Roedean’s Girls’ School is top of the class for housekeeping

BRIGHTON’S Roedean School has topped an inspection of schools for housekeeping and cleanliness.

The famous girls’ school was awarded a Gold CAP Award for its exceptional standards – receiving the highest score yet given to a school, following an unannounced inspection.

This is the second year Roedean has won the Gold CAP Award, and even showed improvements on its previous record-breaking win when they topped the score chart for a first time inspection.

The CAP (Continuing Advancement Programme) Awards recognise excellence in housekeeping and are regarded as the highest measure of quality.

Ian Jackson, Director of the CAP Awards said, the housekeeping team at Roedean had impressed him with their attention to detail.

He said: “Staff were very engaged and keen to see and understand the assessment process in their location to see what areas are looked at and understand the reasoning and corrective actions that were taken.

“Such a high score is a real credit to the team at Roedean and it’s impressive to see that they have not rested on their laurels and continually strive to improve the cleanliness of the school for the pupils.”

There was also good evidence provided on corrective actions taken against the recommended actions in the 2014 Report Action Plan

During the inspection, the cleanliness of the premises was scored with the absence of dust and debris scoring the highest.

All areas of the school were inspected from the boarding houses through to the theatre and on to the classroom and dining rooms.

Each area had its score recorded according to the cleanliness; for instance sofa cushions having been removed for cleaning under and around, skirting boards under desks free from dust and common rooms being clean at low, medium and high level.