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Leap And Bound Academy

601 S Pacific Coast Hwy, Redondo Beach, CA 90277 · Los Angeles County
2 substantiated complaintsInfant center

Leap And Bound Academy is a licensed child care center in Redondo Beach, CA, licensed for up to 35 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2023. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 0 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 9 citations, 5 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for building & playground safety (4 of 9). None came in the last 12 months. It has too few inspections so far for a statewide comparison.

Inspection record

Not enough historyCalifornia has inspected this center 0 times since Feb 8, 2021. Centers are compared once they have at least 2 inspections.
5Type A citations
4Type B citations
0Inspections
2 of 3Complaints substantiated
9 citations from 8 state visits since Feb 8, 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · last inspected —

Every state visit

20222023202420252026INSPECTIONS (top) · REPORTS & INVESTIGATIONS (bottom)Jul 18, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundJul 18, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationJul 18, 2025 · Report/investigation · no citationMay 21, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundMay 21, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundApr 30, 2025 · Report/investigation · citation foundOct 17, 2024 · Report/investigation · no citationAug 24, 2023 · Report/investigation · no citation
Citation issuedNo citationTop row: inspections · bottom row: complaint investigations and other visits

What inspectors cited most

Building & playground safety4
Caregiver conduct1
Sleep safety1
Food & feeding1
Background checks1
Other standards1

Citations, newest first

Type AJul 18, 2025Complaint investigationCaregiver conduct
Personal rights §101223(a)(3)
Facility agrees to train all infant staff members on Children's Personal Rights and meeting the needs of the children in care. Facility will submit a statement and training agenda to LPA via email by
Plan of correction due Aug 1, 2025
Type AMay 21, 2025Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Infant fixtures, furniture and equipment §101439(k)(5)
The facility will make sure the broken toy container is disposed and replaced by
Plan of correction due May 22, 2025
Type AMay 21, 2025Complaint investigationBuilding & playground safety
Infant Care General Sanitation §101438.1(d)
Facility agrees to washed and disinfected at least daily, or more often if necessary before allowing the infants to play with the soft blocks. A written cleaning plan will be submitted to LPA via email by
Plan of correction due Jun 3, 2025
Type BMay 21, 2025Complaint investigationSleep safety
Infant sleeping equipment §101439.1(f)(1)
Based on LPA Lovest observed S1 place C6 on the crib where a portable sound machine was attached to the side of the crib, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Plan of correction due May 21, 2025
Type BMay 21, 2025Case management visit (deficiencies)Building & playground safety
Infant Care General Sanitation 101438.1(b) §101438.1(b)
Facility ensures staff will wash hands before feeding and after diaper chaning in the infant classroom. Facility agrees to submit a written diaper changing and feeding procedure signed by infant staff to LPA via email by
Plan of correction due Jun 4, 2025
Type BMay 21, 2025Case management visit (deficiencies)Food & feeding
Infant food service §101427(j)
Facilty will ensure Authorized reperesentatives labels bottles and personal food containers with name and date an bottles prepared in facility are labeled with infants name.Facility will submit photos of bottles and food containers labeled to LPA by
Plan of correction due Jun 4, 2025
Type BMay 21, 2025Case management visit (deficiencies)Building & playground safety
Infant fixtures, furniture and equipment §101439(h)(1)
Facility will remove current non vinyl or plastic infant changing pad and replace with a washable vinyl or plastic.Facility will submit a photo of replaced changing pad to LPA by
Plan of correction due May 28, 2025
Type AApr 30, 2025Case management visit (deficiencies)Background checks
Criminal record clearance §101170(e)(2)
Based on observation, record review and information obtained the facility did not comply with the section cited above,14 children were left under the supervision of two staff (S1 and S4 ) who did not have a criminal record clearance, during today’s visit from which poses/posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care 8 Deficiency Dismissed
Plan of correction due Apr 30, 2025
Type AApr 30, 2025Case management visit (deficiencies)Other standards
Infant care activities §101430(a)(3)(C)
Based on observation, the facility did not comply with the section cited above, at 9:12 a.m. in the napping area LPA observed two infants (C1 & C2) out of 3 nfants sleeping with oversized sleeping sacks, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/child-care-licensing/public-information-andresources/safe-sleep will submit a written summary of what was covered to LPA via email by
Plan of correction due May 14, 2025

Complaint investigations

SubstantiatedJul 18, 2025Complaint investigationreceived Apr 24, 2025
Substantiated allegations:
Personal Rights: Staff covered the children's mouth to prevent them from crying
Personal Rights: Staff physically restrained children
1 citation issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.
Not substantiatedJul 18, 2025Complaint investigationreceived May 15, 2025
The state did not substantiate this complaint, so its allegations are not shown.
SubstantiatedMay 21, 2025Complaint investigationreceived May 15, 2025
Substantiated allegations:
Personal Rights: Staff not providing safe environment for sleeping infants.
Personal Rights: Facility equipment pose a hazard to daycare children.
Other: Facility toys are not clean.
3 citations issued during this investigation, listed under Citations.

About this center

Licensed capacity35 children
License typeInfant center
License statusLicensed
Licensed sinceSep 28, 2023
LicenseeLeap And Bound Child Development Center, LLC
AdministratorErin Tamashiro
Phone(310) 543-7650
State facility #197495286

Common questions

Does Leap And Bound Academy take infants?

Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.

Has Leap And Bound Academy had any serious violations?

California issued 5 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 18, 2025, for personal rights. Each citation is listed in full above.

Have there been complaints about Leap And Bound Academy?

California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.

How much does Leap And Bound Academy cost?

California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Leap And Bound Academy for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Redondo Beach, was $1,555 a month for infants (about $1,960 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.

Who runs Leap And Bound Academy?

The licensee is Leap And Bound Child Development Center, LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Erin Tamashiro.

Licensed centers nearby

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 197495286 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.