Wondering if professional cleaning services are essential for schools? Schools are one of the most frequented places for many people. In fact, students and teachers spend around 180 days of the year in a school environment and are there for around 7 hours each day.
That’s a long time when you think about it!
And that’s why it’s so important that the environment they’re spending so long in is clean and sanitary.
With so many bodies in often confined spaces, they must be cleaned regularly to eliminate all the bacteria and germs that quickly spread on everyday surfaces.
From school desks and chairs to door handles, light switches, and bathrooms, your school must be sanitised for the health of everyone who attends.
How to Keep Schools Clean
YOU CAN START SIMPLY BY ADOPTING A CLEAN-SCHOOL POLICY
Following Covid, people are more aware of the need for personal hygiene and sanitising regularly.
Parents don’t want to send their kids to school, risk them getting sick and need to take time off work to care for them. That’s where in-class cleaning can help.
- By providing anti-bacterial wipes, students can wipe down their desks, computer keyboards, etc., so they start the new day feeling fresh. This will also help if you have students who switch classrooms during the day
- Anti-bacterial handwash should be provided in the bathrooms, along with hand sanitiser that can be used after lunch breaks and so on
- Make sure all rubbish is put into bins, and any found lying on the floor is picked up and thrown away
- Have the students tidy their desks at the end of the day
- If the floor is to be vacuumed, ask the students to put their chairs up in preparation, then the following morning, take their chairs down and wipe their table
Simple little things that can help eliminate germs will help your teachers and students feel like they’re in a clean environment.
But, to ensure you’re giving your school a professional deep clean, it’s highly recommended that you use professional school cleaners.
THE TOP 5 BENEFITS OF KEEPING YOUR SCHOOL CLEAN USING PROFESSIONAL CLEANERS
1. Fewer absentee days
When you keep your school environment as hygienic and germ-free as possible, you stop the risk of disease spreading throughout your school. Keeping your teachers healthy means fewer interruptions to class schedules and the need to find substitute teachers. It’s also essential for students to hold high attendance rates at school, especially during their senior years, so ensuring your school’s hygiene is kept to a high standard is vital.
2. Better learning experience
It has been proven that regularly cleaned schools outperform schools that aren’t cleaned to a high standard by professional cleaners. Teachers and students both react to their environment. When their classroom feels and smells fresh, clean and tidy, it’s been found that concentration levels increase, leading to better grades and graduation marks.
3. Thorough school cleaning during school breaks
Although regular cleaning during the school term is vital to maintain the health of your students and teachers, it’s highly recommended that you perform routine deep cleaning during school breaks. Deep cleaning includes carpet and window cleaning, thorough canteen or staff room cleaning (fridges etc.), locker room scrub downs, sterilising play equipment, washing walls etc.
4. Expert window cleaning for natural lighting
Natural lighting is brilliant for lifting moods and productivity, unlike sitting in dingy rooms lit by artificial lighting all day. Light and bright classrooms that allow natural light through clean windows help to keep students motivated (and awake!) during class times. Clean windows also add to the look and feel of a clean working environment. There’s nothing worse than gazing out a dirty window!
5. Expert cleaners do the jobs your teachers shouldn’t have to do
Although teachers can take pride in their classrooms and ensure the basics are done (desk wipe-downs and so on), it’s not their job to maintain a clean classroom. Having professional cleaners on your team ensures your classrooms are cleaned to the highest standards. Using eco-friendly, child-safe products means you can rest assured that the cleaning products used are safe for the environment and humans.
Our team are on hand to help you with all your school cleaning needs
When considering your school budgets at your next board meeting, you should consider hiring a professional cleaning company. Health and hygiene are more important than ever, and parents would appreciate a school that takes this seriously.
Keeping your school clean leads to lower teacher absent rates and will effectively save teacher substitution costs. You’ll find you have happier staff, students and parents.
If you’d like a quote for your school cleaning needs, please get in touch for an obligation-free quote.
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