HMYOI Wetherby

At its last full inspection (November 2025; report published February 2026), inspectors found outcomes for children were not sufficiently good for safety and purposeful activity; reasonably good for care; good for resettlement. It held 97 children at the time, against an operational capacity of 288.

Read our story Read the inspection report

Healthy prison tests: inspectors grade four areas from 1 (poor) to 4 (good).

1. February 2026 · Full inspectionSafety: not sufficiently good · Care: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Resettlement: good Read our story
2. December 2024 · Independent review of progressFollow-up visit assessing progress against the key concerns from the previous full inspection. Read the report (HM Inspectorate of Prisons, opens external site) ↗
3. March 2024 · Full inspectionSafety: not sufficiently good · Care: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Resettlement: reasonably good Read our story
4. September 2022 · Independent review of progressFollow-up visit assessing progress against the key concerns from the previous full inspection. Read the report (HM Inspectorate of Prisons, opens external site) ↗
5. March 2022 · Full inspectionSafety: reasonably good · Care: reasonably good · Purposeful activity: not sufficiently good · Resettlement: not sufficiently good Read our story
6. February 2021 · Scrutiny visitShort scrutiny visit during the Covid-19 pandemic; not graded. Read the report (HM Inspectorate of Prisons, opens external site) ↗

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Wetherby YOI resettlement good but violence and weak education persist, inspectors find

Inspectors praised release planning at the Yorkshire young offender institution but found high levels of violence involving weapons and education judged inadequate by Ofsted.

Prison News staff9 Feb 2026

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HMYOI Wetherby could not meet the needs of vulnerable girls, inspectors found in 2024

A report published in March 2024 found HMYOI Wetherby more stable under settled leadership, but safety fell to not sufficiently good because the institution could not meet the needs of the girls it held.

Prison News staff5 Mar 2024

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HMYOI Wetherby felt safer but resettlement and Keppel unit declined, inspectors found

A report published in March 2022 found children at HMYOI Wetherby felt far safer, but resettlement work and the specialist Keppel unit had declined and children spent too long locked up.

Prison News staff16 Mar 2022