Sunnyvale · Licensed center
Kindercare Learning Center
- Large center, licensed for 146 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- A KinderCare center. KinderCare is a public company whose majority stockholder is Partners Group, a private-equity firm.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at any of its 3 licensing inspections under this license since December 2021.
Of the 92 Bay Area centers with 3 licensing inspections, 54% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did. 2% had rules cited at all 3.
Licensing inspections
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 27, 2025
- On file
- 3 visits since December 2021 — all of them cited nothing · 2 complaint investigations
- 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.
Aug 2024 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · August 2, 2024
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Staff left day care child in a soiled diaper for a long period of time. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) M.M. met with C.M.B., Director, for an unannounced follow up complaint investigation. Purpose of today's investigation: Deliver investigation findings. Based on interviews, observations, record reviews, and evidence gathered during the investigation process, it is concluded that although the allegation noted on this complaint may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove that the alleged violation did or did not occur. The allegation is thus UNSUBSTANTIATED. Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the Director, C.M.B. No deficiencies issued. A notice of site visit was given and must remain posted for 30 days. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
Mar 2023 Complaint Unsubstantiated
Complaint · March 6, 2023
Unsubstantiated
ALLEGATION(S): Staff hit day care child while in care. INVESTIGATION FINDINGS: Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) M.M. conducted an unannounced follow-up complaint investigation and met with A.M." H., Director. Purpose of today's follow up complaint investigation: deliver investigation findings. The investigation of the complaint allegation listed above was conducted by LPA M. Based on interviews, record reviews, observations, and evidence gathered during the investigation process, it is concluded that although the allegation noted on this complaint may have happened or is valid, there is not a preponderance of evidence to prove that the alleged violation did or did not occur. The allegation is UNSUBSTANTIATED. A Notice of Site Visit was provided to Director, A.M.H., and must remain posted for 30 days. Unsubstantiated Estimated Days of Completion:
Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.
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
- Address
- 1155 East Arques Avenue
- License
- 434403524, active
The state licenses this address more than once, to the same licensee.
The infant-center license is published separately, with its own license and its own inspection record:
Kindercare Learning CenterRun Kindercare Learning Center? Correct or add anything here, free.
Add what is missingSources and dates
Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.
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
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 kindercare.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sec.gov/…/klc-20260704.htm
From KinderCare's quarterly report to the SEC, filed August 13, 2026. sec.gov
Large means the biggest quarter of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 76 to 312 children. Small is 8 to 30; medium is 31 to 75.