Steven Hunt

The Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report  was issued on 5 th  November 2025. On page 87 there’s this table: Study of a foreign language, either modern or ancient, is compulsory at Key Stage 2. Study of a Modern Foreign Language (MFL) is compulsory at Key Stage 3. At Key Stage 4, there is an entitlement to study an MFL GCSE. Take-up in any MFL GCSE was 43% in 2009/10 and 44% in 2024/25. •        GCSE French take-up was 25% in 2009/10 and 18% in 2024/25. •        GCSE

I’ve always wanted to visit the Fitzrovia Chapel but it’s never been open when I’ve been nearby. So when I was at a loose end in Tottenham Court Road waiting for my lunch date I checked out the visiting times and was delighted to see it was open and only about ten minutes’ walk away.  Entranceway The Fitzrovia Chapel is a little marvel. Once it served as the chapel for the Middlesex Hospital that stood on this site and hid it completely from view. It’s like a Byzantine jewel

I spent a happy day at Reigate College recently at the invitation of one of the classics teachers there who had been one of my students seven years before. Lots of ancient history teaching to watch and learn from. It’s a two-way process: I teach them and then, later on, they teach me. Reigate Tunnel In a bit of quiet time, I briefly explored the town itself. Reigate is a smart Surrey commuter town (both Gail’s and Caffe Nero coffee shops highlight the upper middle class statu