The Schools Library Service

  • Cost-effective book & learning resources subscriptions. Save your school money!
  • Membership of a specialist library of thousands of books, artefacts and costumes
  • Specialist consultancy that connects with the curriculum
  • Library services, from advice to supply

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What we do

  • The Global Dimension

    The Global Dimension

    Resources to support the teaching of global issues

  • Crossing The Line : Creative Writing Competition 2011

    Crossing The Line : Creative Writing Competition 2011

    Crossing the line was the first of the Creative Writing Competitions to be run by the Schools Library Services. The winners were chosen by author Pete Johnson. Download Crossing the Line (.epub) Read Crossing the Line (.pdf) [associated_posts]

  • Tower Hamlets Book Award 2011

    Tower Hamlets Book Award 2011

    The Schools Library Service is delighted to announce that Street Heroes, by Joe Layburn won the 2011 Tower Hamlets Book Award. A thought-provoking book of great relevance to children in Tower Hamlets, it looks again at the story behind the battle of Cable Street in 1936. At the Finale on 25th November, 120 children gathered…

  • IT Support for your School Library

    IT Support for your School Library

    Keep your library computer system up-to-date!

  • Teen Booklist : THe List 2011

    Teen Booklist : THe List 2011

    The best fiction for secondary schools, 2010 to 2011

  • Book Buying and Cataloguing

    Book Buying and Cataloguing

    Great new books for your school library. Part of our advisory service

  • Professional Librarians in Primary Schools

    Professional Librarians in Primary Schools

    The skills of a professional librarian will ensure consistent quality management of your school library

  • Why your library matters

    Why your library matters

    School Libraries : A Plan for Improvement Report of The School Library Commission, Chaired by Estelle Morris Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services features prominently in this report as an example of best practice and excellent services.  In particular our “professional librarians in primary schools” service is commended as a way for primary schools to maximise…

  • Supporting Your School : What we can do

    Supporting Your School : What we can do

    Your starting point for creating an excellent school library