Cayman Learning Centre is one of several tutoring centres which had applied for status as an educational institution. Due to changes that were part of the Education Law passed in 2016, such centres, which had previously been allowed to provide full-time schooling to up to five students on homeschool status, were told they could no longer do so. The centres serve students with learning disabilities and many of the parents utilising them say the centres are the only places equipped to effectively teach their children.

Footsteps, another tutoring centre, has also received school status, while two others, Clever Fish and High Achievement Academy, are still seeking such approval from the Ministry of Education’s Education Council.

Both Cayman Learning Centre and Footsteps said their new status will allow them to expand beyond the five students they were able to serve full-time in the past. Cayman Learning Centre expects to enrol 21 students. Footsteps officials said they will eventually have 75 students, although not all will have learning disabilities.