THE PROGRAMME

 

Schools participating in the Latin Excellence Programme receive:

  • Funding: generous support to build their Latin provision sustainably. This comes directly from the DfE and is intended to support teacher time, administration and printing costs, and bursary costs to support enrichment particularly for students eligible for Pupil Premium.

  • Curriculum: a fully resourced Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 curriculum to support all students regardless of starting point. We are keen to support schools introducing GCSE Latin ab initio as well as taking on our Key Stage 3 curriculum, which is designed for approximately 100 minutes per week. We take an evidence-led approach to curriculum design to ensure every student is supported to excel in studying Latin. Our approach carefully breaks down a coherent body of core knowledge, cumulatively sequences it for mastery, and trains teachers to use whole-class, direct instruction. Our work with Oak National Academy means we have an excellent repository of online lessons and curriculum materials used to provide training, cover lessons and home study.

  • Enrichment: throughout the life of the programme, the Centre will organise and arrange activities and trips for all students. This includes summer residential in the UK and international trips to places of interest, specifically Greece and Italy.

  • Expert support: the Centre employs three expert practitioners, and schools receive dedicated support from them. Alongside bespoke virtual support, an expert practitioner visits each school at least once a term, providing guidance, feedback and training, as well as updating school leadership on the progress of the subject in the school.

  • Training: the Centre offers regular, high-quality CPD for teaching Latin in the state sector, closely aligned with the ECF and NPQs. Six times per year, we offer training from expert Latin teachers. In addition to this, new schools joining the programme are invited to attend a training event in London to see the curriculum in action in a range of schools and participate in curriculum workshops.

  • Regional Hubs: from September 2023, we are excited to be developing regional Latin hubs across England. These hubs will be led by local schools, promoting the aims and vision of the Latin Excellence Programme and supporting new schools to join the programme, share best-practice and lead training.    


OUR AIMS

The particular aims of the programme include: 

  • To increase the proportion of disadvantaged students studying GCSE Latin in non-selective schools outside of London, the South East, and the East of England. 

  • To improve GCSE Latin attainment in the state sector, particularly in target regions across England. 

  • To provide participating pupils with access to enrichment and extra-curricular experiences connected to the study of Latin, such as trips abroad. 

  • To ensure the introduction of Latin in more state schools is sustainable beyond the life of the programme, when compared with the levels of Latin teaching in state schools in England in 2021. 

  • To improve the delivery of the programme through continuing independent evaluation and internal monitoring, including tracking the progress of participating pupils annually.