San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool
San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool is a licensed child care center in Los Angeles, CA, licensed for up to 80 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2008. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 3 times and investigated 2 complaints, none of them substantiated. The state issued 3 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #263 of 495 centers in Los Angeles and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers.
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d)Upon...occurrence. any... events specified. Below, report shall be made ... by telephone...fax within the. next working day and during... business hours...(1)Events reported.(C)Any unusual incident. This requirement is not met evidenced by facility not providing 1 Per Facility Director Veronica all staff will review reporting requirements and Director will send statement of acknowledgement to the LPA by POC date. Director will hold staff meeting to review how to report and complete an injury report and how to notify the parents with documentation from incident reports as staff were not diligent in record keeping, additionally for not reporting to the department child injuries. Based on the information obtained Facility does not report unusual incidences, which poses/posed a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care. 8 authorized representative and record in the child's record and include the date and time of notification and the name of the qualified staff person making the notification. irector is also adding a signature line to incident reports for…
101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified 1 Director stated that staff will be provide additional training (Section 101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision) to all staff. Director will have teachers watch https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/supervising-children-in- in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Per interviews with Staff and parents, it was stated that children have unexplained injury’s due to the staff not observing what happened. Though no children received medical attention, a lack of supervision occurred. 8 child-care-centers/ videos and provide a summary of what they learned and provide proof to LPA by POC date.
Based on observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, 5 out of 5 staff files did not have an updated mandated reporter training in which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 3 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool?
California investigated 2 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool compare with other daycares in Los Angeles?
It is tied for #263 of 495 centers in Los Angeles by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 60% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool last inspected?
Dec 15, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Los Angeles, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs San Antonio de Padua Academy Preschool?
The licensee is Archdiocese Of L.a. Education & Welfare Corp., and the administrator listed with the state is Sis Irma Padilla.
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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 198014673 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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