Added to the wide variety of books available to borrow from the library (across junior, teenage and senior fiction, comic and graphic novels, factual, reference and shelf help texts) pupils and staff can access digital library resources (via public library sign-up) comprising audio and eBook reading apps (Libby and BorrowBox) and newspaper and magazine titles from across the globe (PressReader). Each app is distinctly user-friendly and can be individually formatted for user needs (e.g. dyslexia typeface and language choice).

The Reference Collection contains up-to-date dictionaries, atlases and encyclopaedias to support the pupils’ learning.  These are the only books in the library that cannot be borrowed.

The Non-Fiction Collection consists of fact-based books which are arranged on the shelves in subject order.  Each subject has been allocated a Dewey Decimal number and then arranged on the shelves according to the Dewey number.

Throughout the year, the library holds reading promotions and initiatives to encourage reading for pleasure and improve information gathering skills.   

To encourage reading in S2 the library and the English Department has worked collaboratively to produce the S2 Reading Targets initiative.  This involves fun activities such speed dating a book and designing a reading poster to encouraging pupils to read.