School grounds maintenance in Redhill

Fields, hedges and paths for Redhill schools, planned around pupils and safeguarding.

Redhill has a real mix of schools. There are secondaries at St Bede’s and Carrington, the independent Dunottar School in a house built in 1867, East Surrey College, and primaries such as St John’s in the conservation area by the common. School grounds maintenance in Redhill has to fit each one’s timetable and each one’s ground.

We cut fields and verges, keep boundary hedges in check and paths clear, and plan the noisy work for when pupils aren’t outside. Bigger jobs, like cutting back an overgrown boundary or clearing a forgotten corner, wait for half-term or the summer holidays.

School grass cutting on sand and clay

School fields here behave differently depending on where they sit. On greensand a field drains fast and is usable soon after rain, but it parches and thins in a hot summer term, so we raise the cutting height through June and July. On clay a field stays soft into spring and ruts easily, so machines stay off it when it’s waterlogged. We mow fields and keep them tidy, but line marking is for someone else.

School grounds maintenance and safeguarding

Every school sets its own rules for contractors, and we follow them: signing in at reception, wearing visitor badges, and keeping to the areas agreed with the site manager. Nobody will be mowing beside a playground at break time. Quieter school garden maintenance, like weeding the entrance beds or tidying a growing area, can often go on during lessons if the school is happy with that. It’s the same team every visit, so staff always know who’s on site.

Schools and academies in Redhill: your questions

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

What goes into a school grounds maintenance contract?

A written schedule for the year covering grass, hedges, beds, paths and leaf clearance, with a fixed price invoiced monthly or quarterly. We’ll price against your existing spec, or walk the site with your business manager and write one.

Can you work in the holidays?

Yes, and that’s when we’d do the big jobs. With the site empty we can cut back boundaries and clear overgrown areas without working round pupils.

Do you look after hedges along school boundaries?

Yes. Boundary hedges are cut outside the nesting season where possible, and checked for nests first if a spring or summer trim is needed. We’ll keep paths and pavements clear of overhanging growth.

Do you mow sports pitches?

Yes. Pitches get mown along with the rest of the field, at a height that suits the season and the soil, and the edges are kept tidy. Line marking isn’t something we take on.