Source · Select Committees · Education Committee
Recommendation 18
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Paragraph: 77
It is key that civil society is allowed to engage with prisons.
Conclusion
It is key that civil society is allowed to engage with prisons. To ensure that prisons fulfil this aim, a criteria must be added to the evaluation framework of Ofsted inspections to ensure that they examine how prisons engage with civil society.
Paragraph Reference:
77
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
We accept this recommendation in principle. We accept the need for meaningful KPIs to be in place to measure education and training and HMPPS have recently introduced new KPIs for prison education provision including for progress in English and maths, for attendance at education activities, and for the number of prisoners attaining vocational qualifications. Ofsted will have access to this data as well as a full range of additional detailed information on assessment, participation, and achievement rates that are already used as part of the evidence base to inform its inspections and judgements.