Support for schools

School library service comprehensive subscription package

Advisory Service

Working with your librarian and school staff we will:

  • Evaluate your school library stock
  • Help you develop a library and whole-school reading plan
  • Provide opportunities for staff and pupil training
  • Provide talks to parents and governors
  • Provide computer management system advice

Refresh your library stock

We will:

  • Help you to choose a new deposit collection equivalent to 2 books per pupil
  • Work with you to provide a managed book exchange service in subsequent years
  • Enable you to refresh your stock from our library centre or mobile library
  • Choose new books through Reading Roundabout

Topic Boxes

Tailored to your needs, our topic boxes:

  • Support teaching in the classroom saving your teaching staff time
  • Contain up to 20 books per box covering current curriculum themes
  • Are delivered to school free of charge

Makeover your library and classroom book corners

Our library advisors can:

  • Advise you on how to refresh your library with a makeover
  • Support you with your new library design
  • Offer guidance and ideas for creating inspiring reading corners

Skill up your pupils to become School Librarians

  • Offering advice and training to develop information literacy skills
  • Why not bring your student librarians with you to select your exchange titles?

Assemblies

  • Promote the latest 'hot reads'
  • Inspire reading beyond school

Accelerated Reading Books

  • Available to purchase, or add to your library stock through exchanges
  • Books referencing AR quiz, point value, and reading level

Book Banding

  • A large collection of colour banded books from pink to dark red are available
  • Schools may purchase, add to stock through exchanges or borrow in topic collections

Termly Network and Support Meetings

  • Keep up with the latest news and developments in the school library world
  • Share good practice with colleagues from other schools

Online Support and Telephone Helpline

'Book for Life' scheme

  • We can help you purchase 'shelf ready' books with a generous price discount
  • Subscribing schools can include these purchased books as part of their library exchange and swap old books for brand new ones