Resources
Cleaning metropolitan Melbourne schools
- Metropolitan school cleaning quick reference guide – quick reference guides for metropolitan schools
- Metropolitan schools user guide for cleaning services – information about cleaning arrangements at metropolitan schools (including Cleaning services plans)
- Working with your school cleaning service provider – detailed guidance about partnering with your service provider and how to resolve issues
- Cleaning standards and frequency guide – information about school cleaning standards and an overview of the cleaning frequency for primary and secondary schools and specialist schools
- Area-based cleaning model for metropolitan Melbourne – Activity calendar – a yearly calendar which provides a guide on how schools can work together with their service provider throughout the school year. The calendar also sets out recommended actions and required actions for schools. For an accessible version of the calendar, email cleaning@education.vic.gov.au
- For more detailed guidance on school cleaning services, the Cleaning services plan, and school and cleaning provider responsibilities, refer to Frequently asked questions
Cleaning regional schools
The Asset Information Management System (AIMS) has replaced schools' existing asset information management systems.
A School council cleaning checklist should be completed before going to tender. It enables schools to customise their cleaning requirements by identifying their particular needs.
The School council provision of cleaning services agreement is intended for use when a school purchases cleaning services. A guide to completing the school council cleaning agreement is available below. Where a school council wishes to extend its cleaning services agreement by exercising any available further terms, a template Contract extension letter is available.
The following supporting documents are required to engage and manage a regional school cleaning service provider.
Guidance material:
- Guide to contract cleaning
- Metropolitan School Cleaning Incident (staff login required)
- Guide to completion – school council agreement – provision of cleaning services
Templates:
- Notice to unsuccessful respondents letter
- Variation agreement to services
- Variation notice (scope services suspension)
- Department of Education legal services extension letter template – school cleaning contracts
- Notice for breach of school cleaning agreement
- Contract termination – service failures
- Contract termination – without cause
- Expiring contract – confirmation of end of services
- Exemption request letter
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 No. 1127 – School Cleaning in Government Schools
- Ministerial Order No. 1127 – School Cleaning in Government Schools
Information for cleaning contractors
For more information on school cleaning, please contact the VSBA School Cleaning Unit at cleaning@education.vic.gov.au or phone 1300 842 754.
Reviewed 21 January 2025