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Safe, welcoming, and compliant landscapes and grounds care for educational campuses.
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Don’t let your grounds care and landscaping standards fall short, putting safety, reputation and funding at risk.
Managing educational estates comes with its own set of challenges. Don’t let fragmented or substandard grounds services compromise your environment.
Inconsistent grounds maintenance across your school, college or university estate
Safety hazards on playgrounds, sports fields, paths, and public areas
Poor first impressions for Ofsted, stakeholders, students, and parents
Pressure to deliver biodiversity and sustainability initiatives without clear support
Limited resources to manage multiple service providers and seasonal works
Increased risk of slips, trips, and accidents due to poor winter readiness
Underperformance in community engagement or environmental benchmarking
Grounds & exterior maintenance
Consistent and professional maintenance of playing fields, pathways, communal areas, courtyards, and green spaces – keeping your sites safe and presentable all year.
Plant displays & interior landscaping
Biophilic interior planting that improves wellbeing, supports air quality, and adds a natural element to libraries, classrooms, receptions, and communal spaces.
Winter maintenance services
Reliable winter gritting and snow clearance services for schools, colleges, and university campuses, ensuring safe access for students, staff, and visitors.
Landscape upgrades & construction
From playground renovations and outdoor learning spaces to sports field improvements and soft/hard landscape construction projects, we enhance educational environments.
Arboriculture & tree care
We maintain and manage your tree stock with safety-focused inspections, remedial works, and planting plans, helping you safeguard students and comply with duty-of-care obligations.
Pest control & prevention
Discreet pest management for educational premises, ensuring hygiene, safeguarding, and minimal disruption to learning environments.
Biodiversity & ESG consultancy
Help meet curriculum-linked sustainability targets and demonstrate environmental responsibility through expert-led biodiversity enhancements and green solutions.
At Nurture, we’ve been supporting schools, academies, colleges, and universities since 2008 – providing dependable, efficient grounds services across diverse educational estates.
Our experience in education means we understand the balance of safety, presentation, and community that underpins your facilities strategy – delivering seamless service coordination across single and multi-site estates.
Experts in educational environments
From primary schools and academies to university campuses and research facilities, we support environments where safety, learning, and pride of place matter most.
Locally delivered, nationally managed
Directly employed teams, supported by 170+ depots and a centralised contract management structure – giving you nationwide coverage with a local touch.
ESG-aligned and curriculum-supportive
We help you align with sustainability goals and curriculum-linked environmental projects, offering visible enhancements and measurable biodiversity gains.
Ready for every term and season
From leaf clearance and planting schemes to winter gritting and sports field prep, we keep your site ready for students, staff, and visitors year-round.
Effortless
Tell us about your estate
We’ll understand your site needs, safety concerns, seasonal challenges, and environmental goals.
Receive a tailored service proposal
Our team will survey your sites and provide a clear, value-driven plan covering the services you need.
Experience seamless delivery
Your dedicated Nurture team will manage delivery, reporting, and compliance, with minimal disruption to learning environments.
Inspire
From ensuring safety and compliance to creating inspiring environments that support wellbeing and biodiversity, we’ll help you achieve your goals with dependable service and specialist expertise in the education sector. Whether you manage a primary school, university campus, or specialist training centre, our role is to ensure your outdoor spaces reflect the same high standards as the education delivered inside.
Our services cover every aspect of the grounds and facilities under your care. Regular grounds maintenance keeps playing fields, courtyards, and open spaces safe, presentable, and ready for use, while our landscape construction team can transform underused areas into functional, engaging environments – from outdoor learning spaces to welcoming entrance landscapes. Our qualified arboriculture teams keep trees healthy and compliant with safety regulations, protecting students, staff, and visitors.
Seasonal winter gritting and snow clearance ensure access is maintained whatever the weather, while interior and exterior plant displays bring colour and vibrancy to receptions, libraries, and communal areas.
We also offer tailored pest control solutions to safeguard hygiene and protect school assets, alongside green solutions that enhance biodiversity, improve sustainability credentials, and help meet ESG commitments. By combining expertise with a consistent, coordinated service, we create learning environments that are not only safe and functional but also inspire pride, support wellbeing, and leave a lasting positive impression on everyone who uses them.
Frequently asked questions
Can you manage grounds services across multi-site educational estates?
Yes, we support MATs (Multi-Academy Trusts), local education authorities, and universities with multi-site portfolios, providing consistency across all locations.
How do you ensure safety standards for schools and playgrounds?
We conduct regular inspections, provide certified playground safety audits, and deliver services with safeguarding-trained teams to ensure full compliance.
Can you support outdoor learning and environmental initiatives?
Absolutely. We offer planting schemes, habitat creation, and curriculum-aligned biodiversity projects to help schools deliver hands-on environmental learning.
How does your winter service ensure school access during icy conditions?
Our winter gritting services include proactive site assessments, rapid response teams, and GPS-tracked treatments to ensure safe access to all site areas.
Are your teams DBS-checked for work on educational sites?
Yes, all team members working on educational premises are enhanced DBS-checked and trained in safeguarding protocols.
