Shakespeare learned Latin and so should state school kids

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‘If Latin was good enough for the bard, it is surely good enough for every child’ (Getty)

I agree with Jordan Tyldesley that state school children should study Latin.

For the past eight eight years, I have been home educating my two children all the way to university entrance. We followed Latin for a year with the Cambridge Latin course. Whilst entertaining it contained very little academic teaching.

I was then persuaded by the author of Gwynne’s Latin to adopt the traditional method of learning grammar off by heart and using late Victorian-era textbooks for translation practice. The benefit was obvious as the children rapidly gained linguistic confidence and the traditional study skills helped with all their other subjects.