School grounds maintenance in Reigate

Fields, boundary hedges and paths kept in order around Reigate’s school day.

School grounds maintenance in Reigate means fitting in around a busy school day in a town with a lot of schools. There are six state primaries, Reigate School in Woodhatch, Reigate College for sixth formers, and independent schools including Reigate Grammar and Dunottar. Fields, verges and boundary hedges all need regular work, and none of it should happen near children at break time.

We plan noisy work for before school, after school or when pupils are off site, and save the bigger jobs for half-terms and the summer holidays. Your premises or site manager gets a written schedule, so everyone knows when we’re due and which parts of the grounds we’ll be working in.

School grounds maintenance on Reigate’s mixed soils

A school field takes far more wear than a garden lawn, and the soil underneath decides how it copes. On sandy ground a field drains well and is playable soon after rain, but it burns in a dry summer term. On the Weald Clay around Woodhatch, a field can stay soft well into spring and rut if it’s mown too early. We cut fields and verges to a regular term-time schedule, raise the height in dry spells and keep off grass that’s waterlogged. Edges, paths and boundaries are strimmed and kept clear.

Safeguarding, signing in and the holidays

We work to your safeguarding procedures: signing in and out at reception, wearing visitor badges and keeping to the areas agreed with your site manager. The same team comes every visit, so staff know who’s on site. In term time we do the regular mowing and hedge work. Holidays are for the heavier jobs, like cutting back an overgrown boundary hedge or clearing a neglected corner that’s been creeping towards the playground.

Schools and academies in Reigate: your questions

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

Will you work to a school grounds maintenance contract with a written schedule?

Yes. You get a written annual schedule and a fixed price, invoiced monthly or quarterly, with an itemised quote behind it. We can send insurance certificates for the school’s records too.

Do you clear leaves from playgrounds and paths?

Yes, through autumn and into winter. Wet leaves on a playground or a sloping path are a slip risk, so we clear them before the school day where we can and take every bag away with us.

Can you cut hedges during term time?

Light trims, yes, after a nest check. The main hedge cuts happen between September and February, which lines up nicely with the October and February half-terms.

We’re a school just outside Reigate. Do you cover us?

Very likely. If you’ve searched school grounds maintenance near me from Redhill or a nearby village, we’re based in Horley and cover about 15 miles around.