School grounds maintenance in Horsham

Fields, hedges and paths for Horsham schools, planned around the timetable and the holidays.

Horsham’s schools come in all shapes and sizes. The town’s secondaries include Tanbridge House, Millais, The Forest School and Bohunt Horsham, Collyer’s sixth form college is on Hurst Road, and independent schools such as Christ’s Hospital and Farlington are nearby. School grounds maintenance in Horsham has to fit around timetables, safeguarding and playing fields that turn soft every winter.

We cut fields and verges, keep boundary hedges back off paths and fences, and save noisy work for when pupils are inside or away. Anything bigger waits for half-term or the long summer break. Pitches are mown at a height that suits the games played on them.

School grass cutting on Horsham’s heavy ground

School fields here sit on soils that drain slowly. After a wet week the surface can look fine while the ground below is saturated, and a mower on that leaves ruts that dry into ankle-turners by spring. So we judge the field on the day and shift a cut by a few days if we have to. In a dry summer we leave the grass a little longer, which keeps it greener and gives a softer landing on sports day.

School grounds maintenance in Horsham around the school year

We sign in at reception, wear visitor badges and stick to the areas your site manager agrees. Where we can, we come before the school day, after pupils leave or in the holidays. Term time is regular cutting and quick tidies. The holidays are for jobs that make noise and mess, like cutting back overgrown boundaries, clearing neglected corners and big hedge reductions, ideally in the October and February half-terms, outside nesting season.

Schools and academies in Horsham: your questions

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

Will you work to our school grounds maintenance contract?

Yes. We’ll quote against your existing specification or help you write one, with a fixed annual price invoiced monthly or quarterly. Everything is itemised, so governors can see exactly what they’re paying for.

Can you provide insurance details for our records?

Yes. We’re fully insured, and certificates are available on request for your files. Just tell us who needs them, whether that’s the bursar, the business manager or the trust.

Can you leave part of the field long for wildlife?

Yes. Plenty of schools now keep a corner long for insects and outdoor learning. We’ll mow paths through it and cut it once in late summer, if that’s what you’d like.