EAST Lancashire MEP Paul Nuttall has expressed alarm at a report showing inmates in a North West young offenders’ institute get a better education than many school children.
Inspectors have found that the standard of education at YOI Hindley near Wigan was “as good, if not better” than many students receive in schools and colleges.
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UKIP deputy leader Mr Nuttall said: “This is good news for the inmates, who hopefully will be able to take advantage of the education to turn their lives around, but it paints a depressing picture of education in schools.
“Admittedly the results have been compared with poorly-performing school nationwide but it means that the standard is still higher than that achieved by thousands of school children.
“And the reason why the inmates have done so well is attributed to discipline and a higher teacher:pupil ratio.”
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