Primary School Library Policy

Primary School Library Project
Policy Development, Planning and Performance Monitoring

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The effective primary school library is supported by effective and relevant policies and plans, which are closely related to the school policies and development plans.

The library should also reflect local and national priorities and should take account of recent and impending initiatives.

In order to help primary schools to respond to these changing priorities, the ERS has developed web-based templates and contextual information to assist schools in:

and self-evaluation through quality indicators.

Name of School:

Context of the Primary School Library

In a national context, the educational initiatives relevant to the development of the library are:

New Library: People's Network
Libraries Supporting Learners
Early Intervention
5-14 Curriculum Guidelines

At local authority level, the following plans and initiatives are important to the library:

Educational Services Improvement Plan 2006 - 2009
North Ayrshire Council ICT Strategy
Education Resource Service Development Plan

The following Education Resource Service initiatives impact on the development of the library:

Education Resource Service Development Plan
ERS Primary School Project
ERS Website and Web resources
ERS Information Literacy support

The ethos and aims of the school relate in the following ways to the library:

The library will contribute to the following school development plan priorities:

The library has the following role in these initiatives within the school community and social environment:

Supported Study(nationally) or ERS Supported Study project

Early Intervention

Literacy Initiatives

Liaison with Secondary School

Liaison with the public library

Partnership with Parents

A primary school library policy template is available here.

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