Four children stand in a school library aisle, smiling and reading books in front of shelves filled with colorful books.

Auditing your school library 

Westminster Schools Library ServiceAdvice, London

Auditing your school library can be a very daunting prospect, especially if you’ve never worked in a library before or alongside other library colleagues.

Four tables with various themed objects: ancient artifacts and minerals, Islamic art and weapons, travel items with drinks and hats, and a mix of historical and cultural memorabilia including flags and books.

‘Our Global History’ project

Tower HamletsLondon, On Your Doorstep

Our Global History is a series of classroom resources – Artefacts, books and more – researched and produced by the Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services with generous funding from the Aldgate & Allhallows Foundation. The project wrapped this year, with us creating a bespoke series of artefacts boxes, guide-books and online resources that otherwise wouldn’t be available to schools. The resources have been designed to support the Towards an Anti-Racist Curriculum training for Tower Hamlets Schools which has engaged schools in examining how they teach the National Curriculum to reflect the backgrounds and experiences of children in the borough. Our …

The Island at the Edge of Night wins the Harrow Junior Book Award 2025

Harrow School Library ServiceLondon, On Your Doorstep

The winners of the Harrow Junior Book Award 2025 were announced on Tuesday June 10th at a special award ceremony at Longfield primary school in Harrow.  Children from 11 Harrow primary schools have voted The Island at the Edge of Night by Lucy Strange as their favourite book for 2025, with Alex vs Axel:  The Impossible Quests by Sam Copeland and The Clockwork Conspiracy by Sam Sedgman following in second and third places.