London Greenwich Educational Security

Imperial Security provides educational security guards for primary schools, secondary schools, colleges and higher education sites across Greenwich, covering gate duty, site patrols and visitor management for premises managers, bursars and estates teams.

Our SIA-licensed guards work the school day, after-school clubs, exam periods and campus buildings that stay open into the evening, so pupils, students and staff are looked after from the first arrival to the last person leaving site.

Greenwich's education sector spans small church and community primary schools tucked into residential streets, larger secondary academies, and the University of Greenwich's Old Royal Naval College campus, which runs security through several separate access points, including East Gate, Devonport House, the Dreadnought Building, Stockwell Street and the Cutty Sark site. That spread of buildings, each with its own entrance and footfall, means a single gate policy rarely works across an institution, and it is the reason our cover is built around the specific layout of each site rather than a standard patrol pattern.

Primary schools in the borough include community, foundation, free and voluntary-aided faith schools, and each type tends to have different visitor routines, from parent drop-off at the gate to church hall lettings out of hours. Further up the age range, the university's heritage buildings sit within a working, publicly accessible historic site, which brings a steady flow of tourists and event visitors alongside students and staff. Our guards are briefed on the specific site before their first shift, so they know which entrances are for pupils and staff, which are for visitors, and where the pinch points are during the school run or a change of lecture.

7 Day Rolling Contract

No hidden fees, hassle free, Flexible. Not locked into a long-term contract. Easy to scale up or down

Sector Specific Experience

Each security guard is selected based on experience relevant to that specific sector

Street Wise & Vigilant

Local, street-smart expertly trained to protect & deter threats. Confident & observant

Greenwich mixes tight residential primary schools, larger secondary sites and a university campus spread across a historic, publicly accessible estate. Each brings its own version of the same underlying issue: keeping people who belong on site moving freely while keeping everyone else out or properly managed.

Multiple entrances across one institution

A campus built around several buildings, such as separate faculty blocks or a residence hall some distance from the main gate, makes a single reception desk ineffective. We station guards at each active entrance and keep them briefed on the same visitor and access rules, so cover is consistent wherever someone tries to get in.

Public footfall around education sites

Where a school or university sits close to a park, market or tourist attraction, members of the public regularly pass close to entrances or mistake a site for a through-route. Our guards politely redirect passers-by and keep pedestrian flow away from pupil and student areas without creating unnecessary friction.

Congestion at the school gate

Narrow residential streets around many Greenwich primary schools cannot easily absorb a rush of parents, buggies and cars twice a day. A guard managing the gate keeps the pavement clear, controls the pace of entry and reduces the risk of a child slipping out unnoticed in the crush.

Unsupervised access outside school hours

Playgrounds, sports halls and grounds left unattended in the evening or during holidays are an easy target for trespass or vandalism. Scheduled patrols and a locking-up routine handled by our guards close that gap without requiring site staff to stay late.