Highlands Ranch · Licensed center
Ivybrook Academy
- Medium center, licensed for 109 children.
- Run by a for-profit business, which holds the license.
- Shortlist has found no website for it yet.
What the state has found
The state lists 4 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
- July 15, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since November 2023 · 1 complaint investigation
- Fixed?
- The latest correction deadline was July 15, 2026. 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.
Jul 2026 Supervisory visit 4 findings
Supervisory visit · July 15, 2026
2.120.C.2 · Correction due July 15, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed SM1 missing current TRAILS clearance letter.
Required correction: Obtain a current TRAILS clearance letter for SM1. All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that staff members SM1 have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of (TRAILS, Clearance Letters) for staff members SM1with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 07/15/2026
2.213.N
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed SM2 missing current documentation of immunization training.
2.213.B · Correction due July 15, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed SM3 missing current documentation of Standard Precaution training.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of Standard Precaution training for SM3. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist along with completion certificate. Correct by 07/15/2026
2.213.G · Correction due July 15, 2026
Reviewed 6 staff files and observed SM3 missing current documentation of Child Abuse training.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of Child Abuse training for SM3. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist along with completion certificate. Correct by 07/15/2026
Aug 2025 Supervisory visit 1 finding
Supervisory visit · August 12, 2025
2.121.J.1 · Correction due August 11, 2025
Reviewed 9 staff files, observed SM1 missing a current out of state clearance letter.
Required correction: Background check requests must be submitted and successfully completed for each state an individual has resided in, in the past five years. All individuals requiring a background check must review Navigating the Background Check Investigation Unit's (BIU) Webpage powerpoint. Submit verification that SM1 have reviewed the powerpoint within 24 hours. Submit documentation of (Out of State Clearance Letters) for SM1 with written response to the Specialist. Correct by 08/11/2025
Jun 2025 Complaint Unfounded
Complaint · June 20, 2025
Sep 2024 Supervisory visit 3 findings
Supervisory visit · September 16, 2024
2.121.D.4.a · Correction due September 16, 2024
Reviewed 9 staff files and observed A. missing current documentation of FBI clearance letter.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of FBI clearance letter for staff member. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 09/16/2024
2.216.A.1 · Correction due September 16, 2024
At the time of inspection, A. was assisting with taking children to get photographs in the hallway alone supervising children. After reviewing A.'s file observed no documentation of early childhood teacher qualifications.
Required correction: An early childhood teacher is assigned responsibility for a single group of children. ****Corrected at the time of inspection, the Director replaced A. with a staff member who was early childhood teacher qualified. No response is required. Correct by 09/16/2024
2.213.G · Correction due September 16, 2024
Reviewed 9 staff files and observed C. to be missing current documentation of child abuse training.
Required correction: Obtain current documentation of child abuse training for staff members. Submit a written response of compliance to the specialist. Correct by 09/16/2024
Nov 2023 Original visit 5 findings
Original visit · November 13, 2023
7.702.36.B · Correction due November 13, 2023
Reviewed staff files for B. and S. observed staff files to be incomplete.
Required correction: Obtain complete files for staff members. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.34.A.4 · Correction due November 13, 2023
Reviewed child enrollment packet and observed the form was missing address for emergency contact.
Required correction: Admission record must included addresses of persons who can assume responsibility for the child in the event of an emergency if the parents cannot be reached. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.34.A.5 · Correction due November 13, 2023
Reviewed child enrollment packet and observed the form was missing address of health care provider, dentist and hospital of choice.
Required correction: Admission record must included: name, address and telephone numbers of the child's health care provider, dentist, and if applicable their hospital of choice. Correct by 11/13/2023
7.702.34.A.2 · Correction due November 13, 2023
Reviewed child enrollment packet and observed the form was missing employer address and phone number.
Required correction: Admission record must included employer address and phone number. Correct by 11/13/2023
Correction due November 13, 2023
At the time of inspection facility did not have a Fire Inspection report ready for review.
Required correction: Prior to the original license being issued, facility must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local fire department. Correct by 11/13/2023
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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Details
- Address
- 9345 S. Colorado Blvd
- License
- 1777017, active
- Quality program
- Colorado Shines Level 1
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Details
- Address, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 data.colorado.gov
- Who runs it — Checked October 2026 data.colorado.gov
Medium means the middle half of Denver-area’s 1,147 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 10 to 40; large is 115 to 402.