Knowledge Beginnings - Santa Clara (Ps)
Day Care Center · Licensed · Licensed since Jan 2, 2001
GoldiCheck · State record
Type A finding — CCLD's most serious violation grade: CCR 101216.3(a) +2 more (Teacher-Child Ratio — staff interviews and LPA observations of CSRs. Evidence concluded that the Transitions classroom was over ratio on 1/18/2024, when a staff was supervising 18 children by themselves. Evidence was sufficient to support that this has occurred in the past. If not corrected, this is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.) from 2024-01-18
Changes which findings count toward the tier.
Violations by severity
Type A citations mean an immediate risk to health, safety, or personal rights; Type B citations mean a violation that could become one if not corrected. This grading is assigned by CCLD, not GoldiCheck.
- Type A3
- Type B — none in lookback
All violations
3 violations shown
Type A(3)
Personal Rights — admission and documentation of an incident on 11/07/2025, where Staff 1 was observed physically forcing Child 1 on their nap cot and yelling at them. This is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care if not corrected.
Personal Rights. (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2)To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations,... This requirement was not based on a self-report from the facility that Child 1 was on the cheek while a stafff member had their dog at the facility. It was stated that the dog breed was a mini Ausie Shephard Bordie Collie. This is considered an immeidate risk to the health and safety of children of care.
Teacher-Child Ratio — staff interviews and LPA observations of CSRs. Evidence concluded that the Transitions classroom was over ratio on 1/18/2024, when a staff was supervising 18 children by themselves. Evidence was sufficient to support that this has occurred in the past. If not corrected, this is an immediate risk to the health and safety of children in care.
How we rate this daycareCalifornia CCLD records›
California pre-grades every violation itself: Type A means an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights; Type B means a violation that, if not corrected, could become that same immediate risk. We never escalate above the state's own grade.
🔴 Serious concerns — any of:
- The license is on probation — CCLD requires the facility to comply with specific terms and conditions to prevent revocation of its license
- A Type A violation is on record — CCLD's own most serious grade, meaning an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights
🟡 Watch carefully — any of:
- A Type B violation is on record — CCLD's own lesser-risk grade, meaning a violation that, if not corrected, could become an immediate risk to a child's health, safety, or personal rights
🟢 Clean
Actively licensed, with no violations in your lookback window.
Worth knowing: California's public records don't always say whether a specific violation was later fixed, so we don't discount a Type A's severity by guessing at correction status — CCLD's own definition notes a Type A citation "will always be issued, even if the violation is corrected on the spot." A single Type A moves a facility to Serious concerns, matching CCLD's own grading directly.
Data sourced from California CCLD (CCLD Facility Search). Last updated: Sep 14, 2026. GoldiCheck is not affiliated with CCLD. Always verify with the CCLD Facility Search record (search Facility #313606221).