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Saturday 20th June saw the Hands Up [Suburani] Summer Conference in the Museum of London - soon to become the London Museum when it reopens to the general public later this year in the old Smithfield market buildings - a fantastic space for their huge collection. As is always the case, the Hands Up Conference showcased a good number of options for Classics teachers. The ones I went to included talks on Handling Artefacts, Reading Latin from Left to Right, Ideas for Retrieval

A Changing Educational Context Ancient languages teaching in schools currently operates within a distinctive educational environment. National policy provides relatively little specific guidance for subjects such as Latin and Greek, creating a vacuum that is often filled by influential figures in educational discourse, published media commentary (especially on unfiltered social media) and school-wide pedagogical fashions. Examples include ‘Knowledge-Rich’ curricula, cold-call

The Classical Association Teaching Board has been running consultations on the next round of qualifications reform for Classical subjects. This brief report of the situation so far was published on the website of Classics for All. At various points I have been asked to contribute to the discussions themselves. Here are some of my own thoughts. Rigour Without Purpose? Several years after the introduction of the reformed GCSE and A Level language qualifications, it remains rema