Thornton · Licensed center
Goddard School
- Large center, licensed for 132 children.
- A Goddard School franchise. The brand is owned by Sycamore Partners, a private-equity firm.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 3 visits below. Shortlist has not read the reports behind them, so there is no share of visits that cited something to set beside other providers yet.
State record — Colorado Department of Early Childhood
- Last visit
- August 31, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since March 2024 · 3 complaint investigations
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was March 2, 2025. Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish whether it was made.
- Most serious
- Colorado Department of Early Childhood does not publish a severity level for a citation, so there is no most-serious to name.
Colorado’s Department of Early Childhood lists each program’s complaints on its Colorado Shines page, with the department’s verdict on each and a report behind it, going back about three years. Older complaints are released only on request. The department does not rank complaints by severity in either place.
Aug 2026 Complaint Founded
Complaint · August 31, 2026
Jun 2026 Complaint Founded
Complaint · June 24, 2026
Sep 2025 Complaint Founded
Complaint · September 17, 2025
Jan 2025 Supervisory visit 8 findings
Supervisory visit · January 30, 2025
2.206.A · Correction due January 30, 2025
Reviewed 15 child files and 4 found files to not have signed document of policies and procedures.
Required correction: Obtain current signed documents of policies and procedures. Correct Immediately 1/30/2025. Correct by 01/30/2025
2.209.A.7
Reviewed 15 child files and found 13 files to have expired emergency medical forms.
2.213.F · Correction due March 2, 2025
Reviewed 28 staff files and found one to have expired First Aid/CPR.
Required correction: Obtain a current Department Approved First Aid/CPR course. Correct within 30 days 3/2/2025. Correct by 03/02/2025
2.212.N · Correction due January 30, 2025
Reviewed 28 staff files and found one to be missing documentation of the center's policies and procedures for the administration of medications.
Required correction: Obtain documentation that the staff member was been trained on the center's policies and procedures for the administration of medications. Correct immediately 1/30/2025. Correct by 01/30/2025
2.213.B · Correction due January 30, 2025
Reviewed 28 staff files and found 13 certificates to not be signed for the second part of the training.
Required correction: Standard Precautions training must be signed by the Director or Administrator to complete the training. Correct immediately 1/30/2025. Correct by 01/30/2025
Reviewed 28 staff files and found the assistant director to be missing a Department Approved Introduction to
2.213.L · Correction due March 2, 2025
Reviewed 28 staff files and found 3 to be missing a Department-approved Child Development Training.
Required correction: Obtain a Department-approved Child Development Training. Correct within 30 days 3/2/2025. Correct by 03/02/2025
2.229.C · Correction due January 30, 2025
In the Toddler room an unlocked diaper changer with diaper creams, and in the 2 year-old-room an unlocked closet with sunscreen, all accessible to children and labeled "Keep out of reach of children".
Required correction: All items labeled "Keep Out of Reach of Children" must be inaccessible to children at all times. Correct immediately 1/30/2025. Corrected at the time of inspection, the Director locked both. No Response Required. Correct by 01/30/2025
Where this record comes from
The Department of Early Childhood keeps about three years of complaints on a program’s public page. Anything older is released only on request, as a single file covering the whole state. Shortlist asked for that file under the Colorado Open Records Act and renews it yearly; it is what this page shows for complaints older than the department’s own window.
The file this page is built from arrived on October 10, 2026 and covers complaints the department publishes today, and complaints back to January 2023 obtained by records request. The next request goes in October 2027.
The department publishes a report for each of these visits. Shortlist has not read those reports yet, so this page shows when the state came and not what it found.
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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
- 4203 E 136th Avenue
- License
- 1780248, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 2
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 goddardschool.com/…/thornton/thornton
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 sycamorepartners.com
- Who runs it — Checked September 2026 goddardschool.com/about
The private-equity firm Sycamore Partners lists Goddard Systems as a current investment. sycamorepartners.com
Goddard’s own site says “All Goddard Schools are independently owned and operated.” goddardschool.com
Large means the biggest quarter of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 402 children. Small is 10 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.