Dumpit Scotland · Scotland-wide
School & Nursery Clearance Across Scotland
Classrooms, stores, libraries and nursery rooms cleared across Scotland — old desks, chairs, IT, soft play and years of stored materials — booked into the school holidays so the work is done before the pupils come back.
Scotland’s junk
Cleared in the holidays, ready for term
School clearances have one immovable date: the first day of term. We book into the October week, the Christmas and Easter breaks or the summer holidays, clear classrooms, cupboards, stores and libraries in one planned run, and hand back rooms that are ready for the new furniture to land in.
- Booked to the holidaysWhole job planned into the break, finished before term.
- Re-used where we canServiceable furniture and books offered on rather than binned.
- Compliant and documentedWEEE for IT, transfer notes for the estates file.
How it works
School & Nursery Clearance made simple
Send a room list
Which rooms, and roughly what is coming out of each.
Get a fixed holiday price
One price for the whole run, booked into the break.
We clear and hand back
Rooms emptied, swept and ready for the new term.
Transparent pricing
Honest prices. No hidden fees.
- All-inclusive pricing
- No call-out charges
- Upfront quotes, always
- Pay by card or cash
Smaller jobs start at £100 + VAT for a 1/8 load — these four are the sizes we are asked for most.
| Load size | Ideal for | From price |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 Load | Small items, single rooms | £160 + VAT |
| 1/2 Load | Bigger clearances | £290 + VAT |
| 3/4 Load | Large clearances | £390 + VAT |
| Full Load | Full house & large jobs | £550 + VAT |
Heavy waste like soil and rubble is charged by weight at £149 per tonne (25 rubble sacks = 1 tonne). Heavy mixed waste loads incur a £250 supplement, and extra crew time is £50 + VAT per half hour. Full load-by-load list on the prices page.
from £550 + VAT
What we take
School & Nursery Clearance: what's in, what's out
If it's not on the no-list, our school & nursery clearance crews will almost certainly take it. Not sure? Send a photo.
We take
- Classroom desks & chairs
- Teacher desks & storage
- Library shelving & books
- Trays, tote units & lockers
- Old IT, monitors & projectors
- Interactive whiteboards
- Nursery furniture & soft play
- Gym mats & PE equipment
- Canteen tables & seating
- Stored materials & display boards
We cannot take
- Clinical or first-aid sharps
- Science lab chemicals
- Asbestos in any form
- Gas cylinders
- Fuel & solvents in bulk
Anything on the “cannot take” list needs a licensed specialist — ask us and we will point you the right way.
Who this is for
School & Nursery Clearance for every situation
For commercial clients
What you need on file before we quote your school & nursery clearance
Everything a main contractor, facilities manager or surveyor asks for, answered before you have to ask.
RAMS before we start
Risk assessments and method statements issued for every commercial job, written for the actual site rather than a template. Send us your pre-construction information and we will work to it.
Insurance you can verify
Public liability and employer's liability cover in place, with certificates supplied on request before works begin. If your framework needs a specific limit, ask us and we will confirm in writing.
CDM-aware on site
On notifiable projects we work under the principal contractor's arrangements — site induction, permits to work, and our operatives sequenced into your programme rather than turning up unannounced.
Out of hours as standard
Evenings, nights and weekends at no premium on planned work, so a live building keeps trading and a site keeps moving. Phased floor-by-floor handover where you need it.
Diversion figures you can report
Waste segregated by stream and a diversion-from-landfill figure supplied per project, which is what BREEAM assessors and ESG reporting ask for. Over 80% diverted across our work.
The paperwork, every load
A duty-of-care waste transfer note for every single uplift under SEPA registration WCR/R/3002381, filed and reissued on request. Consignment support where a licensed specialist handles the hazardous side.
Before any refurbishment or demolition work, a refurbishment and demolition asbestos survey is the duty holder's legal responsibility under the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012. We do not disturb asbestos — where a survey identifies it, a licensed contractor removes it before we begin.
Family run, for real
The family-run team you deal with
Since 2010 we've built Dumpit into the team Scotland trusts for school & nursery clearance — family-run, SEPA registered, and staffed by our own vetted crews rather than agency labour.
- Own uniformed, vetted crews
- SEPA registered and fully insured
- Straight prices, confirmed before we start
Why choose us
The school & nursery clearance team Scotland comes back to
Covered & compliant
Comprehensive cover on every job, evidence supplied.
Booked around you
Evenings and weekends too — we work when it suits you.
Recycled first
Over 80% of every school & nursery clearance load is diverted from landfill.
Rated 4.9/5
Hundreds of five-star reviews across Scotland.
Google reviews
Our school & nursery clearance, rated 4.9 out of 5
“Quick professional job done. Would recommend this company highly.”
“Great service, came out the same day and had my garage emptied in no time. Really friendly staff as well.”
“From start to finish they were quick to respond to messages, booked an appointment, turned up and did a professional job. I would recommend them to anyone.”
About this service
What we can and cannot take out of a school
Furniture, IT, library stock, soft play, PE equipment and the contents of thirty years of cupboards — all of that is straightforward, and it is what fills most of the lorries we send to schools in the summer. Old IT and interactive whiteboards are handled under WEEE (anything with a plug or a battery) regulations and documented, which matters because a school's asset register and its disposal records have to agree.
What we do not take is anything clinical or chemical. Science prep-room reagents, first-aid sharps and anything asbestos-related need specialist contractors with the right licences and consignment notes. We will say so before we quote rather than leave a science department with half a job, and we will clear everything else in the same visit.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
No. Science prep-room chemicals, sharps and anything asbestos-related need specialist licensed contractors. We take the furniture, IT and general waste and will tell you up front what needs somebody else.
We can, out of hours, but almost all school clearances are better planned into the October week, Christmas, Easter or summer break — and we book those up early.
Serviceable furniture, library stock and equipment are offered for re-use or donated wherever there is a taker. Only what nobody can use is broken down for recycling.
Yes — computers, monitors, projectors and interactive whiteboards are recycled under WEEE regulations with paperwork for your asset disposal records.
From £100 + VAT, priced by volume. Send a room list and we will quote one fixed price for the whole holiday run.
School & Nursery Clearance, town by town
We cover towns and cities right across Scotland, with dedicated local pages for the ones we work in most. Find yours for local prices, areas and reviews. We cover the length and breadth of Scotland — just send a photo and ask, we travel.
Book a holiday clearance
Attach a couple of photos and we will reply with a fixed, no-obligation price. Prefer to chat?