All pupils study Latin as a compulsory element in Year 8 and it is an optional language into Year 9 (~100 out of 170 choose to continue the subject).  On average 20-25 boys continue with the subject and take the OCR GCSE examination. Small but very able and highly motivated groups of pupils study Latin at A-level (again, OCR specifications are followed) and the department generally has one or more candidates for Oxbridge entrance each year. At Sixth Form, the school also offers the Classical Civilisation A-level.  In addition, the department provides a language awareness course for boys in Year 7 which, among other purposes, serves as an introduction to Latin. 

A-Level Classics 

Classics in the Sixth Form currently follows the OCR exam board curriculum. Please see the Course Information Sheet for more information.

Classics Staff

There are currently two full-time and two part-time staff teaching in the department’s three specialist rooms.

Mrs R H Livesey MA Cambridge University (Newnham College) - Head of Classics. Mrs Livesey came to LRGS direct from her degree and a PGCE in 2008. Now Head of Classics, she teaches Latin and Classics throughout the school. Mrs Livesey is also heavily involved in the school's extensive D of E programme and was Outdoor Education Coordinator for three years.  She also currently holds the post of internal exams officer.  Outside school, she can usually be found in the mountains of the UK and Europe. 

Miss A B Ball MA Cambridge University (Newnham College) - Full-time Teacher of Classics. Miss Ball came to LRGS from Llandovery College in 2015.  She too teaches Latin and Classics throughout the school.  In her free time, she enjoys the outdoors and playing the harp. 

Trips and Visits

The department organises many educational visits both within the UK - Hadrian's Wall, Newcastle Classics Conference and London - and abroad: frequent visits to Rome, the Bay of Naples, Sicily or Greece are organised.

Greece - Easter 2023
Bringing the curriculum to life and enjoying the classical sites in Greece.