Triple C Inspection

Published 13th September 2006, 1:2pm

Triple C School was established in 1941 as the first school to offer primary and secondary education in Grand Cayman. It caters for children from pre-school to college entrance and follows the American system of education. The school was devastated by Hurricane Ivan in September 2004 - the school building was out of operation for a year and many resources and records were lost -- but despite this the school continued to provide refuge, stability and education in borrowed accommodation.

The inspection took place from 8th May to 11th May 2006 and involved a team of nine inspectors - four from the Schools' Inspectorate, three local occasional inspectors and two overseas inspectors. The inspection team found that the school provides a satisfactory education for its students. The school offers a broad range of subjects and there are examples of very good teaching across the school, but particularly in the elementary grades. Students' achievements in language arts and English in the elementary and high school are consistently good.

The inspection report identifies the following areas as strengths of the school:

• Teaching and learning in the elementary school are consistently good.
• Students achieve consistently well in language arts in the elementary school and in English in the high school.
• Students are confident, keen to learn, work well together and have good independent learning skills.
• Students have the opportunity to study a wide variety of subjects, especially in the high school.
• The school communicates well with parents.

The inspection report identified the following as areas that need to improve:

• Aspects of the way the school is led and managed, in particular the instructional leadership and how policies and practice are monitored.
• The quality of teaching in some early years and middle school classes.
• The alignment between the intended learning outcomes, the taught curriculum and how it is assessed.
• The use of assessment of students' work to guide teaching and learning.
• How the school caters for students with special educational needs.

The areas for improvement listed above will form the basis of the school's action plan, which should be sent to the Education Department and Schools' Inspectorate within 40 working days of receipt of the final report. The school is required to provide parents with an annual update on the progress that is being made in addressing these areas for improvement.

The inspection report can be found on the Schools' Inspectorate website.