Licensed center

Bright Horizons - Kirkland at Urban Plaza

Save programs to compare them in ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 4 licensing inspections since October 2023. It lists no valid complaint about this center.

Of the 239 Seattle-area centers with 4 licensing inspections, 15% had rules cited at 2 of them, as this center did. 29% had rules cited at all 4, 7% at none.

Licensing inspections

Aug 4, 20261 citation

  • “One child's immunization was in "conditional" status but did not have a timely plan to bring them up to date.”

    WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2)

Aug 26, 2025No rules cited
Jul 3, 20242 citations

  • “The playground sheds that stored toys were not locked.”

    WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b)

  • “In multiple preschool classrooms, the pull chains on the window blinds were removed from their tensioner and posed a strangulation hazard. The staff worked to correct this and install the pull chains correctly during the visit.”

    WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b)

Oct 24, 2023No rules cited
Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
August 4, 2026
On file
4 visits since October 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious
Serious — The playground sheds that stored toys were not locked. · July 3, 2024

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.

Aug 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · August 4, 2026

Immunizations and exempt children

WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term

One child's immunization was in "conditional" status but did not have a timely plan to bring them up to date.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)
Jul 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · July 3, 2024

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) · Serious

The playground sheds that stored toys were not locked.

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) · Serious

In multiple preschool classrooms, the pull chains on the window blinds were removed from their tensioner and posed a strangulation hazard. The staff worked to correct this and install the pull chains correctly during the visit.

Report (PDF)

Oct 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited Report (PDF)

Shortlist replaces people’s names in the state’s text with initials. This is done by rule, not by hand, so it can miss a name or shorten a word that isn’t one. The state’s report, linked on each row, has the original.

Openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies aren’t on this page.

Details

(206) 316-0022

Address
425 Urban Plaza, Suite 250
License
PL-79973, active
Quality program
Early Achievers Enrolled
Chain
Bright Horizons
Owner
Public shareholders (NYSE: BFAM)

Nearby

The eight closest of the 14 other licensed centers in ZIP 98033

Programs elsewhere in the metro on the Seattle guide

Run Bright Horizons - Kirkland at Urban Plaza? Correct or add anything here, free.

Add what is missing
Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

State record

From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked October 10, 2026.

Details

Bright Horizons is a public company. Its annual report to the SEC for 2025 (Form 10-K, filed February 2026) lists its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BFAM. sec.gov

Large means the biggest quarter of Seattle-area’s 859 licensed centers by state-licensed capacity: 115 to 323 children. Small is 6 to 40; medium is 41 to 114.

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.