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Recommendation 3
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Accepted
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The job description and key performance measures used when assessing Governors must be amended to...
Recommendation
The job description and key performance measures used when assessing Governors must be amended to require Governors to ensure that providing adequate prison education and a culture of learning is part of their core responsibilities, and something on which they must be held to account for as part of their performance. Prison officers should also receive training to ensure that they understand the importance of education in supporting prisoners to find employment and reducing reoffending, so they develop a positive attitude towards the role that education has to play in prisons.
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The government accepts this recommendation and is in the process of recruiting for the new senior role of Head of Education, Skills and Work who will have responsibility for overseeing prison and provider delivery of education, skills, and work.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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and Probation Service) We accept this recommendation and are already strengthening the performance measures for governors as set out in the Prisons Strategy White Paper. New Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for education have been agreed, including progress in English and maths, attendance at education and numbers of prisoners attaining vocational qualifications. To ensure governors are well equipped to deliver a high standard of education in prisons, we are reviewing current job descriptions, training, and assessment requirements to ensure they appropriately reflect this area of work. More detailed performance data (covering attendance, levels of prisoner attainment and quality of teaching) is also used to hold providers and establishments to account. Data is shared with HMP (Her Majesty’s Prisons) Data Working Group to help identify establishments who are facing challenges and performance concerns are picked up by Prison Group Directors (PGDs) as part of regular performance conversations with governors.
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