Education

If a young person is in detention, they need to participate in education and training programs 5 days a week.

Each youth detention centre has a school and a training centre located inside it.

• West Moreton Education and Training Centre is located at the West Moreton Youth Detention Centre.
• Brisbane Youth Education and Training Centre is located at the Brisbane Youth Detention Centre.
• Cleveland Education and Training Centre is located at the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre.

A principal leads each school with highly qualified teachers taking all classes.

Teachers and detention centre staff work together on programs that meet each young person’s individual learning needs and work towards their rehabilitation.

Classes are small and every young person gets individual attention and instruction at his or her level.

Teachers work with young people to:

• catch them up if they have any learning gaps in literacy or numeracy
• help them learn new skills
• support them to develop skills for returning to education, training or employment when they leave detention
• improve their social skills

Teachers and detention centre staff deliver programs that aim to support a young person’s successful re-entry into the community. Young people may also work to gain qualifications while in detention.

The junior schools draw their programs from the Australian Curriculum. We send school reports home every 3 months.

Support for young people

During the school program young people can also get help from:

• special education teachers
• guidance officers
• speech and language pathologists
• occupational therapists

Young people get advice about returning to school, as well as careers, employment and skilling opportunities that will be available to them when they leave detention. This helps their return to the community providing a focus for the young person after detention.

Other programs

Young people have access to a range of other programs at their detention centre, including:

• behavioural programs
• social programs
• cultural programs

More information

Learn more:

• about support programs in detention
• about health and wellbeing in detention