Westside Montessori
Westside Montessori is a licensed child care center in Santa Monica, CA, licensed for up to 22 children and serving preschool-age children. It has held its California license since 2004. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 2 times and investigated 1 complaint, 0 of them substantiated. The state issued 1 citation, 1 of them Type A (the most serious). None came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #27 of 37 centers in Santa Monica and has more citations per inspection than 73% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
Every state visit
What inspectors cited most
Citations, newest first
Based on LPA Clayton's conversation with Licensee Dilshad Bana who acknowledged that the staff present when LPA Clayton arrived has not been fingerprinted, therefore the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Complaint investigations
About this center
Common questions
Does Westside Montessori take infants?
Not under this license, which covers preschool-age children.
Has Westside Montessori had any serious violations?
California issued 1 Type A citation since 2021, its most serious category. The most recent was on Jul 15, 2025, for criminal record clearance. Each citation is listed in full above.
Have there been complaints about Westside Montessori?
California investigated 1 complaint since 2021 and substantiated 0. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does Westside Montessori compare with other daycares in Santa Monica?
It is tied for #27 of 37 centers in Santa Monica by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 73% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Westside Montessori last inspected?
Jul 15, 2025. The state issued at least one citation during that visit.
How much does Westside Montessori cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Westside Montessori for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in Los Angeles County, which includes Santa Monica, was $1,087 a month for preschoolers (about $1,370 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Westside Montessori?
The licensee is Dilshad Bana, and the administrator listed with the state is Dilshad Bana.
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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 197411636 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 2, 2026.