The Poetry Society

Membership Packages

The Education department has helped bring poetry to life in schools for over thirty years.

School membership

£30 for Primary Schools (1 year) or £70 (3 years)
£50 for Secondary Schools (1 year) or £120 (3 years)
£50 for libraries and other institutions (1 year)

Benefits of our school membership include:

• Free access to our "Poets in Schools" consultancy service offering advice about working with poets in education, and access to our nationwide network of experienced poets (normally £25 per use).
• Free poetry anthologies suited to your pupils' ages.
• Both primary and secondary schools receive four copies of Poetry News, our quarterly membership newsletter which updates everyone on what is currently happening in the poetry world.
• Secondary schools also receive four copies of Poetry Review, Britain's leading poetry magazine.
• Primary Schools recieve Early Years Poetry Posters.
• A set of six Poems on the Underground posters, as displayed on the London Underground, sent three times a year.
• A 10% discount on Poetryclass, our unique INSET training with professional poets, which "takes the fear out of teaching poetry".

Libraries and Other Institutions will also receive a special Library Poetry Pack, complete with colour posters, advice and ideas, which was conceived in consultation with librarians, to promote poetry and develop its readership.

For details of the youth membership package, click here.

Subscription Only 

Poems on the Underground (£20) - full subscription
Each subscriber gets three sets of six posters per year. Each set features favourite poems drawn from throughout English literary history. The posters are excellent for displaying in the classroom, library, staff room or even at home!

Poems are selected and the programme administered by writer Judith Chernaik, and poets Gerard Benson and Cicely Herbert.

Choose the method of payment that suits you.

If you would like to enrol online (Visa, Mastercard or Switch), please enter the Poetry Shop and select 'Membership'.

Or click here for a downloadable order form. You can also order individual posters with this form.