Resources
Cleaning metropolitan Melbourne schools
- A yearly calendar which provides a guide on how your school and service provider can work together throughout the school year. The calendar also sets outs recommended actions and required actions for your school. If you require an accessible version of the calendar, please email cleaning@education.vic.gov.au
- Cleaning frequency overview for primary and secondary school
- Cleaning frequency overview for primary and secondary school
- Cleaning frequency overview in specialist school
- Cleaning frequency overview in specialist school
- Cleaning standards for base services, periodical services and additional services:
- For more guidance about working with your service provider:
- Information on how to approach and resolve issues with your service provider:
- Information about cleaning arrangements at metropolitan schools (including cleaning services plans):
- Quick reference guides for schools – provides a brief overview of the:
Cleaning regional schools
- (staff login required) — the Department’s contract management software system. The online tool has been developed to help both regional schools and cleaning contractors manage their cleaning contracts. It ensures schools and cleaning contractors comply with school cleaning contracts. Schools can login to DETclean to access school supporting documents such as user guides and templates.
- School council agreement for the provision of cleaning (staff login required) — a template contract for school councils to use to formalise their arrangements with their selected cleaning contractor.
Background information on the Department’s cleaning policy
- School Cleaning Reforms — Secretary’s Policy — includes guidance to school councils on the way school cleaning is to be delivered
- Ministerial order School Cleaning in government schools
- Ministerial order School Cleaning in government schools
Information for cleaning contractors
For more information on school cleaning please contact the School Cleaning Unit at cleaning@education.vic.gov.au
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Reviewed 01 March 2022