Advancing Education For Unique Minds

Bermuda Centre for Creative Learning opened its doors in 2015 with a dream to empower students by providing a personalized and flexible learning environment that supports their learning styles. Underlying this was the desire to provide Bermuda’s children with evidence-based, best teaching practices so that parents would not have to make the painful decision to separate their families by sending their children off-island to meet their educational needs.

Launched through a mutual friendship between co-founders Lisa Smart, a parent of a child with a learning difference who struggled to find the right educational environment on the island, Cindy Corday, an early childhood and primary education specialist and experienced in school leadership, and Lindsey Sirju, a special education teacher and educational therapist, BCCL opened its doors on Reid Street in Hamilton with 11 students.

Fast forward nine years, and BCCL continues to grow, supporting more students with learning differences and their families. We currently have a team of over 20 educators supporting 50+ students. Through the BCCL Foundation and generous community support, we are able to provide tuition bursaries for those who qualify. Fifty percent of our students received financial assistance in the 2023-2024 school year. We also work to raise awareness about learning differences among educators, families and the general public, and we believe in a Bermuda where every child has the opportunity to succeed.