Education in prisons

Inspecting learning and skills development for prisoners, and supporting improvement.

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Guidance and regulation

• Inspecting education, skills and work activities in prisons and young offender institutions (EIF)
  • Guidance
  • 26 February 2024
  • Ofsted
• Inspecting secure training centres: framework
  • Guidance
  • 21 October 2024
  • Ofsted, Care Quality Commission, and HM Inspectorate of Prisons

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News and communications

• Declining standards in young offender institutions
  • 2 October 2024
  • Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
  • Press release
• Slow progress on reading education in prisons
  • 30 June 2023
  • Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
  • Press release
• Strong signs of recovery across education, but challenges remain
  • 4 April 2022
  • Ofsted
  • Press release
• Failing to teach prisoners to read is 'huge missed opportunity'
  • 22 March 2022
  • Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
  • Press release
• Ofsted and HMI Prisons say it is time to give prison education ‘the attention it deserves’
  • 10 September 2021
  • Ofsted
  • Press release

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Research and statistics

• Prison Education and Accredited Programme Statistics 2023 to 2024
  • 20 November 2024
  • Ministry of Justice and HM Prison and Probation Service
  • Official statistics
• Thematic review of the quality of education in young offender institutions (YOIs)
  • 2 October 2024
  • Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
  • Research
• The quality of reading education in prisons: one year on
  • 30 June 2023
  • Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
  • Research
• Education recovery in prisons
  • 4 April 2022
  • Ofsted
  • Research
• Prison education: a review of reading education in prisons
  • 22 March 2022
  • Ofsted and HM Inspectorate of Prisons
  • Research

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Organisations

• Ministry of Justice
• Department for Education
• HM Prison & Probation Service
• HM Treasury
• Prime Minister's Office 10 Downing Street

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• Ofsted