School grounds maintenance in Godstone

Grass, hedges and boundaries for primary schools and nurseries across Godstone parish.

There are two primary schools in Godstone parish: Godstone Primary and Nursery School on Ivy Mill Lane, and St Stephen’s CofE Primary School at Hunters Chase in South Godstone. Both take children aged two to eleven. School grounds maintenance in Godstone has to fit around very small people, a busy drop-off and a timetable that doesn’t move.

We cut fields and verges, keep boundary hedges in check and clear overhanging growth off paths. The noisy jobs are planned for when pupils are inside or away. Both sites sit in a parish where the soil changes within a couple of miles, and that affects how a field behaves through the year.

School grounds maintenance in Godstone on sand and clay

Grass on Godstone’s sandy ground drains quickly. A field there can usually be cut soon after rain, but it goes brown and thin under heavy summer wear, so we leave it longer through dry spells. Further south, towards Blindley Heath, the parish turns to Weald Clay, where grass stays wet through winter and a field can be too soft to mow for a week. A school grounds maintenance contract here needs room to move a visit, and we’ll tell the school office whenever we do.

Holiday projects and school garden maintenance

Term time is for regular cutting, hedges and keeping paths and entrances clear. Bigger jobs go into half-terms and the summer holidays: cutting back an overgrown boundary, clearing a neglected corner, or a thorough tidy of the school garden maintenance areas and planted beds. The summer break also falls in nesting season, so hedges are checked first and anything with a nest waits for autumn. We’ll plan the year with the bursar or site manager and stick to it.

Schools and academies in Godstone: your questions

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

Can you work around our safeguarding rules?

Yes. We’ll follow your sign-in and site procedures, keep to agreed areas and times, and plan noisy work for when children aren’t outside. Tell us your rules and we’ll work to them.

How is a school contract invoiced?

A fixed annual price on a written schedule, invoiced monthly or quarterly to suit your budget. Holiday projects are quoted separately and itemised.

Can you cut the field before sports day?

Yes. Tell us the date and we’ll plan the cut for a day or two before, weather permitting. We won’t cut it soaking wet, because that tears the grass and marks the field.