Latin gives students the key to a rich and influential literature and to a range of modern languages. Historical context and Roman ideas and values are studied as part of the background to literature and language. Latin may be started from scratch by students with no previous knowledge of the language. Latin A and AS Level are now offered by few state schools and colleges: it is a relatively rare qualification valued by universities and employers alike.
You will learn to think logically and analytically about language and literature and you will develop a critical approach to ideas of Roman society and compare them with those current today. There are also opportunities for developing research and presentation skills.
Entry with:
GCSE grade B in Latin or, if not studied at GCSE, GCSE grade B in English and in a Modern Language.
- • Flexible, high quality teaching geared to the needs of individuals.
- • Parallel development of understanding of English and language structure.
- • Trips to conferences and plays and, in some years, to Rome.
- • The opportunity to take an informal Greek class at lunchtime.
Awarding body:
OCR
AS Level Units
Unit 1: Latin language 50%.
Unit 2: Latin verse and prose literature 50%.
Advanced (A2) Level Units
Unit 3: Latin verse 50%.
Unit 4: Latin prose 50%.
| | Year | Qual | A* | A | B | C | D | E | U | A-C | A-E |
| Latin | 11/12 | A | 0 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 10/11 | A | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
92.9%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 09/10 | A | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 08/09 | A | | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 07/08 | A | | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 11/12 | AS | | 13 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
77.3%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 10/11 | AS | | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
95.5%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 09/10 | AS | | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
94.4%
|
94.4%
|
| Latin | 08/09 | AS | | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
80.0%
|
100.0%
|
| Latin | 07/08 | AS | | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
100.0%
|
100.0%
|
- • Purpose-built accommodation including shared project/resources room.
- • The College has an excellent Classical Library which contains books on Latin and Greek literature and language as well as an extensive Classical Civilisation section.
- • The department also has an arrangement with the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge University, which permits students to make use of the vast Faculty Library and its facilities in Sidgwick Avenue.