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Adelaide school cleaning

School and childcare cleaning in Adelaide

Clean classrooms, safe amenities and a cleaning team that works around your bell times, not through them.

  • Staff hold Working with Children Checks
  • Cleans timed around the school day and term breaks
  • Classrooms, toilets and high-touch areas on every visit
  • One account manager for every site
  • CM3 certified, $20 million public liability
Call (08) 8239 5013

Book a free site walk-through

  • We walk your grounds outside class time
  • Separate scope for term time and holidays
  • Free, with no obligation
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The school cleaning problem

Schools and childcare centres get used hard. Hundreds of small hands touch the same taps, door handles and desks every day, and young children put those hands straight back in their mouths. When cleaning slips, it shows quickly: sticky benches, bins left full, a toilet block that parents mention at pick-up.

Business managers and centre directors also carry a second worry: who is on site. You need to know the people in your classrooms after hours are checked, consistent and supervised, and that nobody new turns up without warning.

Then there are the holidays. Term breaks are the only real window for deep cleaning, and they go fast. If that work isn't planned well ahead, the carpets, windows and floors wait another term.

What's included in school and childcare cleaning

Regular cleaning

  • Classrooms, learning areas and staff rooms: desks, benches, sinks and floors
  • Student, staff and accessible toilets cleaned and restocked
  • High-touch points: door handles, light switches, taps, rails and drinking fountains
  • Childcare play rooms, nappy change areas and the low surfaces children reach
  • Libraries, halls, gyms and front offices
  • Entries and corridors swept, mopped and vacuumed
  • Bins and recycling emptied and taken to collection points

Periodic and specialist cleaning

  • Holiday deep cleans of every room before term starts
  • Carpet steam cleaning and hard-floor scrubbing
  • Internal and external glass, including louvres and display windows
  • High dusting of vents, ceiling fans and light fittings
  • Chairs, desk legs and under-desk areas cleaned in detail
  • Clean-ups after concerts, open nights and sports days
  • Handover cleans for new or refurbished buildings

How we work around your school or centre

  • Outside teaching hours.

    Most cleans happen after the last students leave or before the gates open. For childcare centres with long days, we work around your opening and closing times.

  • Checked, familiar people.

    Our school cleaning staff hold Working with Children Checks, and we keep the same team on your site so teachers and families see faces they know.

  • Built around the school calendar.

    Your scope covers term time and holidays separately, so deep cleans are locked in before the break begins.

  • Child safety in the detail.

    Chemicals stay in locked storage, trolleys are never left unattended near children, and wet floors are always signed.

Every clean on record in NEXUS

Our teams record inspections, area ratings and photos on site as the work happens, so you can see your site's performance and follow-ups at any time.

Learn more about NEXUS
NEXUS reporting view on a tablet showing score trends and average results by areaNEXUS inspection report on a phone showing average score, area ratings and actions

Adelaide schools: what we plan for

Adelaide's hot, dry summers carry fine dust into classrooms through open doors and windows, so sills, vents and hard floors need more attention from late spring. Winter brings the opposite problem: wet ovals and muddy shoes tracked down corridors and onto carpet. The long summer break over December and January is the best time for floor and carpet work, and we book those dates early because so many schools want the same weeks. The shorter breaks between terms suit glass, high dusting and targeted deep cleans. Schools and centres in the Adelaide Hills or the outer north and south get the same scheduled visits as sites near the CBD.

How it works

  1. 01 Free site walk-through.

    We visit, look at the space and talk through what's working and what isn't.

  2. 02 Written scope and quote.

    Every area, task and frequency is set out in writing before we start.

  3. 03 Clean, inspect, report.

    Your regular team cleans, your account manager inspects, and everything is logged in NEXUS.

Want your school spotless for the first day of term?

Book a walk-through now and we'll plan your holiday clean with you.

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Keep an eye out for us around Adelaide.

Our team is on the road every day across Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide, inner west, eastern suburbs and beyond.

Adelaide areas we service

We look after schools and childcare centres right across greater Adelaide: Adelaide CBD and North Adelaide, the eastern suburbs, the inner south, the western suburbs and beaches, the northern suburbs and the Adelaide Hills.

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FAQs

It depends on your site. The main cost drivers are the number of classrooms and toilet blocks, total floor area, how often you need cleaning, the hours we work and how much holiday deep cleaning you want. We quote after a free walk-through, with a written scope, so you only pay for what your school needs.

Yes. Our staff who clean schools and childcare centres hold Working with Children Checks. We also keep a regular team on your site, so you always know who is cleaning.

Usually after students leave for the day, or early in the morning before the gates open. For childcare centres, we fit around your operating hours. Holiday work is booked at times that suit you.

Yes. Holiday deep cleans are part of most school scopes. We plan them with you during term so carpets, floors, glass and high areas are done before students return.

Yes. We clean early learning and childcare centres, including play rooms, nappy change areas, kitchens, toilets and entries, with extra care on the surfaces young children touch most.

Call your account manager or log it in NEXUS. Every request stays open until it's done, and you can see when it was closed off.

New Era Facility Services – Adelaide · 3/55 Gawler Place, Adelaide SA 5000 · (08) 8239 5013