San Jose Day Nursery
San Jose Day Nursery is a licensed child care center in San Jose, CA, licensed for up to 72 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 1993. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 10 complaints, 4 of them substantiated. The state issued 11 citations, 4 of them Type A (the most serious). 1 citation came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #184 of 201 centers in San Jose and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers.
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LPAs observed 29 children supervised by one teacher and three teacher aides in the preschool yard. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
A child was left unattended in the "barn" toy storage shed located in the outside playground on October 30, 2024.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.
Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as Staff one(S1) is missing proof of current Mandated Reporter training, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
A child was left unattended in the bathroom located in the outside playground on May 3,2024.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 in the bathroom located in the outside playground on November 15,2023.This is a zero tolerance violation. This poses an immediate risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care. 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.
Based on interviews and record review, (S1) Staff handled children in a rough manner, which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 Upon receipt, Director shall post and provide copies of this licensing report 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.
Based on interviews and observation, the staff in Classrooms 4 and in 5, change diapers and clean the children in a manner that does not accord the children's dignity. This poses a risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
Based on observation and Director's statement, the sink in the children's bathroom in Room 5, is not in operating condition. This poses a potential risk to the health, safety, and personal rights of children in care.
101226(3)(A):Prescription medications shall be administered in accordance with the label directions as prescribed by the child's physician. 1 E Director stated that she will submit a plan stating that they will ensure that they follow the label directions as prescribed by the child's physician by the POC date
Personal Rights. 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, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding of shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning. This requirement was not met as evident by: By POC 08/24/2022, Director.stated that she will submit written plan outlining how child's personal right will not be violated. The plan includes, but not limited to staff training on positive reinforcement. Based on information obtained, S-1 hit on C-1's wrist. C-1 did not obtain any injuries a a result of this incident. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety to the child in care. 8
Mandated Reporter Training for Staff #1-Staff #4 has expired. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
Complaint investigations
1. Staff left child in the bathroom unsupervised
1. Staff handled daycare children in a rough manner
1. Staff handled day care child in a rough manner
1. Staff handled child in a rough manner.
2. Staff do not accord children dignity when changing diapers
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Common questions
Does San Jose Day Nursery take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children. An infant center is licensed separately at the same address (listed below).
Has San Jose Day Nursery had any serious violations?
California issued 4 Type A citations since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Nov 4, 2024, for care and supervision. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about San Jose Day Nursery?
California investigated 10 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 4. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does San Jose Day Nursery compare with other daycares in San Jose?
It is #184 of 201 centers in San Jose by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was San Jose Day Nursery last inspected?
Jul 16, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does San Jose Day Nursery cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask San Jose Day Nursery 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 San Jose Day Nursery?
The licensee is San Jose Day Nursery, INC, and the administrator listed with the state is Angela Gomez.
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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 430700549 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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