Working With Children Checks
Ask to verify them, for every person who will attend, not just the supervisor. A contractor who cannot produce them should not be on the shortlist.
School and childcare cleaning.
Cleaning around children carries obligations that ordinary commercial cleaning does not.
- Working With Children checked
- Low-tox products
- Term and holiday scheduling
Melbourne & the western suburbs
The requirements are different, and they are not optional.
Anyone working in a school or childcare setting in Victoria needs a valid Working With Children Check, and centres are required to verify it rather than take a contractor's word. That is the first question to ask any cleaner bidding for this work, and the point where a lot of general commercial cleaners quietly drop out.
The products matter too. Surfaces children touch and mouth need low-toxicity cleaning agents used at the right dilution, and high-touch points — door handles, taps, tables, mats, toy storage — need genuine attention rather than a wipe in passing. During a gastro or hand-foot-and-mouth outbreak, that routine is what limits how far it spreads.
Then there is timing. Cleaning happens after hours during term, and the real work happens in the holidays, when floors can be stripped, carpets extracted and classrooms deep cleaned without children in the building. Those windows are fixed and every contractor wants the same weeks, so they get booked well ahead.
What's included
The scope, in plain terms.
Classrooms and learning areas
Floors, desks, chairs, sinks and high-touch points on a daily after-hours round, with attention to the surfaces children actually contact rather than just the visible floor.
Toilets and change areas
The highest-risk area in any childcare setting and the one parents notice first. Cleaned and restocked daily with colour-coded equipment kept separate from other areas.
Play areas and soft surfaces
Mats, soft flooring, toy storage and indoor play equipment, cleaned with products safe for surfaces children mouth.
Canteens and kitchens
Food preparation areas cleaned to the standard the setting requires, with equipment kept separate from bathroom and general cleaning gear.
Holiday deep cleans
Floor stripping and sealing, carpet extraction and full classroom deep cleans booked into term breaks, when the building is empty and the work can actually be done properly.
Outbreak response
Additional high-touch disinfection during gastro or hand-foot-and-mouth outbreaks, at short notice within our operating hours.
Worth knowing
What to ask any cleaner bidding for school work.
Product safety data
Low-tox is a claim until you see the sheets and the dilution rates. Any legitimate contractor has them ready.
Colour-coded equipment
Cloths and mops moving between toilets and classrooms is the single biggest cross-contamination risk in a school building.
Holiday availability confirmed early
If the deep-clean weeks are not locked in before term ends, they will be gone. This is the most common planning failure in school cleaning.
Common questions
Questions we get asked.
Do your staff have Working With Children Checks?
Yes, and we expect you to verify them rather than take our word for it. Every person attending a school or childcare site holds a valid check in addition to the police check all our staff carry, and we provide the details for verification before the first visit.
What products do you use around children?
Low-toxicity products at the correct dilution, with safety data sheets provided. Where a centre has an approved product list — common in childcare — we use yours rather than ours.
Can you do deep cleans during school holidays?
That is when most of the real work happens, and it needs booking ahead because every contractor is chasing the same weeks. Floor stripping and sealing, carpet extraction and classroom deep cleans are all best done with the building empty.
Can you increase cleaning during an outbreak?
Yes. During gastro or hand-foot-and-mouth outbreaks we can add high-touch disinfection rounds at short notice within our operating hours. Tell us as soon as you know and we will adjust the schedule.
Where we work
Across Melbourne, strongest in the west.
Schools, kindergartens and childcare centres across Melbourne's west and north, including Footscray, Sunshine, Werribee, Point Cook, Tarneit, Caroline Springs and Melton.
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