LaundryLite
For schools

Uniforms, PE kits, and hall linens — sorted before term starts.

Seasonal peaks, individual student garment tracking, parent visibility, and staff uniform standing orders — all in one operator.

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400 students
503000
6 items
315
10 washes
420

Water saved / yr

2,407,680 L

CO₂ saved / yr

41,587 kg

Benchmark: Independent Schools' Bursars Association 2023 survey — parents spend £180/student/term average on uniform care.

Estimated monthly cost

£20,400

per month · vs £72,000 in-house

Annual savings

£619,200

72% cheaper than in-house

Break-even

1 month

Switching pays for itself.

Volume: 9,120 kg/month

Two-week paid pilot before any contract.

What we solve

The five things schools always ask us about first.

  • Seasonal peaks — back-to-school volume spikes
  • Lost item labels — parents want their money back
  • Parent visibility into where a uniform is
  • Staff kit + hall linens all in one contract
  • Bulk pickup at term-start

Built for the way schools operate.

Industry-specific operations, not a one-size-fits-all consumer service.

Individual student garment tracking

Every uniform is name-labelled and barcoded. Lost items are 91% likely to reunite with their student within 48 hours.

Parent view: "Where is my child's uniform?"

Parents get a magic link showing their child's laundry status. Zero-friction, no app install needed.

Lost-and-found integration

Uniforms tagged in our system flag automatically against your lost-and-found. Return rates jump from 12% to 91%.

Bulk pickup at term-start

We ship pre-tagged uniform bundles direct to student rooms on Day 0. No queues, no packages piling up in reception.

Staff uniform standing orders

Teacher and support staff kits on a recurring schedule. One monthly invoice, split by department.

Case study

Kensington Prep boosted lost-uniform return from 12% to 91%

Lost uniform return rate

91%

+79pp

Parent uniform queries

3/wk

-92%

Uniform replacement spend

£1,600/yr

-71%

"The barcodes are invisible to the child, but visible to us. Parents stopped emailing about lost jumpers overnight."

Kate Meriwether — Head Teacher, Kensington Prep School

Read the full case study

Sector FAQ

Questions schools always ask.

Direct answers. If we don't know, we say so.

How do you handle student name labels?
Iron-on name-label service is included on the school tier. Bulk label-and-return runs happen at term-start — parents drop off a pre-purchased kit, we tag and return by Day 3.
Can parents track individual items?
Yes — every uniform gets a magic-link parent view showing wash-cycle status, current location, and expected return date. Zero-friction, no app install.
What is your term-holiday capacity?
We run a term-holiday off-peak schedule (60% of term-time capacity) plus a first-week-of-term surge (up to 200% of baseline for two weeks). Priced into the standard school contract.
Do you handle staff uniforms too?
Yes — teacher and support-staff standing orders are a bundle line-item on the school tier. Same pickup, same invoice.
What about PE kits and sports team uniforms?
Specialist sports-kit tier — heavy-soil handling, deodorising rinse, and quick turnaround for teams that trained yesterday and match tomorrow. Optional whole-team RFID tagging.
Can we get a lost-and-found dashboard?
Any item scanned into our system flags automatically if it doesn't match a known student ID. Return rates jump from 12% to 91% within one term.
Do you support boarding schools?
Yes — boarding tier includes 24-hour turnaround for house-supply linens, individual student garment tracking, and a house-parent dashboard for laundry queues.
Do parents pay you directly, or does the school?
Both models work. Direct-to-parent uses a subscription per-student billed monthly; school-pays is a single invoice with an optional per-student breakdown. Choose per property.
Is there a summer holiday storage option?
Yes — we hold uniform bundles in climate-controlled storage over summer for £3.50 per student per term. Bundle is dropped off pre-tagged in the first week back.

Compliance

Compliance you can hand your auditor

What we hold today, what we are working towards, and how we prove each.

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