Educating the Most Challenging in Society

My First Year as Head of Education, Skills and Work at HMP Onley.

Following a successful career as a secondary school teacher involving multiple leadership roles, Emma took on the role of Head of Education, Skills and Work in the prison service in Sept 2023. Prisoners are offered either full-time or part-time education based on the National Curriculum including numeracy, literacy and information technology. Functional skills, key skills and language support is offered to prisoners as well as distance learning and open university courses. In this session, Emma will reflect on her experiences of her first year in post, with a focus on what she has learned about leading the education and rehabilitation of prisoners in the UK justice system. She aims to share her experiences of working with learners who have complex needs and who are disengaged from education while suggesting approaches to support teachers working with young people who may be at risk of entering the criminal justice system in future.

Suitable for Leaders, SLT, Specific Subject Teachers, Staff who work in PRUs or Colleges in Secondary and Special Schools

About Emma Weaver

Emma has been a teacher for over 13 years and during this time has held several leadership roles, including Head of English & Media, Head of Sixth Form as well as an Assistant Head of Year position, both in London schools and more recently in Oxfordshire, where she stepped back into mainstream teaching. She has also latterly completed a Master’s in Education: Leading, Innovation and Change. Emma has recently embarked on a career change en-tering the UK Prison system. This new position, created by the Government, involves managing the education and rehabilitation provision provided to prisoners, in all its different forms and approaches.

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