
Education and childcare
Childcare and school cleaning you don't have to manage.
For childcare, early learning and OSHC operators, and for schools across Melbourne. Vetted cleaners work after hours and in the school holidays, to the EMERA standard at every centre.
We clean childcare and early learning centres, OSHC rooms and schools across Melbourne and Sydney, after hours and in the school holidays.
What you get
Where we clean
We customise the schedule and scope of work around your site and operations unique needs

Childcare and early learning
Long day care and early learning centres, cleaned once the last family has gone home.
- Playrooms and sleep rooms. Floors, tables, door handles and the other surfaces children touch most.
- Kitchens and bathrooms. Food-safe products on benches and other food-contact surfaces.
- Holiday deep cleans. Carpets and vinyl floors done while the centre is closed.

OSHC and holiday programs
Before and after school care and holiday programs, often run in rooms and halls shared with a school.
- Around your session times. Before the morning session starts or after the afternoon one ends.
- One standard across your sites. Each program's rooms get a checklist and a report, to the same standard.

Schools and kindergartens
Classrooms, corridors, staff rooms and amenities, cleaned after the school day ends.
- Regular cleans after hours. Bins, floors, bathrooms and surfaces, on the days your scope sets.
- Floors and windows in the holidays. Strip and seal, carpet and window cleaning booked into the break.
Holiday deep clean program
School holidays are our busiest time in education. We plan every site before the break, so each one is ready for the first day back.
Request a Site Visit- 01
We walk each site with you
Before the break, we visit your centres and note the floors, carpets, windows and rooms that need a deep clean.
- 02
Get one written scope and price
Each site is a line in the scope, with its dates and cost. Nothing is booked until you agree.
- 03
We book crews around your dates
Each centre gets a date while it's closed. We plan around any holiday program using the rooms.
- 04
We deep clean while the centre is closed
Carpets, vinyl floors, windows, kitchens and bathrooms, as the scope lists. Our crew moves the furniture and puts it back.
- 05
A report before the first day back
Before and after photos for each site come to you through our app, so you can check every centre from one place.
Pair with
Floors and carpets for the school holidays.
Vinyl floors and carpets in centres and classrooms need more than the regular clean. We can scope both at the same site visit.
About childcare and school cleaning
Questions centre and school managers ask us.
Checks, products, holidays and price. If your question isn't here, ask us on the form.
All areas we serviceDo your cleaners have Working with Children Checks and police checks?
Yes. Everyone Emera sends into schools and childcare centres holds a current Working with Children Check and police check, including subcontracted cleaners.
We keep a copy of each check on file and can show you on request. The same crew is rostered to your centre, so you know who is in your rooms.
Can you deep clean our centres during the school holidays?
Yes. School holidays are Emera's busiest time in education. We walk each site with you before the break, plan the deep cleans across all your centres and book crews while each one is closed.
Every centre is ready for the first day back, and before and after photos for each site come to you through our app.
How often should a childcare centre or school be cleaned?
Most childcare centres and schools need cleaning every day they're open. Bathrooms, kitchens, floors, bins and the surfaces children touch most need cleaning at the end of each day.
Carpets, vinyl floors and windows need a deeper clean a few times a year, and the school holidays are the easiest time to do it. Emera suggests a schedule at the site visit and changes it when your needs change.
Which cleaning products do you use in rooms where children play?
Emera uses low-tox products in rooms where children learn and play. On kitchen benches, eating tables and other food-contact surfaces, we use food-safe detergents and sanitisers, mixed to the dilution on the label.
We list every product we use at your centre, with its safety data sheet, and you can have a copy. If your centre has a product rule of its own, tell us at the site visit and we'll work to it.
Do you work from a cleaning checklist for each room in the centre?
Yes. After the site walk, Emera writes a checklist with you for each room, such as playrooms, sleep rooms, kitchens, bathrooms and the office.
Cleaners tick it off room by room on our app and take before and after photos. The report comes to you after each clean, so a centre director can see what was done without walking the rooms.
Do you clean for multi-site childcare and OSHC operators?
Yes. Emera cleans for operators with centres and OSHC programs across several sites, with one scope and one contact for all of them.
Each site has its own checklist, and each site's report comes to you, so head office can check every centre from one place. In the school holidays, we plan deep cleans across all your sites before the break.
How do you keep every one of our sites to the same standard?
Emera writes a checklist for each of your sites after the site walk, to one standard across all of them. Cleaners clock in on our app, work through the checklist and take before and after photos.
Every site's report comes to you in the same format, so head office can compare sites and check any of them from one place. When something is missed, we log it, fix it and find out why.
How much does commercial cleaning cost, and do you charge by the hour?
Commercial cleaning costs depend on the size of your site, what needs cleaning and how often, so Emera prices each site after a free site visit. You get one written price for your scope, not an hourly rate, showing what we'll clean, how often, who's responsible and what it costs.
The quote costs nothing, and nothing is booked until you agree.
Start with a walk around your site.
It's free, and you'll get our honest read on what needs to change at your site, whether or not you go ahead with us.
- 1We call you within one business day to book a time.
- 2We walk the site with you and look at what it needs.
- 3You get a written scope and price to decide on.
Call us on 1300 153 114 or email hello@emerafs.com.au, and we'll book your site visit.
Rather talk it through? Call us on 1300 153 114