Los Altos · Licensed center
University Oaks Preschool
- Medium center, licensed for 32 children.
- Run by a nonprofit. A board oversees it, and there are no owners taking profit.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at 1 of its 4 licensing inspections since September 2021.
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
Sep 15, 20211 citation
“(a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed that a wood board on a high climbing structure in the outdoor play area was loose.”
CCR 101238(a)
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State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing
- Last visit
- October 10, 2024
- On file
- 4 visits since September 2021 — 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.
Sep 2021 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · September 15, 2021
CCR 101238(a) · Type B · No longer on the state’s site as of September 25, 2026
(a) The child care center shall be clean, safe, sanitary and in good repair at all times to ensure the safety and well-being of children, employees and visitors. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on LPA observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. LPA observed that a wood board on a high climbing structure in the outdoor play area was loose.
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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
- universityoakspreschool.com
- Address
- 858 University Avenue
- License
- 434413456, active
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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 universityoakspreschool.com
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 ccld.dss.ca.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.