Prison
Education
About us
Our delivery focuses on transformational learning and raising aspirations – changing learners’ perceptions of education and ensuring that education packages meets the needs of offenders when they complete their sentence. With nearly one third of prisoners self-identifying as having a learning difficulty and/or disability we are leading the way in tailoring our programmes and teaching to suit the need of SEND learners to ensure the best possible outcome from their studies.
The College is committed to helping a new generation of offenders to gain skills which will help them to find employment upon release. To achieve this, we deliver nationally recognised qualifications – including diplomas and NVQs – in all our prisons and provide the highest standard of quality in all our teaching.
We take pride in ensuring our standards and expectations are high and our focus is on maximising the success and progress of our learners.
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Welcome
Prison education is a major catalyst for change in custody. At Weston College we have taken all of the experiences from delivering the previous OLASS 4 contract and have enhanced them to create the mission, values and objectives that underpin all the work we now do under the Prison Education Framework in the sector.
Our work in this field both from the perspective of supporting learners to achieve and to ensure inclusive learning environments has been recognised nationally. The accolades include the first Beacon award for Prison Education in the UK plus the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education, specialising in the inclusive learning agenda. Enabling our learners to gain the qualifications they need to progress after serving their sentence is paramount to what we do. The quality and type of qualification is also key to success.
Our recognition as ‘Employer of the Year’ by Lloyds Bank reinforces the way in which we are developing courses that lead to employment opportunities.
We were also rated TES ‘College of the Year’ and TES ‘Training Provider of the Year’. These accolades combined with the Investors in People Platinum Award and Champion Status ensure not only that we are the best but that we place engagement, learning and outcomes at the heart of all we do.
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