Redwood City · Licensed center
Creative Learning Center, LLC
- Small center, licensed for 30 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since April 2022.
Of the 91 Bay Area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 46% had rules cited at 1 of them, as this center did. 1% had rules cited at all 4, 36% at none.
Licensing inspections
Oct 12, 20231 citation
“(1) For a license issued on or after July 1, 2022, initial testing results shall be received and posted within 180 days of licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: At 10:20AM., Based on record review and interview, LPAs confirmed facility's fixtures used for drinking water, and/ or food preparation have not been tested for lead contamination levels. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.”
WD 100700(c)(1)
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 29, 2025
- On file
- 4 visits since April 2022 — 3 cited nothing
- Most serious
- No finding carrying a severity level in the last 24 months.
California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.
Oct 2023 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · October 12, 2023
WD 100700(c)(1) · Type B
(1) For a license issued on or after July 1, 2022, initial testing results shall be received and posted within 180 days of licensure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: At 10:20AM., Based on record review and interview, LPAs confirmed facility's fixtures used for drinking water, and/ or food preparation have not been tested for lead contamination levels. This poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
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Openings, child care subsidies, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
Details
- Website
- clcsped.com
- Address
- 815 Allerton Street
- License
- 414005242, active
- Established
- 1991
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State record
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Address, License — Checked July 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Website — Checked July 2026 clcsped.com
- Established — Checked July 2026 clcsped.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
Small means the smallest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 8 to 30 children. Medium is 31 to 75; large is 76 to 312.