The secure training centre, in Warwickshire was managed "efficiently and effectively and the needs of young people are central to the planning and delivery of services", according to inspectors.
But early this month Frances Crook, director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, criticised the centre, and others run by private companies, after a team leader was given a 40-week suspended prison sentence for dragging a teenage boy across the floor.
The Ofsted inspection undertaken last month revealed that interactions between staff and young people are "nurturing and caring", with staff setting clear boundaries for expectations of behaviour and routines.
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