GCSE Latin – Term 2 (Jan. 2026)

Course Overview

This PX Classroom follows the GCSE OCR specification. The first year focuses on language and grammar while the second year involves detailed study of original Latin texts and Roman literature and culture in general. Students should have already completed the PX KS3 Intermediate Latin course or have already studied Latin to an equivalent level otherwise. A preliminary test must be completed to ensure suitability.

Course Method

Students must procure the following textbooks over the two years, the first one in advance of the first lesson:

• Latin to GCSE Part 1 by Henry Cullen & John Taylor (ISBN 9781780934402)
• Latin to GCSE Part 2 by Henry Cullen & John Taylor (ISBN 9781780934419)
• Essential GCSE Latin by John Taylor (ISBN 9781350003804)

In addition, an “Aeneid 2” workbook is required for this course. The cost of this will depend on the number of students taking the course. The workbook costs the PX Teacher approximately £84, who then prints and binds copies for each student and posts them for approximately £25 per student, but considerably less the more students there are that take the course. The OCR set texts change every two years so these workbooks cannot be reused by the PX Teacher after this course is over.

This class is held on Zoom and makes use of Google Classroom as a learning platform.

Independent study of approximately one hour per week is required in addition to a 30-minute homework each week.

Course Details

Term 2 comprises 10 weekly lessons. Each lesson lasts 60 minutes.

Term 2 focuses on more complicated grammar and syntax required for the GCSE qualification.

This PX Classroom is held on Mondays at 10.30am (London time zone) starting from Monday 12th January 2026. There will be no lesson on 23rd February due to the half-term break. The last lesson is due to be on 23rd March 2026.