Value for Money

The Education Library Service (ELS) offers a very flexible loan service, tailored to your needs. 

• The ELS currently serves over 3oo schools, the majority of whom are situated in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
  
• Teachers and school librarians can choose from our stock of over 300,000 items.
  
• Teachers can borrow up to date classroom resources, and swap them as often as required.
  
• School librarians can borrow resources for their library and refresh their collections as often as necessary.
  

• Over 213,000 items were issued to customers during 2019-20 financial year, and over 15,000 new items were added to ELS stock during 2019-20. These support the National Curriculum, and reading for pleasure.

You can download our latest price list below:

As an ELS customer you buy an allowance of books for the financial year, which can be swapped as often as necessary. Many teachers prefer to swap their books every half term to support the new classroom topics.

Books owned by schools will deteriorate and become out of date over time. Books borrowed from the ELS will constantly be refreshed and replaced as often as you like with new and up to date resources.

As an ELS customer, in addition to project collections, you also have access to:

• Professional advice on resources and reading
  
• Our showroom to select your own books
  
• Tours of our showroom resources and a services presentation for your staff as part of team meetings or inset
  
• Van delivery service
  
• Requests for specific titles    
  
• Discount book purchase scheme with Peters.

 “I am totally convinced of the positive impact the service has in schools!” 

Aaron Bird, Assistant Headteacher – Ambleside Primary School

"Education, library and service are three words that flow into Education Library Service.  Three truer words have rarely been written as children who read their books are enthusiastically educated, have books delivered from an outstanding library and with such good service.  Thank you"

Christine Gear, Deputy Head Teacher – Northfield Primary School

“ELS provides an invaluable service offering excellent value for money.   I would not want to be without the School Librarian’s support package which gives access to a huge range of professional support and expertise. ELS offers tremendous support for the promotion of reading for pleasure in our school especially through The Brilliant Book Award, the highlight of the year for our KS3 Book club members. The loan collection and exchanges enable me to make the most of a limited budget, ensuring that the LRC stock is kept up to date and responsive to curriculum needs.”

Lisa Goodwin-King, Learning Resource Centre Manager - Rushcliffe School