Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons report published 29 July 2026 · last checked 29 October 2026
Latest inspection
Secure training centres are inspected by Ofsted with HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the CQC, using Ofsted judgements rather than the four healthy prison tests. At the full inspection published in July 2026, inspectors judged the overall experiences and progress of children inadequate; a monitoring visit followed in August 2026 (report published September 2026). It held 43 children at the time of the June 2026 inspection and has places for up to 80. It is run by G4S Care and Justice Services.
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The Chief Inspector of Prisons formally told the Justice Secretary of urgent and significant concerns. The government must respond publicly within 28 days. Read our story
The Chief Inspector of Prisons formally told the Justice Secretary of urgent and significant concerns. The government must respond publicly within 28 days. Read our story
An Ofsted-led inspection found better health care, cleaner surroundings and stronger resettlement work, but serious safeguarding concerns left children's overall experiences inadequate.
A joint inspection report on Oakhill Secure Training Centre, published in September 2025, rated it inadequate and found very serious and systemic failures that left children at risk of harm.
In an Urgent Notification published in July 2025, inspectors warned the Justice Secretary of profoundly serious and systemic failures at Oakhill Secure Training Centre that left children at risk of harm.
A joint inspection report on Oakhill Secure Training Centre, published in December 2024, rated it inadequate after finding children locked in their rooms for refusing education and poor, at times unsafe, health care.
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