The news follows claims from chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick earlier this month that the current regime, in which Ofsted has sole responsibility for inspecting the settings, "misunderstands the nature of STCs".
He said the Prisons Inspectorate's involvement in monitoring STCs would be valuable because the current process focuses on the educational element of the settings and not enough on the fact that they are primarily "prisons for young people in which some education takes place".
Ofsted has confirmed that the two inspectorates have been in discussions and are due to publish proposals for a joint approach for consultation this summer, with the aim of beginning joint inspections in April 2012.
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