Topic: Peter Carpenter

Peter Carpenter, the director of the Office of Education Standards, will leave the post at the end of this year.

Government inspectors say Clifton Hunter High School has made some, but not enough, progress since they last visited the school six months ago and rated it as ‘weak’, the lowest of four possible grades. The school was given a weak rating again in the Office of Education Standards’ follow-up report.

Inspection reports on Prospect and Savannah primary schools have been released in recent days. Prospect Primary was found to be making satisfactory progress, but Savannah Primary was assessed as weak in almost every metric.

After legislative approval, the Office of Education Standards has posted its framework for “Successful Schools and Achieving Students,” a template for evaluating both government and private schools and their educational programs.

The Office of Education Standards is holding a series of district meetings from Wednesday to June 1 to seek input on its new inspection framework, “Successful Schools and Achieving Students.”

Education officials appear to be delivering on their promise to evaluate thoroughly government schools’ performance and to make their findings public.

A new framework for inspecting Cayman Islands schools has been issued to principals across the island. The Office of Education Standards is looking for feedback on the guidelines from school administrators and, eventually, members of the public before finalizing them.

Three years after a comprehensive set of inspections found only two of Cayman’s 15 public schools performing at a “good” level – 10 were deemed “unsatisfactory” – a new round of inspections is under way.