Evening, after close
The crew starts once the last child leaves and finishes by 10pm. The usual pattern for long day care.
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School and Childcare Cleaning Services in Australia
Children touch everything at a height adults never look at, so a childcare room needs cleaning from the floor up. Long day care, preschools, outside school hours care and schools, in Darwin, Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Tasmania.
We clean in the evening after the last child leaves, until 10pm, or from 6am before a later opening. Every visit is logged room by room with photos, and we quote after a site inspection.
- Cleaned after close or before opening
- Chemicals never left within a child's reach
- Dated records for your quality file
- 6am to 10pm
- Seven days, plus a 24-hour emergency line
- We stay until you're happy
- Our guarantee on every clean
- $10M
- Public liability insurance
- Free quotes
- Fixed before we start
What does cleaning a childcare centre have to account for?
Children touch everything low down and put things in their mouths. The scope has to follow them.
So the scope runs low rather than high: skirting, door edges, chair legs, table undersides and the bottom half of every wall. An office cleaner tends to work from the waist up out of habit.
The physical environment is part of what your service is rated on, so cleaning is more than housekeeping here. A dated record of what was cleaned helps when someone asks.
Some work sits outside our scope. Cleaning up bodily fluids during the day is educator work under your own procedure, and food preparation and bottle making are staff duties. Playground equipment safety inspection is a specialist audit, not a cleaning task.
For clinic rooms on the same site, see medical centre cleaning. For administration buildings, see office cleaning.
When does a centre get cleaned?
Seven days, 6am to 10pm, while rooms are empty.
Early morning, before opening
From 6am, for schools and services that open later. Everything is packed away before the first educator arrives.
Term breaks and periodic
Deeper work in school holidays and closure periods, when rooms can be emptied properly.
How does our cleaning support your quality file?
Not just a tidy room, but a routine with something written down behind it.
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Step 01
Cleaned to the room schedule
Room by room in a set order, with low surfaces treated as a priority.
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Step 02
Chemicals packed away
Every product and piece of equipment removed before we leave.
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Step 03
Dated report to the director
Photographs by room, ready for your quality improvement file.
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Step 04
Hazards reported
Damaged equipment, mould and anything unsafe raised before children return.
Which areas need more than a wipe down?
Set room by room at the site inspection and issued in writing.
Toy and resource cleaning is scoped separately because it takes time a normal visit does not have. Most centres run it on a rotating weekly cycle.
What keeps a room safe for children in the morning?
Checked before the crew leaves, every visit.
Tell us at the site inspection what your service requires of anyone on site, and we will tell you what we can supply.
Why do centres change cleaners?
Three things that surface the moment somebody looks properly.
Cleaning logged against each room
You get a dated, room-by-room record with photographs after every visit. It goes into your quality improvement file, where it needs to be when someone asks at short notice.
Cleaning that runs low, not high
Children live between the floor and about a metre up, where the door edges, chair legs and bottom shelves are. Our room schedules start at floor level and work up.
Nothing left out where a child can reach it
Chemicals, cords, cloths and buckets become hazards the moment a room opens with them still in it. Every product is put away before we leave, and the crew does a final check at child eye level.
Centres rarely change cleaners over a dusty floor. They change when nobody can show what was cleaned and when.
What backs a crew working where children play?
Your rating sits behind this. Here is what supports it.
Chemicals put away
Never left in a room, never at reach height.
Low-odour products
Rooms ready first thing.
Hazards reported
Damage and mould raised before children return.
Room-by-room reports
Dated, with photos.
$10 million public liability
Insurance cover in place for work on your premises.
Happy with the work
Our cleaners don't leave until you're happy with the work.
What do our customers say about us?
How is a centre cleaning quote built?
Four steps, usually inside a week.
Site inspection
Rooms, nappy change areas, kitchen and outdoor spaces.
Room schedule and quote
Task list per room with frequencies, quoted against it.
Setup
Keys, alarm codes and the SDS pack.
Service and records
Scheduled visits with dated room-by-room reports.
We quote centre cleaning after a site inspection. The number of children, nappy change areas and rooms matter more than floor area alone.
Toy cleaning and term-break deep work are quoted as a separate program.
What deeper work does a centre need?
Booked into term breaks and closure periods when rooms can be emptied.
Carpet and soft flooring
Where children sit, crawl and eat. Carpet cleaning →
Toy and resource cleaning
Rotating cycle, or a full pass during closure.
Bathroom grout
Child-height fittings and floors. Tile & grout →
Mould cleaning
Sleep rooms and wet areas. Mould cleaning →
Paths and outdoor areas
Pathways and paved play areas. Pressure washing →
Extra visits during illness
Additional visits during a gastro or hand, foot and mouth outbreak, quoted when you need them.
Which regions do we cover for childcare cleaning?
Long day care, preschools, kindergartens, outside school hours care and schools across seven regions. Not sure we reach your service? Ask for a site inspection and tell us the address.
Northern Territory
Darwin
36+ suburbs covered
Serving the Top End with professional cleaning services across Darwin and surrounding areas.
- CBD
- Parap
- Nightcliff
- Casuarina
- Palmerston
- Stuart Park
- Fannie Bay
- Larrakeyah
- +28 more
Perth, Western Australia
35+ suburbs covered
- Perth CBD
- Subiaco
- Nedlands
- +32 more
- Mining industry facilities
- Team based in Wellard
Sydney, New South Wales
36+ suburbs covered
- Sydney CBD
- Bondi
- Manly
- +33 more
- Harbor view properties
- Team based in Sydney
Melbourne, Victoria
36+ suburbs covered
- Melbourne CBD
- South Yarra
- Fitzroy
- +33 more
- High-rise building cleaning
- Team based in Melbourne
Brisbane, Queensland
36+ suburbs covered
- Brisbane CBD
- Fortitude Valley
- South Bank
- +33 more
- Sub-tropical climate cleaning
- Team based in Stafford Heights
Tasmania
30+ suburbs covered
- Hobart
- Hobart CBD
- Launceston
- +27 more
- Historical building restoration
- Team based in Hobart
Adelaide, South Australia
36+ suburbs covered
- Adelaide CBD
- North Adelaide
- Glenelg
- +33 more
- Historical building restoration
- Team based in Marleston
Darwin City
93 Smith St
What do directors ask before they change contractor?
Do you clean while children are present?
No. The full clean runs after close, until 10pm, or from 6am before a later opening, when rooms are empty. Cleaning up spills and bodily fluids during the day is educator work under your own procedure.
What happens during a gastro or hand, foot and mouth outbreak?
We can add visits for the duration, with more time on high-touch surfaces, nappy change areas and shared resources. Tell us as soon as you know.
Do you clean toys and sleep mats?
Yes, though toys are scoped separately because they take time a normal visit does not have. Sleep mats and cot frames sit in the standard room schedule.
Will your records help at an assessment?
They are written for your quality file. You get a dated room-by-room report with photographs after every visit.
How much does childcare cleaning cost?
We quote after a site inspection, because the rooms, nappy change areas and visit frequency all change the job. You get a written room schedule and a fixed price against it.
Do you cover schools and outside school hours care too?
Yes, along with preschools and kindergartens. School sites usually split into classroom, amenity and administration scopes, with heavier work in term breaks.
We stay until it's right
Our cleaners don't leave until you're happy with the work. For end of lease cleans, if you're not satisfied and tell us within 72 hours, we come back and re-clean.
Would you like a site inspection and a quote?
Tell us about the service and we will arrange a visit within a few days. No obligation.
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- No lock-in contracts
- Open 6am to 10pm, 7 days
Monday to Sunday: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Multiple Locations
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