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Data Report 2021: Performance varies greatly among public primary schools

By Patrick Brendel | May 3, 2022

The level of student performance varies significantly among Cayman Islands public primary schools, with differences in results only partly explained by assessments of students’ pre-existing “thinking abilities”, according to the Education Data Report 2021.

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.

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West End Primary students make academic progress, staff ‘overwhelmed’ by rapid pace of change

By Patrick Brendel | March 31, 2022

Most students at West End Primary School continued to make academic progress during the pandemic, an inspector said. However, some staff said they were ‘overwhelmed and disheartened’ by the rapid pace in which changes and new initiatives were being introduced at the Cayman Brac school.

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West End Primary still ‘Satisfactory’

By Patrick Brendel | June 10, 2021

West End Primary School retained its overall rating of ‘Satisfactory’ in its recent inspection, with grades increasing in some individual categories and declining in others.

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Analysis: Student performance varies widely at public primary schools

By Patrick Brendel | May 3, 2021

How prepared a student is for high school could depend on which public primary school they attend.

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Crowded classrooms or empty hallways? A Current analysis of public school enrolment and capacity

By Patrick Brendel | March 15, 2021

Grand Cayman’s public secondary schools are at more than 90% of their maximum capacity, meaning that they could accommodate fewer than 200 additional students who wish to enrol.

Cayman Education News

New playing fields for Cayman Brac primary schools

By Patrick Brendel | February 28, 2021

On Saturday, Cayman Brac’s Creek & Spot Bay Primary Schools celebrated the official opening of their new playing fields.

Press Release

Cayman Brac & Little Cayman Primary Schools Host Combined Sports Day

By Department of Education Services | February 10, 2021

Primary schools across Cayman Brac and Little Cayman came together to host the annual Cayman Brac & Little Cayman Inter-Primary School Sports Day with students from each school competing in either of two houses – the Hornets and the Chargers.

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Inspection results: Comparing Cayman Islands primary schools

By Patrick Brendel | January 1, 2021

This infographic shows the primary schools’ inspection results in 18 individual categories, as well as the overall school rating.

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.

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