School grounds maintenance in Dorking

Grass, hedges and paths for Dorking schools, planned around lessons, play and the holidays.

Dorking has a good spread of schools for its size. The Ashcombe School on Ashcombe Road has around 1,400 pupils, there’s The Priory School, and a run of primaries including Powell Corderoy, St Martin’s, St Paul’s, St Joseph’s and St John’s on Goodwyns. School grounds maintenance in Dorking means fitting work around all of that: bells, breaks, drop-offs and fixtures.

We cut fields and verges, keep boundary hedges in check, clear paths of overhanging growth and tidy the beds by the entrance. Noisy machinery is timed for when children aren’t outside, and larger jobs are booked for half-terms and the summer break.

School grass cutting on Dorking’s mixed ground

A field on clay and a field on sand need different handling. Clay stays soft into spring and ruts if it’s mown wet, so we wait for it to firm up rather than leave tracks across a pitch the PE department needs on Monday. Sandy ground drains fast and recovers quickly after rain, but browns in a hot July, so we leave it longer through dry spells. Either way, cuttings are collected rather than left in clumps to be walked into classrooms.

School grounds maintenance: safeguarding first, then the calendar

We follow your safeguarding procedures: signing in and out at reception, wearing visitor badges and keeping to the areas agreed with your site manager. Where we can, we work while children are in lessons or away. The summer holidays are the time for bigger jobs, like cutting back a boundary that’s crept over a path or clearing a neglected corner. Main hedge cuts fall outside the nesting season anyway, so October half-term is often a good fit.

Schools and academies in Dorking: your questions

Anything else, just ring. You’ll speak to the people who do the work.

Can you quote for a school grounds maintenance contract?

Yes. We’ll walk the site with your premises or site manager, then give you a written annual schedule and fixed price, invoiced monthly or quarterly. If you have an existing spec, we’ll price against it.

Do you keep working through the holidays?

Yes. Grass cutting carries on through the summer break so the field is ready for September, and the holidays are often the best time for bigger work.

Are you insured to work on school sites?

Yes, we’re fully insured, and we’ll send insurance certificates for your records.

Do you look after primary schools as well as secondaries?

Yes. A few borders, a strip of field and a boundary hedge is a perfectly sensible contract. We’ll fit the visits round your timetable and keep the price fixed for the year.