Through effective use of our service, schools can:

• Support pupil learning across the curriculum
• Help to achieve high standards especially in the area of literacy
• Help to cultivate a lifelong reading habit and a positive disposition to learning in pupils

We offer schools:

• Resources to support the whole school curriculum and meet the learning needs of the pupils - including books, storysacks, artefacts and whiteboard resources
• Fiction books to encourage reading for pleasure
• Reading group collections
• First and Next Steps - a tailored package to teach information skills to children in Key Stages 1 and 2
• Impartial professional advice
• Post Ofsted action planning
• Practical assistance
• CPD and training
• A forum to meet others with responsibility for the school library and discuss current issues and good practice
• Reader development activities such as author talks and workshops, Carnegie/Greenaway Shadowing and the Warwickshire Secondary School Book Award.

Why use the Schools Library Service?

• We help raise standards
• We offer incredible value for money
• Our stock provision offers total flexibility and responsiveness to your changing requirements
• We save you valuable time
• We actively encourage reader development
• We offer expertise, support and training

Raising Standards

More and more evidence is being gathered to prove that a well-resourced and well-utilised school library is instrumental in raising standards. This is why the Department for Education encourages schools to develop their libraries. Provision of an excellent range of resources to support the curriculum and to encourage wider reading is recognised as an essential element of a successful school.

Warwickshire Book Awards

To find out more information about the Warwickshire Book Awards follow this link:

Book Awards Warwickshire