Skip to content
  • Cayman Current
  • Cayman Current
  • Join The Conversation
  • Schools Explorer
  • Scholarships Directory
  • Island Jobs
  • Document Library
  • Our Sponsors and Supporters
  • Sign Up For News
  • About Us

Cayman Current - Cayman Islands education news

Cayman Current (https://www.caymancurrent.org/tag/nicholas-sherriff/)

  • Join The Conversation
  • Schools Explorer
  • Scholarships Directory
  • Island Jobs
  • Document Library
  • Our Sponsors and Supporters
  • Sign Up For News
  • About Us
Subscribe

nicholas sherriff

Cayman Education News

COVID: Cayman schools dealing with student absences, learning loss

By Patrick Brendel | May 28, 2022

Cayman Islands schools have been trying to manage COVID-19 related absences and associated learning loss during this school year, with varying degrees of success.

inspection

Strategies for COVID, accountability for school leaders at CIS

By Patrick Brendel | April 16, 2022

Cayman International School had put strategies in place to deal with COVID-19, placed accountability on senior leaders and focussed on the mental wellness of students and staff, Office of Education Standards inspectors said.

Cayman Education News

Many of Cayman’s teachers ‘exhausted’, ‘burnt out’ by COVID pandemic

By Patrick Brendel | April 8, 2022

Teaching in the Cayman Islands during the COVID-19 pandemic has been, in a word, ‘exhausting’. Many of the country’s teachers say their current workloads are simply not sustainable, according to school inspectors’ reports.

inspection

Footsteps has few COVID absences, little learning loss

By Patrick Brendel | April 4, 2022

Teachers at Footsteps gave school leaders good marks for being supportive of their well-being during the pandemic. The small primary school has had few absences due to COVID, seen minimal learning loss, and has not had difficulties recruiting new staff members, an inspector said.

inspection

Cayman’s smallest school faces COVID challenges similar to larger institutions

By Patrick Brendel | April 1, 2022

With an enrolment of only 2 students (who are siblings), Little Cayman Education Services faced many of the same challenges as the country’s larger schools have during the COVID-19 pandemic, including additional public health measures and learning loss.

inspection

COVID-delayed CXC scores results in some students being ‘inappropriately allocated’ to Dual Enrolment programme at UCCI

By Patrick Brendel | March 24, 2022

Delayed scores from CXC exams resulted in some students being ‘inappropriately allocated’ to the Dual Enrolment programme at UCCI and CIFEC, school inspectors said.

inspection

CIFEC managing learning gaps in Maths, increased anxiety in students

By Patrick Brendel | March 24, 2022

Staff at CIFEC were attempting to address student learning gaps in advance of external exams, particularly in Mathematics. At the same time, they were focussed on supporting the mental wellness of students who were increasingly demonstrating anxiety.

inspection

New leadership at Triple C to strengthen processes and plans

By Patrick Brendel | March 16, 2022

The new senior leadership team at Triple C is aware it needs to strengthen processes and systems to improve the school. Most staff had good reviews for support they have received from leaders and pastoral staff, inspectors said.

inspection

John Gray has challenges, successes in mitigating impacts of COVID

By Patrick Brendel | March 9, 2022

John Gray leaders have largely been able to mitigate negative consequences of COVID-19 on learning progress and the mental well-being of students and staff, but the pandemic did have impacts, such as delaying the planned opening of portions of the new school campus.

inspection

Calvary Baptist affected by student absences, learning gaps

By Patrick Brendel | February 24, 2022

Calvary Baptist Christian Academy is dealing with student absences and learning gaps due to COVID-19, while investing extra resources into online learning.

Load more posts

From the Current

  • Department of Education Services (DES) Urges COVID-19 Positive Students to Follow Public Health Guidance

    Students from three educational institutions on Cayman Brac have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

  • Elroy Bryan Appointed as Deputy Director in the Department of Education Services (DES)

    Elroy Bryan has been appointed Deputy Director of Education in the Department of Education Services.

  • Family Rhyme Time returns to George Town Library!

    After a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Cayman Islands Public Library Service invites all parents/guardians to bring babies, from newborns to two-year-olds, to 'Family Rhyme Time' at the George Town Public Library at 10:30am every Thursday during September.

  • Healthcare Explorers STEM Day Camp attracts all-time high participation in 9th year

    The ninth annual Health City Healthcare Explorers STEM Day Camp attracted an all-time high of 40 students in attendance.

  • Ministry of Education Continues Investment in Technology

    Continued investment in technology to enhance teaching and learning government was one of the plans outlined by the Minister for Education Juliana O'Connor-Connolly at the Annual Education Professionals' Welcome Back Event.

Founding Sponsors

Broadhurst LLC
Health City Cayman Islands

Search This Site

Browse Archives

© Copyright 2023, Cayman Current

Built with the Largo WordPress Theme from the Institute for Nonprofit News.

Back to top ↑

Sign up to receive news and announcements from the Cayman Current.

*Note: We will never sell or share your information, or use it for any other purpose.*

No, thanks!