Just as you wouldn’t entrust children’s learning to just anyone, you shouldn’t trust your school cleaning to any old cleaning team. The cleaning of education facilities in New Zealand is a specialised service, and it requires specific expertise and understanding for a number of reasons. Let’s take a closer look at some of those key reasons.
Reason 1: There are school cleaning regulations to comply with.
There are various regulations that relate to school cleaning in New Zealand that generally enforce the importance of providing safe, hygienic and appropriate spaces for children to learn. Cleaning staff, of course, must pass NZ Police vetting for the safety of children and peace of mind. In addition, you might have your own requirements specific to your site or school environment.
Only specialist school cleaning maintains the specific knowledge and documentation to help you meet and exceed those various requirements.
Reason 2: School facilities can be large and complex
Education facilities can consist of multiple buildings and many rooms, even in a small school. Each building can present its own unique cleaning requirements down to the type of flooring, windows and ventilation.
There could be science labs, libraries, sports facilities, classrooms, offices and canteens that are all very different spaces and require different approaches – and there may also be boarding facilities to consider in some private schools.
Experienced commercial cleaning services have the knowledge to develop site-specific plans and clean these spaces quickly, reliably and effectively.
In addition, school cleaning often needs to take place outside of or around class schedules. This means you’ll need to be able to find a school cleaning team that can work specifically with your hours, with adaptable or after hours cleaning.
Reason 3: School cleaning requires an age-appropriate approach
Each classroom and ancillary room needs a suitable approach to maintain a quality outcome. For example: when you think about the height difference of a Year 1 child to a Year 8 child, there will be different high-touch surfaces in each respective classroom that need to be frequently cleaned.
Early education will require more focus on cleaning toys and other shared items that small children might put in their mouths. A specialist school cleaner will know to tailor the approach to be age appropriate between early education, primary schools and secondary schools, or high schools.
Reason 4: Infection control is particularly important in school settings
Children are naturally social, energetic and interacting all day. That means schools can be prime places for illnesses to spread. And as such, it takes proper knowledge of appropriate cleaning agents and disinfection techniques to sanitise frequently touched surfaces and help break the chain of infection.
This doesn’t just apply to classrooms either, as effective school office cleaning services can also help minimise staff sicknesses and absences. In this way, specialised daily cleaning can have a profound boost for the day-to-day running of the school.
Find the Right Cleaning Services for your School
Not all commercial cleaning providers offer specialist school cleaning. If you’re looking for cleaning services in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch or beyond, contact AMC Commercial Cleaning for an obligation-free quote.
We regularly work with school principals and Tumuaki to develop site-specific cleaning plans and exceptional outcomes for school premises. Get in touch today to get started.
