Wagon Wheel School of Malibu
Wagon Wheel School of Malibu is a licensed child care center in Malibu, CA, licensed for up to 78 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2016. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it twice and investigated 1 complaint, and it was substantiated. The state issued 10 citations, none of them Type A, most often for building & playground safety (3 of 10). None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #5 of 5 centers in Malibu and has more citations per inspection than 95% of California licensed centers.
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Per Center Director, midafternoon snacks will be offered to children beginning 7/15/2024. Proof of snacks available will be submitted in a form of a menu via email by
Per Center Director, snack menus will be developed and copies will be submitted via email to LPA by
Per Center Director, copies of documents missing from the 5 personnel records reviewed during the inspection will be submitted to the LPA via email by
LPA observed the first aid kit to be incomplete and did not meet the requirements under health-related services which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
disclosures made by the Center Director who stated written reports of child injuries are not documented or kept in the child’s file services which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
records reviewed Licensee provided a roster that was missing child’s date of birth, date of enrollment, and physician’s name and phone number which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
observations made by the LPA who only observed smoke detectors. The Center Director was not able to confirm if a carbon monoxide detector was installed in the facility which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
disclosures made by Center Director who was not able to confirm when the last disaster drill was conducted and did not have any disaster drills documented or logged for reference which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
disclosures made by Center Director and parents that the Center Director and/or staff will sign in on their behalf when they forget to sign which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
LPA observed children playing with broken toy trucks in the sand, bicycles with handlebars that had rough metal protruding from the rubber bar grips, heavy items stored on high shelves next to the space where children play in the classroom identified as Penguins and rusted metal shelves in the outdoors where children store their belongings which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
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About this center
Common questions
Does Wagon Wheel School of Malibu take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Wagon Wheel School of Malibu had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 10 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about Wagon Wheel School of Malibu?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 1. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Wagon Wheel School of Malibu compare with other daycares in Malibu?
It is #5 of 5 centers in Malibu 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 Wagon Wheel School of Malibu last inspected?
Sep 9, 2025. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Wagon Wheel School of Malibu cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Wagon Wheel School of Malibu for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Malibu, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Wagon Wheel School of Malibu?
The licensee is Wagon Wheel School Of Malibu, INC., and the administrator listed with the state is Ruth Segal.
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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 197492892 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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