Prison Education Statistics 2019 - 2020
Overview of education in prison, covering assessment, participation, achievement and offenders’ demographics in England.
Applies to England
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Prison Education Statistics 2019 - 20 is based on data collected through the new Curious database which covers prisoner initial assessments, participation and achievement in courses. These are analysed by course level and prisoner characteristics, including learning difficulty / disability.
Prisoner Education statistical tables for 2018 - 19 contain data based on the old Offender Learning Skills Service (OLASS) system. This is the final year data were collected through OLASS before switching to Curious.
Pre-release list
The Prison Education Statistics report is produced and handled by the Ministry of Justice’s (MOJ) analytical professionals and production staff.
Pre-release access of up to 24 hours is granted to the following persons at Ministry of Justice and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS):
Assistant Private Secretary x 2; Chief Press Officer; Deputy Director and Chief Statistician; Deputy Director, Reducing Reoffending - HMPPS; Deputy Private Secretary; Digital learning and data officer; Head of Custodial Contracts; Head of Digital Learning; Head of Education; Head of Education contracts; Head of Future Prison Policy; Head of People Performance; HMPPS Reducing Reoffending Strategic and Delivery Programme Lead; Operational Researcher x 2; Policy Advisor; Policy Lead; Press officer x 2; Prison Education Senior Contract Manager; Prison Performance analyst; Private Secretary; Senior Policy Advisor; Senior Press Officer x 2; Senior statisticial officer x 2; Service Users Equalities Performance Lead;