Steven Hunt

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

While I was in Bristol, to watch my daughter complete her first Bristol Half-Marathon, We went for a walk across the Downs towards the great muddy estuary that is the River Avon. To Sea Mills, in fact. A place with little distinction, except for the railway line that goes through there and onwards to Avonmouth and Severn Beach. behind us lay Brunel's great Suspension Bridge, and ahead the towering M5 Motorway as it belted across the Avon Gorge. At Sea Mills it was all privet

There was good news from the Classical Association on Tuesday that OCR would hold off the withdrawal of AS Latin and AS Classical Greek exams until final entries in 2028. That gives teachers more time to work out what to do and the community to figure out if there are any alternatives they want to pursue developing. Who knows, in the meantime, the present Secretary of State might reveal their thinking about examinations and surprise us all with a return to modular exams again