School grounds maintenance in Horley

Fields, hedges and paths for Horley schools, planned around lessons, breaks and holidays.

Horley has a good spread of schools: Oakwood, the town’s only secondary, plus infant, junior and primary schools across town and newer ones at Westvale Park and The Acres. School grounds maintenance in Horley has to fit around all of it, around the school day, the safeguarding rules and a clay field that changes with the weather.

We cut fields and verges, keep boundary hedges back off paths and fences, and save the noisy jobs for when pupils are inside or away. Bigger clear-ups go into half-terms and the summer holidays. Nobody’s mowing beside the playground at break time.

School grass cutting on a wet clay field

Playing fields in Horley sit on the same Weald Clay as everything else, and that causes trouble in a wet winter. Mow a soft field and you leave ruts that turn into ankle traps once they dry hard. So we watch the ground as well as the calendar, and push a cut back a few days if the field is sodden. In summer we keep the grass a little longer so it doesn’t scorch and crack.

School grounds maintenance, safeguarding and the school year

We sign in at reception, wear visitor badges and keep to the areas agreed with your site manager. Where we can, we visit before school, after pupils leave or during the holidays. Term time is regular cutting and quick tidy-ups. The holidays are for overgrown boundaries, neglected corners and hedge reductions, ideally the autumn and winter half-terms, once nesting season is over.

Schools and academies in Horley: your questions

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

Can you work to a school grounds maintenance contract?

Yes. We’ll quote against your specification, or help you write one, with a fixed annual price invoiced monthly or quarterly.

Do you do line marking?

No. We cut fields and keep them tidy, but line marking isn’t something we offer. We’d rather say that up front.

Can you cut back overgrown boundary hedges in the holidays?

Yes, and the October and February half-terms are ideal for it, because nesting season is over and the site is quiet. We check every hedge for nests first, whatever the time of year, and take all the cuttings away.

Who will be on site?

The same team every visit, so your office and site staff always know who to expect.