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Bright Horizons at Valley View

300 Valley View Blvd, Rensselaer, NY 12144
licensed capacity
169
a week, county median
$289
year first licensed
2020

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About Bright Horizons at Valley View

Bright Horizons at Valley View is a licensed child care center in Rensselaer, New York. The state has licensed it since December 21, 2020, for up to 169 children, serving infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services made 36 visits in the last 3 years and cited 18 rules across 10 of them. The visit list, in the state's words, is below.

Infants

Ages served: infants, toddlers and preschoolers

From the state license
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Type
Child care center
Ages
Infants, toddlers and preschoolers
Hours today
Not listed
Licensed capacity
169 children

Hours

Hours

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Programs

Programs and care

AgesInfants, toddlers and preschoolersFrom the state license
Licensed capacity169 childrenFrom the state license

Cost

Tuition and costs

Bright Horizons at Valley View has not listed its tuition. For comparison, full-time infant care at a child care center in Rensselaer County has a median price of $289 a week (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022).

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Rensselaer County medians, full time, per week

Infant

Center$289
Home daycare$200

Toddler

Center$275
Home daycare$200

Preschool

Center$255
Home daycare$198

School age

Center$215
Home daycare$180

County median full-time prices at centers and home daycares, U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (the latest year). Not this daycare's rates; prices have risen since.

State record

Inspection reports for Bright Horizons at Valley View

License

Status
Licensed and operating
License type
Licensed Day Care Center
Capacity
169 children
Ages
Infants, toddlers and preschoolers
First licensed
2020
License number
#867774
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Summary

36 visits in the last 3 years · Last visit Jul 7, 2026: no rules cited

Rules cited on 12 of 36 visits · 18 rules in all

  • Supervision and ratios 7
  • Health, medication and illness 5
  • Records and paperwork 3
  • Discipline and child guidance 1
  • Safe sleep 1
  • Other rules 1

For comparison: 79% of New York daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 4.

A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

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  1. Jul 7, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
  2. Apr 22, 2026VisitNo rules cited
  3. Apr 3, 2026VisitNo rules cited
  4. Mar 10, 2026Complaint investigation1 rule cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

  5. Jan 20, 2026InspectionNo rules cited
  6. Dec 12, 2025Complaint investigation2 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

  7. Oct 6, 2025VisitNo rules cited
  8. Oct 1, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
  9. Jul 24, 2025VisitNo rules cited
  10. Jul 1, 2025VisitNo rules cited
Show 28 earlier visits
  1. Jun 23, 2025Complaint investigation4 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.15(c)(6) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

    • Records and paperwork

      418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,

    • Discipline and child guidance

      418-1.10(c)(1) Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

  2. Apr 9, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
  3. Jan 29, 2025InspectionNo rules cited
  4. Nov 25, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  5. Nov 14, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  6. Oct 30, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  7. Oct 16, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  8. Sep 5, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
  9. Aug 30, 2024Complaint investigation1 rule cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(3)(i) for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children;

  10. Aug 20, 2024Inspection2 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.15(c)(6) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

      Corrected during the visit

    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:

  11. Jul 19, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  12. Jun 18, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  13. Jun 11, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  14. Jun 11, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  15. Jun 6, 2024Complaint investigation1 rule cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(4)(i) for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children;

  16. Jun 6, 2024Visit1 rule cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(4)(i) for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children;

  17. Jun 6, 2024Visit1 rule cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(4)(i) for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children;

  18. May 31, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  19. May 24, 2024Complaint investigation2 rules cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.15(c)(6) The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: children's individual health care plans; parental consents for emergency medical treatment; child's medical statement, immunizations, and any available results of lead screening for children not yet enrolled in kindergarten or a higher grade only; the name and dosage of any medications used by a child, the frequency of administration of such medications, and a record of their administration by child care center staff; daily health check documentation; a record of illnesses and injuries occurring while in care; and any indicators of child abuse or maltreatment;

      Corrected during the visit

    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(k)(4)(i) for 3-year-old children: there must be one teacher for every seven children;

  20. Apr 25, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  21. Apr 5, 2024Complaint investigation1 rule cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(c)(1) The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:

  22. Mar 8, 2024InspectionNo rules cited
  23. Jan 23, 2024VisitNo rules cited
  24. Dec 27, 2023Complaint investigation1 rule cited
    • Supervision and ratios

      418-1.8(a) Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

  25. Dec 22, 2023Complaint investigation3 rules cited
    • Records and paperwork

      418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,

    • Other rules

      418-1.10(c) In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:

    • Safe sleep

      418-1.7(w) Children unable to sleep during nap time shall not be confined to a sleeping surface (cot, crib, etc) but instead must be offered a supervised place for quiet play.

  26. Dec 1, 2023VisitNo rules cited
  27. Oct 16, 2023Visit1 rule cited
    • Health, medication and illness

      418-1.11(i)(14) Individual drinking cups or disposable cups must be provided daily. Once a drinking cup or eating utensils have been used by a child they may not be used by another child unless they are washed first.

  28. Oct 10, 2023VisitNo rules cited

Copied from New York State Office of Children and Family Services on October 2, 2026; the state's records start around Oct 2023. Rule wording, severity and dates are the state's.

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Questions about Bright Horizons at Valley View

Is Bright Horizons at Valley View licensed?

Yes. New York State Office of Children and Family Services lists it as licensed and operating, first licensed December 21, 2020.

When was Bright Horizons at Valley View last inspected?

New York State Office of Children and Family Services lists the most recent visit on July 7, 2026, with no rules cited. It lists 36 visits in the last 3 years.

Has Bright Horizons at Valley View had rules cited by the state?

Yes. Inspectors cited 18 rules across 12 of 36 visits in the last 3 years. For comparison: 79% of New York daycares had at least one rule cited in the last 3 years; the typical daycare had 4. A cited rule is what an inspector found on the day of a visit. It is not a rating of the daycare today.

How many children can Bright Horizons at Valley View care for?

169, the licensed capacity on the state record. It is licensed to serve infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

What are Bright Horizons at Valley View's hours?

Its hours are not listed. Call (518) 286-6775 to confirm.

How much does Bright Horizons at Valley View cost?

It has not listed its tuition. Call (518) 286-6775 to ask.

What is Bright Horizons at Valley View's phone number?

(518) 286-6775.

Where is Bright Horizons at Valley View?

300 Valley View Blvd, Rensselaer, NY 12144. The nearest other daycare we list is Bloom and Grow Daycare, 0.9 miles away.

Sources: New York State Office of Children and Family Services (license and visits) · U.S. Department of Labor, 2022 (county prices).