Delivering Fast-Track School Refurbishments Over Easter Holidays
18 classrooms, plus multiple corridors, a stairwell and a dining area, all refreshed in just two weeks
Project Overview
Project: Easter holiday school refurbishment
Location: West Midlands
Sector: Education
Properties: Two schools
Programme: 2-week holiday shutdown
Client Profile
School holiday periods provide a valuable opportunity to carry out refurbishment work without disrupting teaching. With pupils off-site, improvements can be completed safely and efficiently, ensuring schools are ready for the new term.
Working across two separate sites, IL Solutions delivered a fast-paced programme of internal redecoration across two schools. With fixed reopening dates and changing project requirements, careful planning and flexible resourcing were essential to keeping both programmes on track.
The Challenge
With just two weeks available before pupils and staff returned for the summer term, every day counted.
The original programme evolved as work progressed, with classrooms, corridors and communal areas reprioritised to meet the school's changing requirements. Throughout the project, the completion date remained fixed.
Furniture and teaching resources had to be carefully moved and protected in every classroom, and planned working hours on one site were also significantly reduced due to access challenges.
At the same time, IL Solutions was delivering refurbishment works at a second school nearby, requiring careful coordination of labour and resources across both projects.
What We Did
Adapting as the programme evolved, IL Solutions increased resources and carefully re-sequenced work to maintain progress across both schools.
Before decorating could begin, furniture and teaching resources were carefully moved and protected to provide safe access throughout each classroom.
The programme refreshed classrooms, corridors, stairwells and communal areas, creating brighter, more welcoming spaces for pupils and staff while improving the overall appearance of both schools.
Despite reduced working hours and additional work being introduced during the programme, the team maintained close communication with the client and adjusted resources where required to ensure the refurbishment remained on schedule.
Throughout the programme, classrooms and circulation areas were kept clean and organised, ensuring each area was handed back ready for the next stage of the project.
Services Delivered
- 18 Classrooms redecorated
- Feature walls in every classroom
- 3 Corridors refreshed
- 1 Dining hall redecorated
- 1 Stairwell repainted
- 26 Internal doors prepared & painted
- Furniture moved and protected
- Project management
The Result
Both refurbishment programmes were completed on time, allowing pupils, teachers and support staff to return to bright, welcoming learning environments for the start of the summer term.
By combining careful planning with a flexible approach to changing project requirements, IL Solutions delivered the programme within the available holiday window while maintaining the high standards expected across both schools.
The successful delivery of these projects demonstrates how careful planning, flexible resourcing and clear communication enable schools to make the most of every holiday period, creating bright, welcoming learning environments without disrupting teaching.
"IL Solutions has provided a consistently excellent service every time they have worked in our schools. Great value, great attitude and great results." - Paul, Strategic Estates Lead
Key Outcomes
- Two schools refurbished during the Easter holidays
- Bright, refreshed classrooms ready for the new term
- Flexible response to changing project requirements
- Additional resources kept the programmes on track
- High-quality finish delivered across multiple education settings
Lessons from this project
School holidays are the ideal time to invest in learning environments.
Refurbishment projects carried out during holiday periods allow improvements to be completed safely and efficiently, ensuring pupils and staff return to clean, bright and welcoming spaces without disrupting teaching time.
Planning is everything when reopening dates can't move.
Unlike many commercial projects, school refurbishment programmes have a fixed deadline. Flexible resourcing, careful scheduling and the ability to adapt quickly are essential to delivering successful outcomes before the first day back.
Successful education projects rely on more than decorating.
Working in schools often involves much more than applying paint. Preparing classrooms, protecting furniture, coordinating access and responding to changing priorities all play an important role in keeping programmes on track and delivering a high-quality result.
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