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<p>In the majority of adult prisons in England education is delivered by Skills Funding
Agency (SFA) Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS) providers. Individuals wishing
to be employed by OLASS providers to teach in prisons should meet the same standards
as those preparing to teach SFA funded provision in the learning and skills sector
in England.</p><p>In addition, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
grant funds the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) to deliver a specific programme
of work to support teaching and learning in prisons, this includes activity to support
the professional development of OLASS teachers. In 2016-17 we made available £0.6m
to the ETF.</p><p>Training such as in health and safety is the responsibility of the
Prison Governor and is arranged locally for OLASS staff by individual prisons.</p><p>There
are also a number of privately managed prisons where the operator is responsible for
providing education under their contract with the National Offender Management Service.
The Directors of those prisons ensure that, beyond their teaching qualifications,
teachers will attend a training course varying between three days and one week, depending
on which prison they work at. This training is aimed at preparing them to work in
the prison environment. A number of these prisons operate a further period where the
new starter will observe and shadow existing staff, usually lasting two weeks.</p>
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