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Kindercare Learning Center

1001 East Imperial Hwy, Placentia, CA 92870 · Orange County (714) 528-4161 License #304270895
10
inspections on file
3
recorded violations
0
health & safety class
Aug 20, 2026
last inspection

Inspection history

Source: California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
Inspection history for Kindercare Learning Center
DateKindOutcome as recordedViolationsOfficial record
Aug 20, 2026ComplaintSubstantiated: Qualifications-Staff does not meet the requirements to care and supervise day care children; Physical Plant-Staff does not ensure facility is free of rodents; Ratio-Facility is operating out of ratio · 3 deficiencies cited3Official report · PDF
May 20, 2026InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Aug 14, 2025InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Jun 18, 2024InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Apr 18, 2024ComplaintUnsubstantiated0Official report · PDF
Oct 5, 2023ComplaintSubstantiated: Day-care child was left on the facility playground unattended0Official report · PDF
Aug 2, 2023ComplaintSubstantiated: Facility is out of ratio0Official report · PDF
Jul 12, 2023InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF
Aug 10, 2022ComplaintSubstantiated: Staff handled child in a physically inappropriate manner; Staff yelled at a child0Official report · PDF
Jul 12, 2022InspectionNo deficiencies cited0Official report · PDF

Violations

Text reproduced verbatim · California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division
How to read violations

Nearly every licensed provider accumulates some. A missing signature and an unlocked medicine cabinet are both “violations”, and they are not the same thing. Look at the class, the pattern over time and how quickly it was corrected — not the count alone.

Paperwork — records, postings, forms Standard — supervision, ratio, training Health & safety — direct risk to a child

Class is our grouping of the state’s own weights, reviewed per state. The agency’s own label is always shown beside it.

Aug 20, 2026Complaint · 3 deficiencies citedOfficial report
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101216.39(b) — Section 101216.3 Teacher-Child Ratio (b) The licensee may use teacher aides in a teacher-child ratio of one teacher and one aide for every…

“Based on observations, interviews, and record review, on 7/7/26 Staff (S1) who does not presently have the required qualifications and is enrolled in an early childhood education program and Staff (S2) were caring for children which poses a potential risk to the health of the children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Sep 3, 2026
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101216.2(a)(2) — Section 101216.2 Teacher Aide Qualifications and Duties (d) An aide assisting a fully qualified teacher...

“Based on interview and record review, Staff (S1) does not presently have the required qualifications and is enrolled in an early childhood education program which poses a potential risk to the health of the children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Sep 3, 2026
StandardState weight: Type B
CCR 101238(a)(1) — Section 101238 Buildings and Grounds (a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair...(1) The licensee shall…

“Based on observations, interviews, and record review, LPA observed rodent droppings in discovery twos preschool room which is licensed but currently not in use. This condition poses a potential health risk to the children in care.”

Corrective action plan due Sep 3, 2026

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