education

Effective practice guide: Youth Education, Training and Employment

[HMI Probation (2022)]

Based on a thematic review of ETE in youth justice settings. Part of HMI Probation’s Effective Practice series.

Prison education: a review of reading education in prisons

[HMI Prisons (2022)]

This research was conducted as part of Ofsted and HMI Prisons’ commitment to carry out a year-long review of prison education. Six prisons were visited and the findings are based on interviews with senior prison leaders, education leaders, teachers, librarians, prison officers and prisoners.

Keywords: education, reading

A joint inspection of education, training and employment services in youth offending teams in England and Wales

[HMI Probation (2022)]

Thematic review by HMI Probation and Ofsted looking into education, training and employment services in youth justice settings.

Resilience Intervention Programme

[Gwynedd YJS (2022)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: a 21-session child-centred programme, developed by Bangor University, to help build young people’s resilience, aimed at reducing their risk of reoffending. [More about the Kathy Biggar Trophy].

Keywords: young people, education, resilience

Hull TV

[Hull (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: an in-house TV station, run by prisoners, providing information, education and entertainment to prisoners, and broadcast to every cell in the prison. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].

Keywords: training, education, communications

Equine Prison Programme

[Thameside (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a 10-week equine prison programme, leading to a level 2 qualification, aimed at especially challenging and hard to reach young adults, with the aim of improving their engagement as well as their behaviour. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].

Keywords: education, complex needs

Lego League

[Wetherby (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a way to engage young people in education, build their confidence, and teach them problem solving and programming skills, by competing in teams to design, build and programme robots and solve challenges. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].

Keywords: young people, education

Restart Dogs

[Dovegate (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy runner-up: a project offering vocational qualifications to prisoners in dog training and behaviour, which provides wide-ranging benefits across the establishment and beyond. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].

Café & The Grange

[Askham Grange (2022)]

Ruth Mann Trophy submission: a prison café and (outside) coffee shop / garden centre, both staffed by prisoners, offering training, employment and educational opportunities to those who work there. [More about the Ruth Mann Trophy ].

Keywords: training, education, employment