Market Engagement - HMP Berwyn Learning & Skills Provision

Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is tendering the Learning and Skills provision for HMP Berwyn, Wrexham, North Wales. HMP Berwyn opened in 2017, with a maximum capacity of 2106 prisoners. The prison is a learning establishment, providing a holistic learning environment. Learning and Skills should be embedded across every aspect of prison life, so that every facility or activity within the prison offers an opportunity for individuals to learn or develop new skills. The Contractor shall be required to deliver a minimum of 488 up to an indicative maximum of 609. Learning and Skills places each day in the education building and vocational workshops; and delivered during the core day. Delivery will be from classrooms within the College and vocational workshops on site. The Learning and Skills provider will have access to 27 classrooms and 3 vocational workshops to support delivery. In addition, the Contractor shall provide embedded learning places in other areas across the prison. The Learning and Skills Contractor will deliver a range of quality, engaging and motivational Learning and Skills provision consisting of assessment of the prisoners’ needs and the delivery of Essential Skills, Vocational, Non-Vocational and Employability accredited courses appropriate to the prison population. The ethos represents a commitment to supporting the learner through their sentence, understanding that learning and resettlement support extends throughout the learners offending journey and beyond into the community. This positively aligns with the strategic objectives of the Welsh Government and MoJ.