Highsted Grammar School ~ Cleaning Tender

Highsted Grammar School is an 11-18 selective girls’ school in Sittingbourne, Kent. Currently the school is four form entry school with a PAN of 120 but has taken an additional form of entry over PAN (150) for the last four years. In 2010 the school converted to Academy status. The school’s most recent Ofsted report confirms that the school is outstanding in all areas; outcomes for children are excellent and the school seeks to be outstanding all that it endeavours. Consequently, the environment that pupils and staff work within needs to reflect the ambitious values of the school and be in-keeping with the high expectations for an effective, high performing environment. The school seeks to ensure that it achieves best value from all engaged in the pursuit of delivering quality outcomes for children. The tender project is seeking to appoint a contractor whose initiative and innovation will be welcomed for the provision of service – cleaning - within the existing facilities for the 926 pupils and 74 teaching and support staff, to ensure that the cleanliness of the accommodation meets health and safety regulations in addition to supporting the delivery of quality education and upholding staff/pupil well-being. The contract being tendered is for three years in duration from 01 January 2023 and will operate as a Guaranteed Performance Contract, with the successful contractor offering the school a guaranteed return /cost per annum for the provision of cleaning services. The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are to be used for staff professional development which means that the school will be open to receive pupils for the legal minimum of 190 days. The contract offered covers the scope for the provision of all cleaning services within the School, which currently includes multiple buildings within which specialist and non-specialist activity is delivered in addition to general staff areas. Currently the accommodate comprises of: Main block which is a three-storey building housing the main school hall, reception and general office area, medical room, large staff room, facilities storage, specialist science laboratories, science prep rooms, a library, ventilated server room, finance suite, two computer rooms and general teaching classrooms. Backing on to the school hall is the Sixth Form Common room and PE changing rooms. Four blocks of toilets can be located in this building which is flanked at each end by a staircase. The Headteacher and senior staff occupy offices in this part of the school. T Block is a specialist area for Art, Design and Technology and comprises of two staff offices, a toilet block, a specialist kitchen for delivering the food technology curriculum in addition to four specialist workshops. At the heart of this building Art and DT supplies are stored. C Block is a two-storey building comprising of six general teaching classrooms and a double computer/media suite. The building hosts two staff offices. E Block is a large two storey building; floor one includes four general teaching classrooms, a pastoral suite, a large performing arts area, two staff offices, a small computer suite and a block of toilets. Floor two comprises of a large pastoral suite with toilet area and staff office, two music rooms and four general music practice rooms, an IT office and ventilated server room, two general teaching rooms, three computer suites and a meeting room. Staff and pupil toilets are located on this floor. Both ends of the building are flanked by an internal staircase. R Block is a stand-alone modular building comprising of eight general teaching rooms. Sports Hall is a four-court building with a small staff office, toilet and changing facilities backed on to a circular mirrored dance studio. Hi Pod is a singular, circular building with small kitchen. This is a multipurpose space. Please see SQ Document for further details.