Offenders' Learning and Skills Service ( OLASS )
Milton Keynes College is one of the largest providers of Offender Learning in England. The College is contracted to work across twenty-eight prisons in the East & West Midlands and the South Central region, 30% of all delivery nationally.
Learning and skills is provided across A – D category, High Security, Young Offenders, the female estate and open prisons in both public sector and private sector prisons.
The College is committed to working in partnership with the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) to ensure a clear synergy between all elements of the regime to maximise outcomes and value for money.
Our curriculum offers:
We are working closely with key partners to enhance the curriculum offer. These partners include the National Careers Service, DWP (Department for Work and Pensions), third sector, and specialist organisations.
Programmes are being developed in partnership with a range of employers in order to offer a responsive and relevant curriculum, which includes work experience and work opportunities.
We are committed to delivering a high-quality service for learners and robust Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement processes are in place across all of our prisons.
The College has delivered Offender Learning for more than twenty years starting with delivery at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes and culminating with the successful award of three Units of Procurement in 2012, consisting of delivery at twenty-eight prisons.
East Midlands
HMP Gartree
HMYOI Glen Parva
HMP Leicester
HMP Nottingham
HMP Ranby
HMP Stocken
HMP Sudbury
HMP Whatton
South Central
HMYOI Aylesbury
HMP Bullingdon
HMP Coldingley
HMP Grendon & Springhill
HMP Huntercombe
Isle of Wight Cluster HMP Albany & HMP Parkhurst
HMP Winchester
HMP Woodhill
West Midlands
HMP Birmingham (G4S)
HMYOI Brinsford
HMP Drake Hall
HMP Featherstone
HMP Foston Hall
HMP Hewell
HMP Long Lartin
HMP Oakwood (G4S)
HMP Stafford
HMYOI Swinfen Hall
