Commercial · Schools & childcare
Grounds maintenance for schools and childcare in Tauranga
School and early childhood grounds work hard. Fields get worn, play areas need to stay safe and gardens need to look cared for at the front gate. We mow, trim and spray on a schedule built around sessions, play times and holidays, with a site-specific health and safety plan before we start.
Schools & childcare
Work scheduled around sessions, play times and holidays, with a safety plan for every site.
- Visits booked around sessions, play times and holidays
- Fields, play areas and boundaries kept tidy
- Site induction and a health and safety plan before we start
- Locally owned
- Site H&S plans
- Reply in 1 day
- Photo reports
Schools & childcare
What schools and childcare centres need from a grounds contractor
What we hear from committees, managers and site owners, and how we handle it.
Work around the timetable
Mowing and spraying booked before school, after school or in the holidays, and never while children are using the area.
Safe play areas
Fence lines, boundaries and play areas kept clear, with prickles and weeds treated at the right time of year and signage used when spraying.
Fields ready for use
Fields and grassed areas mowed often enough in spring to stay usable, and cut at a height that copes with wear.
Sign-in and site rules
We follow your sign-in process and site rules on every visit, and agree access and parking before the first one.
Sites
School and early childhood grounds we look after
Each site is planned around the timetable, the children and how the grounds are used.
Primary and intermediate schools
Fields, playgrounds, boundaries and front gardens, worked around the school day and term breaks.
Kindergartens and childcare centres
Smaller sites where play areas and fence lines need to stay safe and tidy.
Fields and grassed areas
Grass kept at a usable height for sport and play, especially through the spring surge.
Gardens and entrances
Front gardens, planters and entrances that parents and visitors see every day.
Scope
School grounds maintenance: what's included
A typical scope for a Tauranga school or centre. We write yours with the property manager or centre manager after a site walk.
Every visit
- Mowing fields, lawns and grassed play areas
- Edges trimmed along paths and fences
- Paths, courts and entrances blown clean
- Litter picked up
- A short report for the property or centre manager
Seasonal
- Hedge and shrub trimming
- Weeding gardens and planters
- Weed spraying on paths and fence lines, with signage
- Prickle spraying on fields in winter
- Autumn leaf clearing
By arrangement
- Big tidy-ups in the school holidays
- Garden refreshes and planting
- Clearing overgrown banks and boundaries
- Storm clean-ups
Not included
- Tree felling and large tree work (we can point you to an arborist)
- Irrigation repairs and plumbing
- Building, paving or retaining wall repairs
How it works
How a school or centre contract works
- Free site walkWe walk the grounds with the property manager, principal or centre manager, and note fields, play areas, gardens and access.
- Timetabled scheduleYou get a written scope and a schedule built around terms, sessions and holidays.
- Health and safety planA site-specific health and safety plan before the first visit, covering children on site, spraying and equipment.
- Visits with reportsA short report after each visit, so the board or centre manager knows what's been done.
Through the year
A year of grounds care at a Tauranga school
The schedule follows the school year as well as the grass. Bigger, noisier jobs are saved for the holidays.
SpringSep–Nov
Fields grow fast and sport starts up. Mowing steps up, gardens weeded and the first hedge trim done.
SummerDec–Feb
Peak growth. The summer holidays are the best time for big tidy-ups while the grounds are empty.
AutumnMar–May
Leaf fall and the second hedge trim. A good time to re-sow worn patches on fields.
WinterJun–Aug
Fewer mowing visits. Prickle spraying on fields before spring, timed outside school hours.
Compliance
Keeping children safe while we work
A school or centre shares health and safety duties with every contractor it brings on site, and those duties can't be contracted out. Planning the work around children is the starting point.
Questions to ask any school grounds contractor
- When will you work, and how will you keep children away from it?
- How do you notify us before you spray?
- Will you follow our sign-in and site rules?
- Will you write a safety plan for our site?
- Are you insured, and can we see the certificate?
Source: WorkSafe: overlapping duties. General information, not legal advice.
Site-specific safety plan
Written before the first visit, covering children on site, vehicles, equipment and spraying.
Work outside play times
Mowing and spraying booked before or after school, in breaks between sessions or in the holidays.
Insurance
Public liability insurance, with the certificate supplied with your quote.
A report after each visit
What was done and anything we noticed, like a damaged fence or a hazard in a play area.
Services for schools & childcare
All commercial servicesFAQs
Schools & childcare: common questions
Can't see your question? Call or text 0800 634 245 and talk to the team.
Can you do the big jobs in the school holidays?
Yes. Hedge reductions, big garden tidy-ups and other noisy jobs can be saved for the holidays, when the grounds are empty.
Can you get rid of prickles on the field?
Yes. Onehunga prickles are best sprayed in winter, before they form, which is why we plan it into the schedule rather than waiting for complaints in spring.
How do you keep children safe while you're working?
We only work in areas that aren't in use, follow your sign-in and site rules, and put up signage when we spray. It's all set out in the health and safety plan.
Do you look after kindergartens and childcare centres too?
Yes. Smaller sites get the same planning, with visits timed outside session hours.
Do you put up signs when you spray?
Yes. Spraying is scheduled outside the hours children use the area, and signage goes up where we've sprayed.
Industries
Other sites we look after
The same written scope, schedule and reporting, set up for each kind of site. All industries
- Retirement villagesTidy, safe paths and grounds, with noisy work timed around residents.
- Body corporatesClear scopes, committee-ready photo reports and one monthly invoice.
- Property managersTenancy-ready lawns and gardens across your whole portfolio.
- Commercial propertiesEntrances, car parks and landscaping kept presentable for customers.
- Industrial sitesLarge-area mowing and weed control with full health & safety planning.
- Hotels & motelsGuest-ready grounds, maintained early before check-outs.
- Holiday homesMown and tidy before guests arrive, with photo updates for owners away.
- Another kind of site?Tell us about it and we'll book a free site walk.
Free quote
Book a free site assessment
Tell us about your site and we'll arrange a time to walk it with you. You'll get a written scope and price.
Call 0800 634 245Monday – Friday 7:30am – 5:30pm · Saturday 8:00am – 1:00pm
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- Fully insured
- H&S plan for every site
- Photo report after every visit