Whilst schools across the UK remain shut for summer, it is important that you don’t take their current cleanliness levels for granted. As soon as they reopen in September, the buildings will need round the clock cleaning to keep pupils, teachers, and staff safe, so if you are looking for deep cleaning services that you can rely on, take a look at how MCS will keep your educational premises clean and tidy throughout the academic year.

Cleaning in Schools

By maintaining a clean and sanitised educational environment, schools are prioritising the physical wellbeing of all the occupants and meeting their health and safety obligations. On the most basic level, regularly cleaning surfaces, door handles, and high-touch areas of equipment is going to reduce germs and contamination on each surface. This will, in turn, keep infection rates down and prevent a spike in illness-related absences across the year groups. A clean classroom also enables pupils to focus on their studies and perform well, as they are not distracted by unclean tables and floors or the presence of overflowing bins and dirty equipment.

Outside of the classrooms, other areas of the school such as bathrooms, common rooms, and dining areas must be regularly cleaned and sanitised as this is where large groups of people congregate every day and the risk of germs spreading skyrockets. This is particularly important during the winter months, as cold and flu cases generally see an uptick around this time of year, or after there has been a confirmed outbreak of a contagious illness. During the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns, maintaining the safety of students and staff became more important than ever, and prioritising these increased levels of sanitation continues to be a top priority for schools across the country.

So, if you are responsible for coordinating or contracting the cleaning team for school premises, then you know the importance of these routine cleaning tasks – but, do you understand the importance of deep cleaning services?

Our Deep Cleaning Services for Schools

Alongside these daily cleaning tasks, schools should be deep cleaned at least twice a year. This is typically done during long breaks like the summer and Christmas holidays, and involves a much more intensive cleaning process than the everyday cleaning schedule. At MCS, we offer bespoke cleaning packages for schools, colleges, and other educational sites that focus upon the following areas:

Classrooms and Common Areas: Rather than focusing upon dusting and tidying, our teams will get to work moving furniture and equipment to sanitise areas that are missed out by a quick after-school clean. We remove dust, break down buildup, and put all moved furniture back in its original place so that the pupils can return to an organised, thoroughly cleaned classroom in the new academic year.

Toilets and Changing Rooms: Whilst basins and toilets are included in the usual cleaning rota, we clean and disinfect toilets, urinals, sinks, showers and even mirrors using industrial grade cleaning supplies that leave the facilities as good as new. We also clean furniture and equipment like benches, lockers, and floors to the highest standards, ensuring that no surface is left unsanitary for September.

Dining Halls: We remove any obstructions and furniture to scrub the floors with our scrubber/ dryer machines, before we tackle all tables, chairs and sofas, including the legs of the furniture. Our services can also include a deep clean of the kitchens and food storage areas, so please include this requirement when contacting our office.

Sports Facilities: The long summer holidays offer the best time to clear and deep clean these large-scale facilities, including the specialist treatments that the floors, walls, and changing rooms require.

Study Areas: These important spaces offer a quiet place to study and reflect during the busy school day, which is why we dust, sanitise, and clean all areas of these rooms to provide a study area that is not only visually clean, but also hygienically safe across the school year.

Contact MCS Today

It’s not too late to schedule our deep cleaning services for your school premises this summer – get in touch with our office today to discuss your details and receive a quote for your unique requirements.