Library

Discover our Library - your space to Read, Relax and Recharge.

Step into a bright, vibrant, and welcoming environment designed for every reader. Our library is more than just shelves of books, it’s a place to chill out in peaceful corners, explore diverse and up-to-date titles, and enjoy beautiful book displays that spark curiosity.

We promote a rich mix of timeless classics alongside trending reads, ensuring there’s something for everyone. Carefully selected recommended titles and award-winning books are always available to inspire and challenge young minds. Students can also take part in our Book Review Scheme and Wellbeing Club, creating opportunities to share opinions, connect with others, and nurture a positive reading culture.

At the heart of our library is a commitment to fostering a lifelong love of reading. Whether you’re searching for something that sparks creativity, offers inspiration, or presents a new challenge, you’ll find it here. Join us in building a community where reading is celebrated and stories truly come alive.

For all the latest information, follow our Library on Instagram @librarytca.

Click here to access our Reading Cloud and here for a 'How to' guide.

The Library is an incredibly popular and well-used space which provides a vibrant and welcoming learning environment for students and staff with reading for pleasure at its core. It is open at break and lunchtime every day.

Reading

For a broad overview of all the work we do to support reading at our school, please scroll down this page.

Opening Times

Monday	8.40am-3.10pm
Tuesday	8.20am-3.10pm
Wednesday	8.20am-3.10pm
Thursday	8.20am-3.10pm
Friday	8.40am-3.10pm

Resources and Facilities

Students and staff are automatically members of the library. Books can be borrowed for two weeks and can be renewed at any time at the information desk.

Resources include a wide range of the latest fiction and non-fiction books, computers, laptops and reference materials.

Study space is available for individual and group work, along with computer access to enable students to carry out research or complete their homework. Comfy chairs are also available for quiet reading.

Colourful, stimulating and continuously changing displays advertise library resources, clubs, events and information.

Curriculum Plus

Monday Lunchtime - The Redhill Academy Trust Book Awards (invitation only).
Thursday Lunchtime - Year 7 and 8 Book Club; run by Year 10 library leaders.
Friday Lunchtime - Feel Good Friday; wellbeing and mindfulness for KS3 run by Year 9 library leaders.

The Redhill Academy Trust Book Award

The Redhill Academy Trust Book Award is voted for by students from all Redhill Academy Trust academies. It started in 2019 as an award mainly for children in Years 7 and 8. We are now working with students from KS1 through to KS4 with thousands of votes being cast each year.

2025-2026

2024-2025

2023-2024

2022-2023

2021-2022

2020-2021

2019-2020

The Redhill Academy Trust Recommended Reads

Bookbuzz

Bookbuzz is a reading programme run by BookTrust and supported by children's book publishers. We take part in this every year with our Year 7 students in September as part of their induction to the Library. The aim of Bookbuzz is to inspire a love of reading in our students through engagement with varied and high-quality books; they are able to choose a book which they can then keep.

Links

Here are some links to some fabulous book related websites: