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Education and School Cleaning Services
Providing a safe and hygienic learning environment is essential for allowing students to flourish. Through nursery all the way to university, Rentokil Specialist Hygiene support them all in providing essential disinfection and cleaning services. From commercial kitchen and TR19 compliant kitchen ventilation cleaning for your premise’s catering facilities, to washroom cleaning and specialist disinfection, our services go above and beyond daily cleaning schedules. We can help provide everyone at your premises with peace of mind that the health and wellbeing of pupils, staff and their families are being looked after.
Whether your education premises is a local or private school, college or university setting, our highly trained Rentokil Specialist Hygiene technicians provide an expert and rapid response to one-off challenging hygiene issues 24/7 and ongoing cleaning services.
Creating Healthier Learning Environments - Why is Education Cleaning Important?
Everytime a seat is used or a door handle is touched, bacteria and viruses are transferred from one person to another. This is particularly common in younger pupils in nursery and primary schools who may not have a good grasp of handwashing requirements. Repeat cleaning of key hotspots as well as deep cleans to remove ‘reservoirs’ of infection play an important role in keeping children and adults in school. Regular turnover of staff or students in a classroom means transmission of disease causing germs (pathogens) is higher than in most environments. Throw in shared washrooms, food serveries and canteens, and accommodation in boarding schools and universities, and the risk of illness through poor hygiene is high.
Alongside the obvious attendance benefits that improved hygiene in an education setting can bring, there is growing evidence that improved air quality and overall hygiene standards can have a positive impact on attentiveness and wellbeing.
As head teacher, business manager, facility or site manager for the building, you are responsible for the health and welfare of the students and staff on a daily basis. Hygiene plays a significant role in safeguarding and your duty of care. Organising a deep clean or a schedule of hygiene services bespoke to your school or university's needs will help support your duty of care obligations.
Why Hygiene Matters in Educational Settings?
Colleges and universities are complex buildings with many different cleaning requirements. Even smaller primary schools and nurseries have washrooms, kitchens, and numerous shared touchpoints. Daily on-site cleaning is vital when it comes to removing and destroying germs in the air and on surfaces, but breaking the chain of infection and providing a fully equipped hygiene service isn't just about destroying bacteria and viruses, it's also about working to prevent unsanitary conditions occurring in the first place, and providing staff and students with the facilities they need to promote good hand hygiene practices.
Adopting a multi-layered approach to cleaning and hygiene in educational settings gives everyone the best opportunity to grow and thrive in the classroom.
Hygiene Services for Every Educational Stage
Each area of a school, college or university has its own cleaning and disinfection requirements that need to be applied: you wouldn't clean your bathroom at home the same way as the kitchen, and it’s no different here.
A typical educational cleaning service could include:
- Kitchens, canteen and food preparation area deep cleaning, adhering strictly to UK Food Standards Agency guidelines.
- Washroom and urinal deep cleaning, including changing room areas.
- High-frequency touchpoint and outbreak disinfection across all academic and communal areas.
- Ventilation System Maintenance and Duct Cleaning to ensure optimal air quality and hygiene within classrooms.
- Specialist cleaning for laboratories, ICT suites, and workshops.
- Bespoke 'periodic' deep cleans scheduled efficiently during half-term breaks and summer shutdowns.
Kitchen Deep Cleaning
All kitchens and catering facilities pose health and hygiene risks if not properly maintained and cleaned. Kitchens in educational environments must conform with Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) regulations 1995. Poor food hygiene can result in severe health risks, an increased risk of pest infestation, and damage to your reputation.
Rentokil Specialist Hygiene has over 50 years experience in providing kitchen cleaning services to kitchens in schools and colleges. We cover everything from deep cleaning your commercial kitchen, kitchen ventilation, grease removal, grease trap maintenance and kitchen drain maintenance.
Grease extraction system cleaning is an essential service to help prevent kitchen fires through grease build up in ventilation systems. Not having a maintenance system in place can make it difficult to get insurance or even void your indemnity should a fire occur. We are members of the Building Engineering Services Competent Assessment (BESCA) register, our technicians are industry trained to Grease Hygiene Technician (GHT) standard and are highly experienced in all kitchen ventilation requirements.
For one-off deep cleans or regular scheduled cleaning of your school's kitchen to prepare for the new term, Rentokil Specialist Hygiene offer a fully comprehensive service.
Washroom Deep Clean
Maintaining high hygiene standards in washrooms and changing facilities should be an essential part of your daily school or campus cleaning routine. Washrooms play a key role in shaping how students, staff, and visitors perceive your institution — clean, well-maintained facilities reflect a commitment to health, respect, and professionalism.
Our washroom deep clean service that goes far beyond routine maintenance by removing accumulated bacteria, scale, and blockages. This includes specialist deep cleaning of urinals and toilet areas to actively suppress persistent odours and ensure the facilities are not only visibly clean but hygienically safe. This not only leaves your washroom looking, and smelling its best, it also helps promote good hand hygiene practices for staff and students.
Specialist Disinfection For Educational Facilities
Early years/nurseries
With activity and play being a big part of early years, hand washing and hygiene can often be a challenge. Regular, scheduled cleans and disinfection of classrooms and play areas are a big part of a nursery's cleaning requirements.
Primary and Secondary Schools
With activity and play being a big part of early years, hand washing and hygiene can often be a challenge. Regular, scheduled cleans and disinfection of classrooms and play areas are a big part of a nursery's cleaning requirements.
Colleges
More students, and bigger appetites, means larger canteens and cafeterias. Kitchen deep cleans and maintenance become a vital part of a College cleaning program.
Universities
With lots of students in close proximity and shared accommodation, infection control and emergency response in the event of a viral illness outbreak are common features of a university's hygiene requirements.
High frequency touch point cleaning
Infections spread differently depending on the age of your pupils. In nurseries and primary schools, the main issue is close contact: inevitable coughs and sneezes contaminate everything from door handles to toys. For secondary schools and universities, the risk shifts to high-traffic communal areas where germs transmit via shared computers, library desks, and crowded lecture halls.
We use specialist disinfection equipment and products to apply antimicrobial chemicals to all surfaces including key touchpoints where transmission is most likely. Our disinfection service destroys >99.9999% of bacteria and viruses*, and whether scheduled before term starts, or required in an emergency, Rentokil Specialist Hygiene will work with you to help keep everyone safe.
*Source: Steri7
We also provide long-lasting antimicrobial protection for non-absorbent surfaces with our Surface Protect 360 coating, which kills more than 99.9% of bacteria* between regular cleans for up to 3 months. This is ideal for high traffic areas such as corridors, play areas and gym equipment.
*when tested against Staphylococcus aureus
Outbreak response and emergency cleaning
Even with the best hygiene practices in place, viral transmission is sometimes inevitable, particularly when it comes to illnesses such as Norovirus, Flu and Common colds. As well as providing regular hygiene support to education institutions, we also provide a rapid response service to clean and disinfect buildings should an outbreak occur.
Responding quickly, often within the hour, we will work with you to attend at times of minimal disruption, we will provide a full emergency response service. Including full risk assessment and containment of the area affected, specialist PPE and equipment and modern, powerful disinfectants to destroy viruses and bacteria throughout. Our application methods range from delicate touchpoint application, through to powerful, large volume dispersal treatments to ensure a thorough treatment is carried out.
Periodic deep cleaning
Every educational setting can be a hectic environment at times, and it's easy to miss those hidden pockets of dirt and grime. This is particularly true of air vents and kitchens, and classrooms where areas behind cupboards and on floors can gather dust and debris, or even food waste which can attract pests. High tech areas, such as ICT facilities, require a more specialist approach and our fully trained technicians can ensure these areas are cleaned with the utmost care. Our regular, scheduled deep clean before or after each term will ensure that your school, college or university is brought back to its best at the right time with minimal disruption to classes.
Air Ventilation Cleaning
When it comes to air quality, even the cleanest classroom is only as good as the air being brought into it. A constant supply of clean, fresh air is vital to wellbeing, alertness and good health. Sadly, in many parts of the UK, outdoor air pollution makes the provision of clean air difficult for schools. Indoor air ventilation systems that filter and purify air must be maintained to ensure that the air being delivered into classrooms is free of pollutants. Regular maintenance of the ventilation systems and HVAC systems that deliver clean air is a legal requirement. Monitoring your ventilation and cleaning on a regular basis to remove pollutants should be carried out at least annually. We provide monitoring and cleaning services in line with TR19 Air standards, offered via our industry accredited Air Hygiene Technicians (AHT’s), to keep you compliant and your air clean and safe.
Air hygiene for tertiary institutions: universities and colleges
Tertiary education institutions face a unique set of challenges when it comes to hygiene. With large, complex buildings and thousands of students and staff moving through lecture theatres, labs, libraries, halls of residence, and dining areas each day, maintaining a clean, safe environment is both a health necessity and a legal responsibility. A tailored hygiene programme, built around your needs, is needed to ensure that all hygiene needs are met. Our RSPH (Royal Society of Public Health) trained consultants will conduct a free, no obligation survey to build a cleaning and hygiene package that works for you and the needs of staff and students alike.
Supporting air and environmental hygiene in student accommodation
Student accommodation presents unique hygiene challenges due to high turnover, shared facilities, and 24/7 occupancy. Poor air circulation and cleanliness in these environments can quickly lead to odour problems, mould growth, and airborne illness outbreaks.
Black mould occurs where a lack of ventilation allows damp conditions to become established. This can be caused by a variety of reasons such as not opening windows to vent a room, or underlying structural issues. Once established, mould spores can be a dangerous respiratory irritant, causing discomfort and potentially serious illness. Rentokil Specialist Hygiene offer a highly effective mould removal service to quickly and efficiently destroy and clean mould from student accommodation.
In halls of residence, flats, canteen areas and lecture theatres, where poor air circulation and shared facilities exist, viral transmission is often at its highest. Our VIRUSKILLER™ range of air purifiers uses reactor chamber technology and advanced carbon and HEPA filters to effectively remove and destroy 99.9999% of bacteria, viruses and particulates*. They are also proven effective at removing mould spores and the advanced carbon filters remove common malodours such as body odour, mould and cooking smells.
*When independently tested against Coronavirus DF2 (a surrogate for Coronavirus), Adenovirus, Influenza and Polio, the unit was found to kill 99.9999% of viruses on a single air pass.
Bird Dropping Removal
Birds such as feral pigeons will often roost in voids and on roof areas where their faeces can pose significant hazards both on ledges and windows and on the ground below in playground areas and walkways. Bird droppings are often associated with diseases such as Psittacosis, and can be a serious slip hazard, particularly when wet. Removal of bird droppings and preventative action to stop the birds returning is vital to mitigate against both slip hazards and respiratory disease. Rentokil Specialist Hygiene will work around your needs to remove bird droppings in a safe and efficient manner, including the use of specialist access and cleaning equipment for hard to reach areas.
Chewing Gum Removal
Messy, unsightly and difficult to remove; chewing gum is a blight on the external aesthetic of your educational buildings. When fresh it clings to the soles of footwear, and once hardened is extremely difficult to remove. Rentokil Specialist Hygiene utilises high temperature steam technology to remove chewing gum from entrances and playgrounds with zero chemical use, in a rapid and efficient manner.
What Does Our Professional Service include?
Rentokil Specialist Hygiene provides a comprehensive and professional range of education sector cleans, from early years to post-graduates. Our tailored, professional and expert services utilise equipment and techniques that we have tailored over five decades of working in education environments. When you choose Rentokil Specialist Hygiene to provide hygiene services for your school or college, you can expect:
Why Choose Us?
With over 50 years of experience, Rentokil Specialist Hygiene are the UK trusted experts in providing cleaning services for Educational institutions across the UK.
- 24/7 rapid response across the UK, dispatch within 60 minutes.
- Wholly employed, fully trained operatives with specialist PPE and equipment
- Expert, consultant-led risk assessment on every job
- Specialist cleaning chemicals and equipment
- Industry trained GHT technicians for kitchen extraction cleaning TR19 services
- VIRUSKILLER™ Air purifiers - proven viral, bacterial and mould spore destruction and odour removal
- Full regulatory compliance and detailed post-clean reporting
- Safe waste disposal through licensed carriers
- Trust us to restore safety, hygiene, and peace of mind
Whether you need a bespoke, regular cleaning program, or one-off deep cleaning and disinfection services, Rentokil Specialist Hygiene is ready to help. Contact us today to schedule your site survey. Call our friendly team of experts on 0808 159 1403 or contact us here 24/7/365 to discuss how we can help with all your commercial cleaning needs.