Licensed center
Bright Beams Academy
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- Medium play-based center, licensed for 67 children.
- Ages on the license: 12 months to 6 years.
What the state has found
The state cited no rules at its 1 licensing inspection, in July 2026. It lists no valid complaint about this center.
Of the 30 Seattle-area centers with 1 licensing inspection, 63% had no rules cited at it, as this center did. 37% had rules cited at it.
Licensing inspections
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State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 29, 2026
- On file
- 1 visit, July 2026 — it cited nothing
- Fixed?
- Nothing was cited, so there is nothing to correct.
- Most serious
- Nothing was cited at any visit on file.
Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.
Openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.
How they teach
Play-based and bilingual
“every Bright Beams program blends bilingual immersion with play-based learning to build confident, curious children”
Details
- Website
- brightbeamsacademy.com
- Address
- 8693 161st Ave NE
- License
- PL-86674, active
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
- Ages they serve
- ages 0 to 5 years
Nearby
The first eight, A to Z, of the 24 other licensed centers in ZIP 98052
- Abc Learning CenterMedium centerLast state visit Nov 13, 2025 · complaint investigation
- Birch Tree Academy - RedmondMedium centerLast state visit Jun 30, 2026 · nothing cited
- Bright Horizons Redmond - Building ALarge centerLast state visit Feb 19, 2026 · nothing cited
- Bright Horizons at Marymoor VillageLarge centerLast state visit Dec 30, 2025 · nothing cited
- Bright Horizons at RedmondLarge centerLast state visit Feb 19, 2026 · nothing cited
- Cedar Crest AcademyLarge centerLast state visit Jan 6, 2026 · nothing cited
- Childtime Learning CentersMedium centerLast state visit Jul 6, 2026 · 1 citation
- Eastside Little LearnersMedium centerLast state visit Jul 6, 2026 · 1 citation
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How they teach
- Approach — Checked September 2026 brightbeamsacademy.com/programs
- Approach — Checked September 2026 brightbeamsacademy.com/about
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.
Details
- Phone, Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Website — Checked September 2026 brightbeamsacademy.com
- Address, License — Checked September 2026 data.wa.gov
- Quality program — Checked October 2026 data.wa.gov
- Ages they serve — Checked September 2026 brightbeamsacademy.com
Medium means the middle half of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 41 to 114 children. Small is 6 to 40; large is 115 to 323.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.
Nearby
The other centers’ visit lines are from Washington DCYF’s published reports as Shortlist read them on October 9, 2026.