The Overseas Schools Information Database is the largest collection of overseas schools currently available online.  Each school has a profile that can be viewed by registered members.

For teachers and parents the purpose of the OSID is to help find the best overseas schools for themselves or their children.

For overseas schools the purpose of the OSID is to help find the best teachers for teaching positions.

No. The main functions of this website are free to use. That is...

1. School searches and information requests
2. CV posts
3. Job ads
4. Forum posts
5. Classified ads

If a user wishes to question a school response, or leave acommenton a school profile then they mustpay a nominal amount into a Paypal account. This is to simply confirm their name and address.

The Overseas Schools Information Database has 1600+ school profiles. In each profile there are 60+ questions that can be asked anonymously by registered users. Whether a school chooses to answer or not a record of the request for information is recorded on the profile. If a user looks at the school profile, sees that a question was first asked 2 years ago, was most recently asked 2 weeks ago, has been asked 80 times they might ask themself whether the school has something to hide.

If a user thinks a school is overstating their position, or just lying, then they can comment on the response they think is false.  They can also upload pdf documents to support their opinion.

Before the user can do this they must pay 23p to a Paypal account.  This is only to confirm their name and address.