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Milton Keynes College works each year with approximately 5,000 learners from the age of 14 upwards, on a range of learning programmes, to support the progression of self-development and on to a coherent career pathway, leading to higher level learning and /or employment. The College has a wide network of key partners to support these pathways, including employers, the Local Authority, other specialist training providers and community groups.
The College has worked successfully with offenders both in custody and the wider community for over 25 years. We have delivered and worked in partnership with a range of prisons and locations, enabling our learners to improve their personal skills and self-belief, whilst developing the skills needed to help them settle in to prison life or resettle on release.
Currently, we deliver the Offender Learning and Skills Service in 28 prisons across the Midlands and in the South of England, we work with MTC Novo to deliver the in-custody Community Rehabilitation Services in the Thames Valley, and we also deliver library services in custody.
During this contracting period, we have worked with our prison service partners to develop individualised programmes of learning that lead to a range of positive outcomes. To support these outcomes, we have focussed on particular aspects of the service, including increased use of Additional Learning Support to help learners achieve who may otherwise be disadvantaged for a number of learning reasons, and the introduction of the Employment Academy model, developed in partnership with employers, to deliver training that meets these employers’ needs and leads to real jobs on release.
