Wetherby inspection report 2026
Summary
HMYOI Wetherby is an establishment in Yorkshire that can hold up to 288 boys between the ages of 15 and 18. However, a combination of recent reductions in the number of children in custody across England and Wales and the higher demand for places in the south east and north west meant that just 97 children were held at the time of this inspection. We judged outcomes for children to be not sufficiently good for safety, reasonably good for care, not sufficiently good for purposeful activity, and good for resettlement. While there had been progress in some areas since our last inspection in 2023, significant weaknesses remained, particularly in safety and education. Levels of violence were high, and many incidents involved weapons. Although leaders had improved the recording and investigation of incidents, the prevalence of violence continued to undermine the safety of children and staff.