School grounds maintenance around Outwood

Outwood’s own school closed in 1981, so we look after school grounds in the towns and villages nearby.

A bit of history first. Outwood’s village school opened in 1876 and closed in 1981, and the building has since become apartments. So school grounds maintenance in Outwood itself doesn’t really exist any more. Children from the village go to school elsewhere, and that’s where this page is really pointed.

We take on school grounds within about 15 miles of Horley, which covers the primaries and academies in the towns and villages round Outwood. If you’re a business manager or site manager searching for school grounds maintenance near me, and you’re anywhere round here, we’d be glad to come and quote.

School grounds maintenance around the school day

Safeguarding sets the rules on any school site. We sign in and out at reception, wear visitor badges, keep to the areas agreed with your site manager, and plan mowing and strimming for before school, after school or when pupils are off site. Nobody should be running a mower beside the playground at break. Bigger jobs, like cutting back a boundary hedge that’s got out of hand or clearing a forgotten corner, go into half-terms and the summer holidays when the site is quiet.

Clay playing fields and wet winters

Plenty of schools between Outwood and Horley sit on the same Weald Clay, and it shows on the playing field. It goes soft in winter and sets rock hard in a dry summer, and mowing it wet rips the surface and compacts it further. We cut when the ground will take it and keep the height sensible for games and PE. A field without ruts gets used on more days of the year, which is the whole point.

Schools and academies in Outwood: your questions

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

Can you set up a school grounds maintenance contract for the year?

Yes. We’ll write a schedule around your term dates, with regular cuts in term time and bigger jobs in the holidays, at one fixed price invoiced monthly or quarterly.

Do you work during the school holidays?

Yes, and that’s the best time for noisy or larger jobs. Hedge reductions, overgrown corners and any heavier clearing can all be booked for half-term or summer.

Will you follow our safeguarding procedures?

Always. Tell us what you need from contractors, including how to sign in and where we can and can’t park, and we’ll make sure it’s in place before the first visit.