Advice and Support

LSE provides a banding service for school books that have not been banded by publishers, including:

KS1 reading schemes, guided reading, general fiction
KS2 fiction, group readers, guided reading

Book banding brings all schemes together under one colour and therefore limits confusion for staff, parents and children.

What is book banding?

Book banding is used in schools to level books although the scheme was not devised by official educational sources. Many children’s book publishers e.g. OUP (Oxford Reading Tree) now send reading schemes and guided reading books ready banded; each band is given a colour. The advantage of ready banded books is that it takes the ‘guess work’ away from sorting your new books and makes choosing books easier for staff and pupils.

LSE provides a banding service for school books that have not been banded by publishers, including:

KS1 reading schemes, guided reading, general fiction
KS2 fiction, group readers, guided reading

Book banding brings all schemes together under one colour and therefore limits confusion for staff, parents and children.

What is book banding?

Book banding is used in schools to level books although the scheme was not devised by official educational sources. Many children’s book publishers e.g. OUP (Oxford Reading Tree) now send reading schemes and guided reading books ready banded; each band is given a colour. The advantage of ready banded books is that it takes the ‘guess work’ away from sorting your new books and makes choosing books easier for staff and pupils.

Need help with your library? LSE offers a professional library development and support service. We will work with you to create a library that is attractive and easy to use. Our services include:

Editing stock
Auditing fiction and non-fiction
Identifying stock gaps
Creating stock check lists

Need help with your library? LSE offers a professional library development and support service. We will work with you to create a library that is attractive and easy to use. Our services include:

Editing stock
Auditing fiction and non-fiction
Identifying stock gaps
Creating stock check lists

Library Services for Education can provide a range of stationery for your school library.

To place a stationery order please complete a copy of our School Stationery Form 2024.Doc and email this to us: lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Library Services for Education can provide a range of stationery for your school library.

To place a stationery order please complete a copy of our School Stationery Form 2024.Doc and email this to us: lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Receive a 1 day, onsite advice visit from a professionally qualified and experienced librarian, who will advise and help with any aspect of running and managing a school library from set up to promotion. Suitable for any members of staff or volunteers with responsibility for the school library. Can be run as a 1:1 or with a small group.

For more information please contact our Schools and Education Librarian via lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Receive a 1 day, onsite advice visit from a professionally qualified and experienced librarian, who will advise and help with any aspect of running and managing a school library from set up to promotion. Suitable for any members of staff or volunteers with responsibility for the school library. Can be run as a 1:1 or with a small group.

For more information please contact our Schools and Education Librarian via lse@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Receive a no obligation advice visit of up to 1 hour from a professionally qualified, experienced librarian and then receive a full follow up report with recommendations and a quote.