S3, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for S2, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, Mandated Reporter Training expired for, S1(expired 8/26/21) and S2(expired 12/27/2021), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A child was left unattended inside the Lobby on August 3,2023. This is a zero tolerance violation. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. This is a zero-tolerance violation, an immediate civil penalty of $1,000.00 was assessed during the inspection. Upon receipt, Director shall post and provide copies of this licensing report, have LIC 9224 signed and kept on file, to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. According to AB 633, parents must be provided with this report which contains this Type A deficiency for the next 12 months & copy of the signed acknowledgment form must be kept in each child's file.
A child was left unattended inside the Infant Playground on June 7,2023. The gate to that separates the infant and toddler playground was left unlocked. This is a zero tolerance violation. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. Upon receipt, Director shall post and provide copies of this licensing report, have LIC 9224 signed and kept on file, to parents/guardians of children in care at the facility and to parents/guardians of children newly enrolled at the facility during the next 12 months. According to AB 633, parents must be provided with this report which contains this Type A deficiency for the next 12 months & copy of the signed acknowledgment form must be kept in each child's file.
P1 has requested a Care Conference with the Center since 2/23 and the Center has yet to comply with P1's request.
101238(a)(1)The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. Director stated that they have a Pest Control conducting monthly services. Next services is scheduled for today, May 24,2023. Director will implement a plan that will address the next step to erridicate the pest problem. Director will submit the plan by the POC date. 1) The licensee shall take measures to keep the center free of flies, other insects, and rodents. This was not met by: LPA's observed coackroaches in the patio of the preschool playground, and inside classroom 4,which poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8
101215.1(f)When the child care center director is absent from the center, arrangements shall be made for a fully qualified teacher as specified in Section 101216.1(c) to act as substitute. 1 Director stated that she will submit a plan that will address the policy and procedure of opening and closing the center by the POC date. This substitute child care center director shall be aware of center operations, including total enrollment; shall be trained in program operation; and shall be designated as an authorized person to correct operational deficiencies that constitute immediate threats to children's health and safety. This was not met by: On May 15, 2023, Staff who were present did not have the code to unlock the door and enter the preschool, which poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8
101212(b):The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department Facility is in process for submitting the documentation for New Director Marcella Tarin. Documentation will be submitted by the POC date. within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This was not met by: The child care director whose last day was on 2/24/23 was not reported to Community Care Licensing within 10 days of a change, which poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Drinking water from a noncontaminating fixture or container shall be readily available both indoors and in the outdoor activity area. 1 Assistant Director stated that she will submit a plan that will ensure that all children will have water readily available when playing in outdoor activities. Based on Assistant Directors Admission, on 6/20/22, approximately at 3:24pm not all of the children had water readily available during outdoor activity , which poses potential Health and Safety risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
1. Staff did not meet day care child’s diapering needs, resulting in diaper rash.
1. Facility is unsanitary
Facility did not have water available for the children while they played outdoors.
About this center
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Common questions
Does Kindercare Learning Center take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has Kindercare Learning Center had any serious violations?
California issued 6 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Apr 24, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Kindercare Learning Center?
California investigated 6 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 3. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Kindercare Learning Center compare with other daycares in Santa Clara?
It is #46 of 46 centers in Santa Clara by weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 1% of licensed centers statewide (out of 10,948 California centers with enough inspection history).
When was Kindercare Learning Center last inspected?
Dec 8, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Kindercare Learning Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Kindercare Learning Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Santa Clara County, which includes Santa Clara, was $1,599 a month for preschoolers (about $2,020 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Kindercare Learning Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Center LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Melody Maher.
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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 434400342 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.