Education for offenders at a women’s jail has been rated “outstanding.”
Inspectors from Ofsted gave New Hall prison near Flockton top marks, one of only three UK jails to have earned the highest grade.
The inspection was carried out by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, in partnership with Ofsted, the Care Quality Commission and HM Inspectorate of Probations.
Novus, part of the Manchester College Group, delivers high quality education, training and employability services to 100 prisons including New Hall.
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Peter Cox, managing director at Novus, said: “We are delighted that Ofsted has once again graded our education provision as ‘outstanding’.
“This report reinforces our status as the top performing provider of education, training and employability services to prisoners and offenders in the country.
“The latest inspections by HMIP and Ofsted of our provision in prisons graded 80% ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, the complete reverse of the national figure of just 33% identified in the 2014/15 HMIP Annual Report.”
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Michael Spurr, chief executive of the National Offender Management Service, said: “I am pleased that this report recognises the excellent work being undertaken by staff at New Hall.
“They are providing good quality care to a very needy population, supporting them to develop the skills they need to turn their lives around on release.”
