Classics: State Education
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the savings to the public purse made by cancelling the Latin Excellence Programme from March 2025.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell
The current contract for the Latin Excellence Programme, put in place by the previous government, is due to end on 28 February 2025. The Latin Excellence Programme has cost £2,071,000 to date since 2022. All schools on the programme will continue to have access to the programme’s curriculum resources and all students will sit their planned exams this summer.
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