San Mateo · Licensed center
Kindercare Learning Center LLC (inf)
- Medium center, licensed for 32 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 5 licensing inspections since July 2022.
Of the 98 Bay Area centers with 5 licensing inspections, 20% had no rules cited at any of them, as this center did.
Licensing inspections
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- March 25, 2026
- On file
- 5 visits since July 2022 — all of them cited nothing · 3 complaint investigations
- Most serious
- Type A —
101223 Personal Rights (a)(3) The licensee shall ensure that each child is...To be free from corporal or unusual punishment... This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, a staff member hit an enrolled child while at facility.
· October 4, 2022
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.
Sep 2022 Complaint 1 of 2 allegations substantiated
Complaint · September 27, 2022
California decided each allegation separately.
Substantiated
- Staff hit day-care child.
Unsubstantiated
- Facility did not report an incident to child's responsible party.
Substantiated: the state found it more likely than not that it happened. Unsubstantiated: the state could not tell whether it happened.
CCR 101223(a)(3) · Type A
101223 Personal Rights (a)(3) The licensee shall ensure that each child is...To be free from corporal or unusual punishment... This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, a staff member hit an enrolled child while at facility.
Mar 2022 Complaint 2 of 4 allegations substantiated
Complaint · March 3, 2022
California decided each allegation separately.
Substantiated
- Staff provided formula to incorrect daycare child.
- Staff provided a daycare child with scissors while in care.
Unsubstantiated
- Staff does not meet the minimum qualifications.
- Staff did not properly report incidents involving a daycare children.
Substantiated: the state found it more likely than not that it happened. Unsubstantiated: the state could not tell whether it happened.
CCR 101427(c) · Type B
101427 Infant Care Food Service (c) The infant shall be fed in accordance with the individual plan. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observations, interviews and record review, a staff member provided formula to an incorrect day care child. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
CCR 101223(a)(2) · Type B
101223 Personal Rights (a)(2) The licensee shall ensure that each child is…to be accorded safe…accommodations…and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and record review, staff member was unaware infant had possessed staff member’s scissors. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights 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
- Address
- 1350 Wayne Way
- License
- 414004173, active
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State record
The state’s licensing transparency data reports 4 complaint-related visit(s) to this facility, while 2 complaint investigation report(s) are published on the transparency portal. State complaint counts: substantiated=3, inconclusive=0, unsubstantiated=3, unfounded=CONFIDENTIAL, Type A citations=1, Type B citations=2. The state publishes no further detail for the difference.
From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked October 11, 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
Medium means the middle half of Bay Area’s 439 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 31 to 75 children. Small is 8 to 30; large is 76 to 312.