School Grounds Maintenance in Downham that keeps your site safe, presentable and inspection-ready. From litter collection and lawn care to playground and sports pitch upkeep, we work around school hours with minimal disruption.
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Keeping a school site looking professional takes consistent, planned care. We support schools and education settings across Downham, including near Downham Fields and Bonus Pastor Catholic College, with dependable grounds teams and clear reporting. Our schedules fit term time, holidays and after-school windows. The result is cleaner entrances, safer play areas and pitches that stay usable for longer.
Downham’s established residential estate includes 1920s cottage estates, 1930s semis and post-war housing, and many schools share similar access constraints and boundary planting. We’re used to tight service roads, shared parking and mixed surfaces around entrances and play spaces. Whether you need routine mowing or more specialist tree care, we tailor the plan to your site’s layout and footfall. We also cover nearby Catford, Grove Park and BR1 schools where needed.
We start with a site walkover and a maintenance plan covering lawn care, hedge trimming, weed control, seasonal planting and sports pitch care. Playground maintenance includes visual checks, surface tidying and proactive snagging so issues are flagged early. You’ll get agreed visit frequencies, risk-aware working methods and tidy handovers every time. Many local clients choose us because we’re punctual, communicative and consistent, with work backed by a 10-year warranty where applicable.
As a team working in the London Borough of Lewisham, we plan around school-run traffic, controlled access points and limited on-site parking. Downham sites often have compact boundaries, mature hedges and mixed grass areas that need different mowing and feeding regimes. We also account for shaded corners near buildings where moss and weeds take hold faster. Our approach keeps the site tidy without disrupting pupils, staff or neighbours.
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Costs vary by site size, visit frequency and the mix of tasks (lawn care, hedge trimming, litter collection, pitch care and tree work). As a guide, small sites may start around £250–£600 per month for regular visits, while larger schools with sports pitches and extensive planting often range from £800–£2,500+ per month. One-off tidy-ups are commonly £350–£1,500 depending on clearance and waste removal.
A routine visit can take 1–3 hours for a small site, or 4–8 hours for larger grounds with multiple lawns, hedges and play areas. Sports pitch care, scarifying, aeration or top-dressing can add extra time and may be planned as separate sessions. Timescales depend on access, safeguarding sign-in, weather, grass growth rates and whether litter collection or weed control is included on the day.
Most routine grounds tasks—mowing, hedge trimming, weeding, planting and general playground tidying—don’t require planning permission. However, tree work can be affected by Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs) or conservation area rules, and waste disposal must follow local regulations. We check constraints before starting, advise on any permissions, and can help you document works for your site records and compliance needs.
We stand behind our workmanship with a 10-year warranty on eligible installed elements, such as certain hard landscaping repairs or constructed features agreed in writing. Routine maintenance tasks (mowing, pruning, litter collection and seasonal planting) are covered by our service standards: consistent visit schedules, tidy finish and clear reporting. If something isn’t right, we’ll return promptly to rectify it in line with the agreed scope.
We can maintain and refresh beds with hardy, low-maintenance planting, seasonal colour displays, and pollinator-friendly schemes where appropriate. For sports areas, options include overseeding, aeration, top-dressing, line marking and wear management plans. Playground maintenance can cover surface clearing, edging, bark or mulch top-ups and boundary hedge control. We’ll recommend choices based on footfall, shade, budget and how the site is used year-round.
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