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Resources for ESOL tutors or those supporting ESOL learners on other programmes.   ⬇

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Men's Health in Prison - Nexus Resources

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Men's Health in Prison - Nexus Resources

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Useful links, toolkits and resources for delivering maths in Prisons ⬇

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Guidance notes for tutors and instructors in using materials in OLASS Numeracy Toolkit, with labels for resource packs and booklet cover.

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Prison ESOL Screening Tool for Speaking and Listening

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Prison ESOL Screening Tool for Speaking and Listening

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Screening Tool

Record Form

Screening Tool Guidance

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Resources for individuals working in Prison Education 

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Resources for individuals working in Prison Education 

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Working life
Anxiety
Stress
Depression
Burnout
Finances
Personal Life
Self-care
Grief or bereavement

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Mental health & wellbeing resources for teachers & education staff

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Free articles, guides and video with advice and information to support the mental health & wellbeing of teachers & education staff

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Resources to support offender learning March 2016 (1)

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Provides funds for prisoners to buy dictionaries

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Our Mission
To increase the number of prisoners making a positive contribution to society by providing selected long-sentenced prisoners with financial awards and special morale-boosting events and all prisoners with access to a high-quality financial resources directory.

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Our Mission To increase the number of prisoners making a positive contribution to society by providing selected long-sentenced prisoners with financial awards and special morale-boosting events and all prisoners with access to a high-quality financial resources directory.

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Reading support (Especially Dyslexia)

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Over 25 years of fieldwork went into the development of the system and it is this research that makes the method so easy to use.

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Empowering people to build brighter futures after prison.

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Our mission is that more people leaving prison are empowered to transform their own lives, realise their potential, and escape the justice system for good.

We do that through intensive programmes for people inside prison, followed by 1:1 coaching and holistic support after release for as long as required.

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Our mission is that more people leaving prison are empowered to transform their own lives, realise their potential, and escape the justice system for good. We do that through intensive programmes for people inside prison, followed by 1:1 coaching and holistic support after release for as long as required.

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Not prison specific but great posters for your room displays.
For more posters and videos: https://www.nationalnumeracy.org.uk/numberconfidenceweek

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Resources for embedding Digital Literacies and Competencies in teaching

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Resources for embedding Digital Literacies and Competencies in teaching

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OTLA8 project on Simulations for EDS learning (Project 2a)

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OTLA8 project on Simulations for EDS learning (Project 2a)

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https://padlet.com/ltaylerson/OTLA8Project2a

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OTLA 8: Simulations for EDS learning (NOVUS 2022)

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A Padlet for curation of NOVUS project 2a

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OTLA8 project on Blended approaches to develop literacy (Project 2b)

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OTLA8 project on Blended approaches to develop literacy (Project 2b)

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https://padlet.com/ltaylerson/OTLA8Project2b

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OTLA 8 project on Embedding EDS in vocational courses (Project 2c)

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OTLA 8 project on Embedding EDS in vocational courses (Project 2c)

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https://padlet.com/ltaylerson/OTLA8Project2c

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Embedding EDS in vocational courses (NOVUS 2022)

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A Padlet for curation of NOVUS project 2c

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Maths & English Functional Skills Subject Content Statements from 2019   ⬇

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ETF Maths Pipeline Programme videos: Supporting maths teaching in the secure estate

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ETF Maths Pipeline Programme videos: Supporting maths teaching in the secure estate

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ETF Maths Pipeline Programme videos: Supporting maths teaching in the secure estate

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The clips here mainly focus on maths teaching in the secure estate. However, these short clips also show post-16 practitioners and learners in a range of settings engaged in active learning activities. The main aim is to support practitioners to reflect on and develop their practice; several of the clips could also be used to engage relatively reluctant learners.

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UCL Report: An Assessment of the English and Maths Skills Levels of Prisoners in England

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UCL Report: An Assessment of the English and Maths Skills Levels of Prisoners in England

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(2016)

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This publication provides key statistics relating to offenders who are in prison or under Probation Service supervision.

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This publication provides key statistics relating to offenders who are in prison or under Probation Service supervision.

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Includes nationality data

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Government Information  on education and training by participation and achievements, including offender learning.

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Government Information  on education and training by participation and achievements, including offender learning.

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Information on education and training by participation and achievements, including offender learning.

This statistical data set includes information on education and training participation and achievements broken down into a number of reports including sector subject areas, participation by gender, age, ethnicity, disability participation.

It also includes data on offender learning.

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Academic year 2018 to 2019

Academic year 2017 to 2018

Academic year 2017 to 2018 Offender Learning

Offender learning tables cover learners funded by the Offender Learning and Skills Service (OLASS). This covers a wide range of learning aims for adults (aged 18 and over) in custody in prisons in England, including awards and units, with a focus on addressing English and maths at the start of a sentence and vocational skills in the run-up to release.

Offender learners are included in our headline Further education and skills, and Education and training figures. Responsibility for budget and delivery transferred to the Ministry of Justice from 1 October 2016 following a machinery of government change, meaning separate offender learning breakdowns until only 2017 to 2018 are reported separately here.

Academic year 2016 to 2017 Offender Learning

Academic year 2015 to 2016 Offender Learning

Historic files (prior to Academic year 2015 to 2016)

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Case Study - WOA in offender learning settings

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Case Study - WOA in offender learning settings

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Case Study from the East of England. A Whole Organisation Approach to Skills for Life in offender settings.

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Flyers exploring careers through technical routes. Highlighted are the maths & English skills needed in those occupations.

Also included are a set of Induction process charts ⬇

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Flyers to promote links to maths and English in vocational areas.

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Flyers to promote links to maths and English in vocational areas.

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Exploring careers through technical routes - vocational flyers for prisons

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The Education and Training Foundation, the Adult Learning Improvement Network and vocational instructors in Hull and Humber prisons have created a series of flyers to highlight opportunities that workshops bring to gain skills for employment.

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his zipped file contains a series of charts to support the induction process for offenders to ensure it meets their needs.

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A list of sites that can be accessed on VC, some that can be used for maths & English such as CoConqr, SkillsWorkshop & TES

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A list of sites that can be accessed on VC, some that can be used for maths & English such as CoConqr, SkillsWorkshop & TES

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A list of whitelisted VC sites for tutors in the Secure Estate is available on request. Email rachel@onerconsultancy.co.uk

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Resources for the delivery of Functional Skills English, Reading & Speaking and Listening Skills Packs  ⬇

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Developing Speaking and Listening Skills Pack

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Developing Speaking and Listening Skills Pack

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This pack provides an extensive resource to develop teaching and listening skills and will support staff working with offenders for whom English is a first language. Includes audio files. (https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/eg5462)

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Developing Speaking and Listening Skills Pack (1)

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A support pack for staff working with offenders.

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Diffusion works to transform the lives of prisoners, ex-offenders and other vulnerable youths and adults by providing reading groups with free, easy-to-read books that:

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help improve reading skills

inspire self-reflection

emphasise the importance of making good choices

encourage positive relationships

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Home | Improving Literacy | Diffusion Books

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Diffusion transforms the lives of prisoners, ex-offenders and other vulnerable youths and adults by providing reading groups with free, easy to read books.

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Free books for prisons- Borderline Books

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Free books for prisons- Borderline Books

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Distribute mainly second hand books on a wide range of subjects - both fiction and non-fiction.
Borderline Books, Gateshead, NE9 9 DQ

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WE COLLECT BOOKS NO LONGER NEEDED BY PUBLISHERS, LIBRARIES, SHOPS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AND DONATE THEM TO ORGANISATIONS WORKING WITH PEOPLE WHO FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO BUY BOOKS.

This includes organisations supporting people who are homeless, women's refuges, bail hostels, young people's hostels, refugee groups, food banks and people in prison and their families.

We aim to reach people who do not or cannot use public libraries

We also welcome donations of books in any language from authors, publishers and literary agencies.

First copies will go to our Multilingual Library and duplicates will go to prisons, schools, or to other multilingual libraries around the UK.

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Prison guide for learners with SEND needs ⬇

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This guide was written specifically for prisons.

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The Mindful Toolkit (a zipped file) includes information cards and task cards. It was designed to be used with prisoners with a range of SEND needs but it particularly focuses on mental well-being. The resource was developed and trialed by a group of prison-based learning support specialists working with learners with SEND. Each task card is mapped to a SEND pathway: Communication and interaction, Learning and cognition, Social, emotional and mental health, and Sensory and hearing impairments. https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf2859
(Read about the project here: https://ccpathways.co.uk/projects/send-mindfulness-toolkit/)

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This Padlet is a set of resources compiled to aid instructors, assessors and tutors to embed English &  maths in the delivery of their main subject.

There are also resources for supporting ESOL learners on their programmes. ESOL tutors will also find non-vocationally based ESOL documents tailored for use in Prison Learning environments.

(Please scroll to the right for more columns.) ➡

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Top tips for prisons running Reading Ahead

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Top tips for prisons running Reading Ahead

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https://readingagency.org.uk/adults/tips/top-tips-for-prisons-running-reading-ahead.html

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Over 9,000 people in prison took part in Reading Ahead in 2018/19. Lockdown over the past year has made delivery difficult with creative approaches required to run the programme remotely. However, it is more important now than ever that less confident readers are supported to build their confidence and skills and even when operating remotely prison libraries are vital to support learning and wellbeing within the prison.

Reading Ahead 2021 launched on 1 February and you can start running the programme at any time so it's never too late to get involved! We've put together some top tips and you can download our toolkit for running Reading Ahead 2021.

1. The library and reading materials

Your readers are likely to vary in reading level so make sure you're prepared with a wide range of engaging reading materials. Ensure that staff and librarians are confident giving recommendations at the right reading level for your participants.

If library visits aren't possible at the moment think about how you can get books and other reading materials such as newspapers and magazines out onto the wings and how you can use our posters and leaflets to publicise the programme and guide less confident readers in choosing something to read.

Take a look at our list of publishers with books for emergent readers as well as Quick Reads. Showcase popular reads such as urban fiction and encourage peer recommendations.

Remember to sign up to the new Reading Ahead website so that you can access all the downloadable resources and Find A Read - a unique reading database searchable via reading level. We have lots of resources for engaging ESOL learners such as our booklist.

2. Partnerships

Approach other departments in the prison such as education, health or workshops. Share the programme with colleagues to explore how it can be tailored to different settings and interests. At HMP Wandsworth, tutors have run classes in the gym encouraging the men to select different sports and health titles.

With restricted movement at the moment, ensure activity reps know how to sign people up to the challenge and place posters and leaflets in areas that residents are able to spend time.

Make sure management such as the governing governor, HOLS etc. are aware Reading Ahead is taking place. Use it to draw attention to library work at Quality Improvement Group (QIG) meetings if you attend. Make use of our advocacy leaflet and evaluation report.

Organisations who support over 50 participants to complete the challenge receive an organisation certificate and make it onto our roll of honour. Share these goals and successes with senior managers and prison governors to gain their support in spreading the word and ensuring resources are available.

Ask staff to take part so that residents know it's a prison wide activity and award everyone together at the end.

3. Timings

Reading Ahead can be run for a time period to suit you and your readers. For prisons with a high churn it's important to get the programme started from induction onwards and participants will need closer support and incentivising to keep up momentum. Remember that all reading can be included so poems, newspapers, recipes, reading stories to children - all count!

For those prisons with longer term residents the programme can be run over a longer time period or at multiple times throughout the year. The current programme launched on 1 February and will be available to run until June. It will then return in September.

Make some noise when you get started by spreading the word on the wings and putting up posters. When restrictions allow it's best to start with library inductions and inviting people who have taken part previously to share their experience always helps.

4. Engagement & momentum

Word of mouth is the best endorsement so do get participants and previous completers to share their experience. Shannon Trust mentors and library orderlies (or library and activity reps if you have these at the moment) are all effective ways of reaching beyond the library walls.

We have created posters to encourage participants to share their reading with each other. Whilst library staff are off site it can be difficult for participants to choose what to read so having recommendations from staff or peers out on the wings can be helpful. The radio can also be key to spreading the word about how residents can sign up at your prison.

6. Incentives and celebrating success

Incentives for taking part can range from a chocolate bar, to one of our branded incentive items or a Quick Read. This can help gain interest and maintain momentum. As a part of your core pack of materials you'll receive bookmarks and certificates to award to all completers and Give a Book are once again offering free dictionaries for completers!

If restrictions allow in June we would encourage you to hold award ceremonies for completers (with tea, coffee and biscuits!) and ensure their success is recognised and celebrated within the prison and shared with any loved ones on the outside. Encourage residents to add their certificates to their portfolio of achievement and invite senior managers, governors and authors to award certificates.

Get involved

Visit our Shop to order print and digital core materials and incentives.
Take a look at our impact case studies.
Get in touch at readingahead@readingagency.org.uk

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Top tips for prisons running Reading Ahead

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Over 9,000 people in prison took part in Reading Ahead in 2018/19. Lockdown over the past year has made delivery difficult with creative approaches required to run the programme remotely. However, it is more important now than ever that less confident readers are supported to build their confidence and skills and even when operating remotely prison libraries are vital to support learning and wellbeing within the prison.

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Reading Ahead - Free dictionaries for Reading Ahead completers in prison

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Reading Ahead - Free dictionaries for Reading Ahead completers in prison

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After a year's break we are thrilled to announce that the dictionaries are back! All prisons taking part in Reading Ahead 2021 can apply for free dictionaries to award to completers alongside the certificate. If you haven't started Reading Ahead 2021 yet, take a look at our new materials.

Since 2013, the charity Give a Book has worked with The Reading Agency to provide free dictionaries for people completing Reading Ahead in prisons. From 2015, the contribution from Give a Book expanded to include a spelling guide and then a writing guide for those who had already received a dictionary. By July 2019, more than 40,000 dictionaries and spelling/writing guides had been provided for prisoners by Give a Book. Their generosity has incentivised people in prison to take part in Reading Ahead.

In 2018/19 over 9,000 people took part in Reading Ahead in prisons with almost every prison in the UK taking part. Reading Ahead invites participants to choose six reads (they don't have to be books!) read, rate and review them in a reading diary. Completers are awarded with a certificate and many prisons hold award ceremonies to celebrate this achievement. The programme results in improves reading skills, confidence and communication. Find out more about Reading Ahead in prisons here.
The overarching importance of dictionaries in a prison setting
Unlike other participating organisations such as public libraries, a prison's participants will have no access to the internet and thus no access to spell check or thesauruses. In this environment a dictionary can open literary doors, improving letter writing and overall comprehension.

"The free dictionaries are hugely welcomed by all as without the benefit of "google" dictionary the ladies want to write letters and spell correctly in correspondence to their loved ones and/or legal representatives." (HMP Downview, 2018-19)

The Reading Ahead 2018/19 evaluation survey saw almost 100% of Reading Ahead in prisons co-ordinators selecting the dictionaries as the most useful incentive for encouraging people to complete Reading Ahead.
Educational value
Nearly half (46%) of people who have entered prison since August 2014 have low literacy skills, compared to 15% of the general population. Prison staff regularly report the vital importance that the free dictionaries can have for educational achievement:

"They are a good incentive and also do really help those learning written English. Men often seem chuffed to get a dictionary." (Emma Bach, Prison Librarian, Lewes, 2019)

"For the Guys at this prison, it is very useful as they are an older population who have report that they have not looked at English or a dictionary since leaving school many years prior. It is interesting the conversations we have about the new words that are now within daily language." (Amanda Spencer, Functional Skills English Tutor, HMP Verne, 2019)

"These resources are invaluable to support our residents' learning and motivation to read." (Susan Cross, Library Services Coordinator, HMP Addiewell, 2019)
To apply for free dictionaries for your prison, please fill out this survey .

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Free dictionaries for Reading Ahead completers in prison

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After a year's break we are thrilled to announce that the dictionaries are back! All prisons taking part in Reading Ahead 2021 can apply for free dictionaries to award to completers alongside the certificate. If you haven't started Reading Ahead 2021 yet, take a look at our new materials.

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Haven Distribution aims to provide practical support to prisoners within the UK by:

Purchasing educational literature for inmates who are currently attending courses whilst in prison;

Providing dictionaries in English and other languages to inmates whose first language is not English;

Providing large print dictionaries and books on improving reading and writing skills to inmates with dyslexia.

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COVID-19 Response

Thank you to everyone who has donated to us at this difficult time.

We're doing all we can to get additional educational books and reading material into prisons during this time, as we're aware that prisoners are having to spend increasingly large proportions of their time in their cells.

If you'd like more information on how we're responding to the COVID-19 situation, please email us - info@havendistribution.org.uk.

Haven Distribution aims to provide practical support to prisoners within the UK by:

Purchasing educational literature for inmates who are currently attending courses whilst in prison;

Providing dictionaries in English and other languages to inmates whose first language is not English;

Providing large print dictionaries and books on improving reading and writing skills to inmates with dyslexia;

If you are a prisoner attending an educational course such as NVQ, Open University, A Level, etc., and would like help in purchasing specific course literature, we may be able to help.

Haven Distribution will purchase books for prisoners' courses to a maximum of £20 per person, per calendar year. We encourage prisoners to leave the books in the prison library once the course is finished so that other prisoners can use them.

Haven also provides prisoners a free catalogue of donated books from publishers, and books that are bought cheaply from remainder bookshops. These books range from Social Sciences such as Philosophy and Criminology, to Black Interest and political science, plus some fiction and graphic novels.

An application form can be downloaded or received by post. Details here.

Read more about our work in our 2017 annual report (PDF format).

Our Shop

Haven now has an online shop selling Haven T Shirts, mugs, book bags and books - all money goes directly into purchasing books to prisoners as we have no paid staff.

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Thank you to everyone who has donated to us at this difficult time. We're doing all we can to get additional educational books and reading material into prisons during this time, as we're aware that prisoners are having to spend increasingly large proportions of their time in their cells.

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Essential Digital Skills Professional Development Programme

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Essential Digital Skills Professional Development Programme

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Plus Learning Guide

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CPD Programme Support | Enhance Digital Teaching Platform

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Taking learning to the next level - the Enhance Digital Teaching Platform for teachers and trainers in the FE and Training sector

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EdTech and Digital Skills Support - The Education and Training Foundation

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EdTech and Essential Digital Skills initiatives promote the use of digital to enhance teaching, learning and assessment and support the FE workforce.

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Course:  Exploring teaching EDS in Prisons and the Probation service

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Course:  Exploring teaching EDS in Prisons and the Probation service

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To qualify for a place on this course you will need to be from an ESFA-funded learning provider and be from the funder's priority group which includes:

Further Education Colleges

Independent Training Providers

Adult Community Learning Providers

Any other type of ESFA-funded provider that offers Offender Learning, ESOL, Preparation for Life and Work and/or SEND and will be delivering Essential Digital Skills

You will be involved in preparing for the delivery of Essential Digital Skills at Entry and Level 1 national standards to adult learners. Alternatively, you may be planning to use the Essential Digital Skills resources to upskill your organisation's practitioners' digital skills.

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To qualify for a place on this course you will need to be from an ESFA-funded learning provider and be from the funder's priority group which includes: Further Education Colleges Independent Training Providers Adult Community Learning Providers Any other type of ESFA-funded provider that offers Offender Learning, ESOL, Preparation for Life and Work and/or SEND and will be delivering Essential Digital Skills You will be involved in preparing for the delivery of Essential Digital Skills at Entry and Level 1 national standards to adult learners.

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Report -Successfully using ICT to Support Learning in the Secure Estate

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Report -Successfully using ICT to Support Learning in the Secure Estate

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Final-Report_20-June-2017
With thanks To Lesley Littlewood for sharing

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Learning Unlimited Resources

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Here is a link to a Padlet of Resources to assist with areas of concern for maths and English learners.

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Links to various resources tailored to Prison Learning to support the delivery/embedding of maths & English. (Scroll down for more) ⬇

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This resource is linked to linked to the Offender Learning Toolkit - Guide.

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This guide is for everyone working in the prison estate, as it is everyone’s responsibility to provide space and opportunity for prisoners to improve their lives through effective communication. You can read the whole guide but it is more likely that you will want to use the contents page to enable you to dip into sections that interest you most or that relate to your role. You will find teaching tips, links to the Principles for Supporting Literacy/ Language (English) Development and suggested teaching and learning activities throughout the guide, along with practical teaching and learning activities. https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf2556

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This guide is for you as a maths teacher working with learners, up to and including Level 2,
within the Secure Estate in England. The guide is not intended as a comprehensive handbook on teaching maths but aims to provide information and ideas to stimulate the approaches you use with your learners. The first section looks at the context of teaching in the Secure Estate. The second section identifies key principles for the effective teaching of maths.https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf2070

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Drug Awareness Embedded Functional Skills

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Drug Awareness Embedded Functional Skills

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Everything you need for embedding literacy / Functional English into a teaching session that looks at drugs.

Learners explore the types types of drugs and also some of the origins of the problem. It covers types of text and some reading and spelling, including segmenting. There is also a 'DARTs' type exercise that explores how to treat a person who may become ill, instructions to re-order, and posters to laminate and discuss.

Some of the posters are quite powerful and may require discretion with their use, but are good illustrations of this type of text.

Aimed at E2 or 3 learners, but lends itself well to differentiation up or down. This session would also lend itself well to the production of a poster as a consolidation exercise.

Note from skillsworkshop: DART = directed activities relating to texts. Find out more here: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/articles/interacting-texts-directed-a... and see our Lesson writer 'useful external link'.

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Drug awareness embedded Functional English

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Everything you need for embedding literacy / Functional English into a teaching session that looks at drugs. Learners explore the types types of drugs and also some of the origins of the problem. It covers types of text and some reading and spelling, including segmenting.

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Covers planning, drafting and proof reading a letter or a short story about activities over Christmas. This version is adapted especially for learners that spend Christmas in prison (or other places away from friends and family).

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Covers planning, drafting and proof reading a letter or a short story about activities over Christmas. This version is adapted especially for learners that spend Christmas in prison (or other places away from friends and family) and has been adapted from the 2008 version from Danielle Dagnall (see below).

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Covers planning, drafting and proof reading a letter or a short story about activities over Christmas. This version is adapted especially for learners that spend Christmas in prison (or other places away from friends and family) and has been adapted from the 2008 version from Danielle Dagnall (see below).

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Report and guide to accompany the resources pack (above)

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Report and guide to accompany the resources pack (above)

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ESOL Worksheets (Criminal Justice Programme)

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ESOL Worksheets (Criminal Justice Programme)

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Printable Workbooks for Prisoners studying ESOL

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Printable Workbooks for Prisoners studying ESOL

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Topics: 'Eating in Prison', 'Getting Ready to Go' & 'Healthcare'

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The ETF is developing a new platform to replace Excellence Gateway, and this will come online at the same time as Excellence Gateway comes offline on 30 September 2023. Most ESOL resources will be transferred. A few items will be retired, but a list will be provided in advance.

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The British Council

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Our Offender Learning section contains sets of teacher's notes and activity sheets for learners, to help them communicate in prisons. There are also audio and video resources available to download and online continuing professional development modules for teachers. Self-access workbooks for learners are coming soon.

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Language barriers in the criminal justice system: Support for those who speak English as a second or additional language

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Language barriers in the criminal justice system: Support for those who speak English as a second or additional language

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From the Bell foundation

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Language barriers in the criminal justice system. Good practice guidance for Probation Service staff and interpreters 

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Language barriers in the criminal justice system. Good practice guidance for Probation Service staff and interpreters 

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Good practice guidance for practitioners working with victims and witnesses of crime who speak English as a second or additional language

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Good practice guidance for practitioners working with victims and witnesses of crime who speak English as a second or additional language

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Resources designed to introduce some of the language needed by ESOL learners, who would like to join a vocational course while in prison. The 3 areas covered are Horticulture, Hairdressing and Fitness Instructor.  PDF, Word 7 Audio files.

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This resource is designed to introduce some of the language needed by ESOL learners, who would like to join a vocational course while in prison. The three units provide speaking, listening, reading and writing activities using terminology associated with working as a fitness instructor in a gym, gardening work and hairdressing. By becoming familiar with common practices in these vocational areas, learners will be better prepared to join one of the courses.

The resource is divided into 3 units:

Unit 1 - Working in horticulture

Unit 2 - Being a fitness instructor

Unit 3 - Hairdressing

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This resource is designed to introduce some of the language needed by ESOL learners, who would like to join a vocational course while in prison. The three units provide speaking, listening, reading and writing activities using terminology associated with working as a fitness instructor in a gym, gardening work and hairdressing.

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We are transforming lives in prisons One to One Maths enables, encourages and supports prisoners with good numeracy skills to mentor those prisoners with limited basic numeracy abilities. The scheme of peer mentoring taps into an underutilised resource of educated prisoners helping their fellow prisoners improve their life skills.

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Great toolkits and resources

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The Maths Mentor pilot ran from September 2012 to March 2013. We trained mentors in two prisons who were confident in their maths skills to informally support other prisoners who lacked confidence in maths – both on the wing to help with money management and in the prison classroom. The project was led by NIACE, one of the two organisations which merged to formed Learning and Work Institute – and funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

Mentors were trained and provided with learning activities booklets and equipment so that they could promote maths learning and provide one-to-one support to other prisoners on the wing, and in maths classes or vocational workshops. Mentors, together with prison staff, successfully supported other prisoners to handle everyday maths situations, helped them to become more confident about their own mathematical ability, encouraged them to join maths classes, and acted as informal classroom assistants.

The Maths Mentor idea has since been promoted in other prisons around England; we hope that this handbook and associated resources will enable individual prisons to set up their own projects.

Maths toolkits and resources

Maths Mentor Handbook Edition 2

Maths4Prisons Mathematical Magic

Maths4Prisons Money

Maths4Prisons Time and Distance

Maths4Prisons Whole Numbers

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Maths4Prisons - Learning and Work Institute

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The independent policy, research and development organisation dedicated to lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion.

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Vocational Tutors can find more maths & English resources in vocational areas in this separate Padlet.    ⬇

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Padlet of resources & guides

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(As of March 2020)

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Resources inspired by the innovative work carried out by HMP Kirklevington Grange &HMP Haverigg in their exploration of developing prisoners’ English and maths alongside learning vocational skills/ working practices in prison workshops and industries. This workbook begins with a short explanation of task-based or ‘job sheet’ learning and how this can encourage/ support the development of maths/ English.  ⬇

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Also on Excellence Gateway https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf2849

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Carpentry - Constructing a Cupboard  (Task Guide)

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Carpentry - Constructing a Cupboard  (Task Guide)

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PeoplePlus

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Carpentry Embedding Functional Skills - Task Guide PeoplePlus

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Carpentry - Constructing a Cupboard (Answers)

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Carpentry - Constructing a Cupboard (Answers)

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PeoplePlus

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Carpentry Embedding Functional Skills - Answers PeoplePlus

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Links to the Offender Learning portals of key Awarding Organisations   ⬇

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What we can offer you

The offer for prisons is:

Maths and English - From Entry Level to Level 2, these qualifications can be delivered as bite-size or full qualifications. Learners have the benefit of adding to prior achievements, filling skills gaps or using as a stepping stone to full or higher qualifications, including apprenticeships, on release.

Construction - We are the leading provider of construction training and qualifications from Entry Level to Level 4, covering everything from basic hand skills, specialist trade occupations and site supervisory and management skills. Our qualifications are recognised by CSCS card scheme and our Level 2 and 3 qualifications are recognised in supporting apprenticeship training.

Hospitality and Catering - We offer a range of qualifications that meet occupational standards. Our portfolio has been developed with industry experts who help shape their continuing development, making them highly valued by employers throughout the UK. Areas covered range from food safety to professional chef and food service qualifications.

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Our wider offer

Social, personal development and lifelong skills
We offer a range of useful courses that can help prepare learners for life outside of prison. These include Personal Development, Budgeting, Rights and Responsibilities, Preparing for Work, Planning for Life and Work, Food Safety in Catering, Self-Employment.

Creative
Art & Design and Creative Media qualifications may support existing art programmes you have as well as providing opportunities for development.

Business and enterprise
We offer a range of courses in Business Administration, Customer Service, ICT, Leadership and Management, Coaching and Mentoring, Business and Enterprise.

Vocational skills training
We offer a wide range of vocational qualifications in various industries including Barbering and Hairdressing, Barista, Bricklaying, Cleaning, Electrical, Fork Lift Truck Operations, Hospitality and Catering, Plastering, Sales, Recycling Vehicle Maintenance, Warehousing.

Digital credentials
City & Guilds digital credentials help share your learner's success online. A digital credential is a verified, visual representation of knowledge and skills learned. Unlike paper certificates they make it easy for learners to show their competencies to employers and peers online and can detail fully the learning components and assessment process involved.

Teaching and Learning support

Your tutors can use our extensive learning resources to help them deliver courses and support their learners' success.

Digital
SmartScreen is our online system that gives unit-specific support materials for City & Guilds qualifications.

Tutors can access and download a range of support resources including:

Learners benefit from engaging materials that use real world examples of learning and applying skills and includes:

Learning materials
Learners can access the information they need to support them during their course. Our textbooks and logbooks are developed with industry experts and complement our qualifications.

Supporting you
Your dedicated Business Manager and prison-focussed Quality Coordinators will help ensure you meet and maintain quality assurance standards.

Assessment and tests
Flexible methods from online testing to paper examinations gives you the chance to assess learners in diverse settings - from secure to open establishments - in a way that supports the demands you face, including the Virtual Campus and our unique pre-supply Functional Skills Level 1 and 2 paper based testing.

Ban the box employer

The City & Guilds Group is a Band the Box employer. When given a chance, ex-offenders make excellent employees, often exceeding employer's expectations. Many Ban the box employers report increased loyalty and commitment among their employees with a criminal record.

City & Guilds and the St Giles Trust

The City & Guilds Group has worked with St Giles Trust through their Skills Development Fund programme to up skill peer advisors who are supporting offenders and ex-offenders to progress into employment. Peer advisors are trained to give employment support, advice and guidance - and are often either ex-offenders or individuals who are from disadvantaged backgrounds where they are at risk of offending.

Awarded £100,000 through the Fund, St Giles Trust were able to develop a qualification which trained 63 peer advisors. These peer advisors are working with over 100 people, who are now three times more likely to be employed having had some contact with the St Giles Trust programme. The estimated saving to the public purse as a result of these people having been reached through the programme is £6.5m over three years - demonstrating the impact that employment has on preventing reoffending. Skills that fulfil potential.

Why use City & Guilds

City & Guilds is a global leader in skills development. Over one million people earn a City & Guilds qualification every year, providing them with the skills they need to thrive in the workplace.

We offer qualifications across 26 industries including: Automotive, Business Skills, Construction, Land-based Services, Hairdressing and Barbering, Hospitality and Catering, Warehousing. We also have significant experience in Maths, English and Employability skills.

ILM is the UK's leading specialist provider of leadership, coaching and management qualifications and accredited training. ILM is committed to helping individuals and organisations thrive and grow through the application of industry defining leadership training.

City & Guilds and ILM are part of the City & Guilds Group, comprising City & Guilds, ILM, Kineo, The Oxford Group, Digitalme and Gen2. Together, the businesses set the standards for corporate learning, on-the-job development, and skills recognition. Our purpose is to enable people and organisations to develop their skills for personal and economic growth.

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What we can offer you The offer for prisons is: Maths and English - From Entry Level to Level 2, these qualifications can be delivered as bite-size or full qualifications. Learners have the benefit of adding to prior achievements, filling skills gaps or using as a stepping stone to full or higher qualifications, including apprenticeships, on release.

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City & Guilds Prison Qualifications Brochure

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City & Guilds Prison Qualifications Brochure

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https://www.cityandguilds.com/-/media/cityandguilds-site/documents/what-we-offer/centres/cg-prison-brochure-pdf.ashx

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Vocational dictionaries to help understanding/spelling of key vocabulary used in vocational qualifications/subjects. Includes a series of translated maths dictionaries.   ⬇

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A series of process flowcharts from HMP Garth:

• to help instructors breakdown work that takes place in the workshops/ work areas, so that they could articulate to prisoners and education staff what skills were required;

• to help maths and English teachers work with instructors to identify where targets could be embedded in work activities

• to enable maths/ English teachers to contextualise learning up in education/ in the learning pods, so that they could show learners how maths and English could be applied to working practices.

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Sets of cards with maths, English & Digital activities that you can use at the start or end of prison workshops, training or education sessions.  In addition to the cards, you'll find a list of resources that would form a useful toolkit to support the activities.  ⬇

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(ESOL Qualifications)

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Gateway Qualifications has been chosen by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the sole Awarding Organisation for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL).

This means that, from 1st April 2019, all ESOL qualifications taken within MoJ prisons in England must be done with Gateway Qualifications.

Gateway Qualifications has delivered ESOL for over 15 years and has extensive experience working with providers in secure and community settings. Our offender learning offer now includes ESOL, English and maths, employability, vocational and personal development qualifications, as well as a professional development selection for staff CPD.

Ideal for the secure environment

Our flexibly designed qualifications are ideal for the secure environment as they have been developed with accessibility at the core to ensure that all learners are able to fulfil their potential. They can also be embedded within vocational content, enabling learners to demonstrate their English skills whilst learning or participating in a practical skill. Support materials providing examples of activities which support embedded learning are provided.

Gateway Qualifications' personalised service and excellent customer care also ensures that learners are not disadvantaged if they move between prisons mid-course and makes the process as simple as possible for the learning providers too.

Inclusive approach to assessment

Nearly one third of prisoners self-identify on initial screening as having a learning difficulty and/or disability so using Gateway Qualifications' ESOL qualifications will benefit prison education providers as the qualifications minimise the need for reasonable adjustments/special considerations through an inclusive approach to assessment for all learners. Where reasonable adjustments and special consideration are required, Centres can authorise these for internally marked assessments (Entry Level 1 to Level 1) with applications to Gateway Qualifications only required for externally marked assessments at Level 2.

Choosing ESOL qualifications

To help you choose the most appropriate qualification pathway for learners for whom English is a second (or even third or fourth) language we have put together this guide:
Why ESOL qualifications make sense for non-native English speakers
The full list of ESOL Qualifications approved by the Ministry of Justice for delivery under the contract is:

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Writing

Speaking and Listening

Pre-ESOL

Certificates in ESOL

Once a learner has successfully completed all three components, they will be awarded a certificate in ESOL Skills for Life at no additional charge. Certificates are awarded at the level of the lowest achieved component.

On these pages we've pulled together a collection of guidance and articles designed to help you deliver smoothly in the prison context.

Webinar for administrators

This webinar is for administrators and those responsible for registering and claiming. Joe from our Customer Excellence team offers clear and informative guidance on admin tasks related to our ESOL qualifications.

Including:

the registration process

our newly implemented Direct Entry of Results feature

how to access the assessment papers for Entry and Level 1

how to book Level 2 assessments.

This is the perfect chance to familiarise yourself with our processes for those of you who may be new to Gateway Qualifications and for those of you who just want a refresher!
Watch on-demand now
Case Study

Discover how HMP Bronzefield successfully run Gateway Qualifications' ESOL provision, resulting in progression and employability.
Delivering an ESOL qualification that adapts to learners personal and environmental needs
Frequently Asked Questions

Some of the most common questions we've been asked about running ESOL recently are answered below.

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Offender Learning | Gateway Qualifications

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Gateway Qualifications has been chosen by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) as the sole Awarding Organisation for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). This means that, from 1st April 2019, all ESOL qualifications taken within MoJ prisons in England must be done with Gateway Qualifications.

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English at Work | A photocopiable resource book designed to prepare learners for the world of work. | Anthony Cosgrove

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A Guide for the Prison Sector (ETF)

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(Copied over from Dictionaries column)

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A very special thanks to the Cambridgeshire Race Equality and Diversity Service for the use of their excellent translation documents.

You can buy the Maths Words for Schools Pack - covering Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Somali and Tamil - from the Refugee Council Online

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Emaths - English as an Additional Language (EAL)

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Resources and support for improving mathematics education in schools and colleges

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The essential, explanatory guide to mathematics includes hundreds of illustrated entries and crystal-clear explanations by numbers whizz Carol Vorderman. ??

If you're in a muddle over mass, vexed by volume, confused by conversions, or flummoxed by fractions, help is at hand. From abacus to zero, more than 400 entries feature words, phrases, shapes, measurements, concepts, calculations, and much, much more.

?For children working at Key Stages 1 and 2, and parents keen to show their support, this ultimate homework helper keeps maths simple and straightforward. Eye-catching images, useful diagrams, and colourful charts grab the attention and hold the interest throughout. Accessible explanations and bite-size content make it a perfect family reference.??

Whether you read the entire dictionary from A to Z, or dip in and out to get your homework done or prepare for an exam, Carol Vorderman's Maths Dictionary will make you a maths mastermind in no time.

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Carol Vorderman's Maths Dictionary (Reissues Education 2014)

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Carol Vorderman's Maths Dictionary (Reissues Education 2014) : Vorderman, Carol: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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A very special thanks to the Cambridgeshire Race Equality and Diversity Service for the use of their excellent translation documents.

You can buy the Maths Words for Schools Pack - covering Arabic, Kurdish, Persian, Somali and Tamil - from the Refugee Council Online

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Emaths - English as an Additional Language (EAL)

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Resources and support for improving mathematics education in schools and colleges

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A set of cards with maths activities that you can use at the start or end of prison workshops, training or education sessions. All the problems are also intended to help people to develop their communication skills, especially their verbal communication skills. Also on Excellence Gateway:
https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf2619

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A set of cards containing short activities that can be used at the start or end of prison workshops, training or education sessions to help learners develop their confidence and abilities to communicate effectively.
Also on Excellence Gateway:
https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf2517

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Carpentry -Building a nest box instructions

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Carpentry -Building a nest box instructions

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This pack of simple activities encourages your learners to engage with digital technologies and develop digital literacies. The cards outline short (5 – 10 minute) digital skills building activities that you can use at the start or end of workshops, training or education sessions.
Also on Excellence Gateway:
https://www.excellencegateway.org.uk/content/etf2800

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Carpentry - Build a Garden Bench &  Build a Picnic Table

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Carpentry - Build a Garden Bench &  Build a Picnic Table

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PDF Version Construction Workshops' Dictionary

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Collection of worksheets for construction, carpentry & painting (among others)

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Collection of worksheets for construction, carpentry & painting (among others)

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Chosen by the Ministry of Justice to provide ICT qualifications to adult learners in England's prisons from August 2018, a full list of the available qualifications has been produced.

We have always provided a great range of qualifications and our offer to the offender learning sector is no different.

OCR's vision is that offenders, both in prison and supervised in the community, should be able to access learning. This will enable them to gain the skills and qualifications that will help them step into future education, training and employment. By enabling the recognition of the necessary and desired skills, we effectively support the sector with a positive contribution to reducing the risk of reoffending.

A list of the ICT qualifications available to adult learners has been produced and can be accessed below:

The latest offender learning summer newsletter is now available to download.

Hodder Education is offering a free tutor copy and a 50% student book discount on orders to support offender learning and delivery of OCR ICT and Computing qualifications. For a list of textbooks and to place an order, please complete the order form. Please email the completed order form to Resources.Endorsement@ocr.org.uk.

Please note - to benefit from this offer, you must be a registered OCR centre delivering ICT under the new Ministry of Justice adult education contract (2019).

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Chosen by the Ministry of Justice to provide ICT qualifications to adult learners in England's prisons from August 2018, a full list of the available qualifications has been produced. We have always provided a great range of qualifications and our offer to the offender learning sector is no different.