Most of the UKโs leading academic schools feature Latin as part of their curriculum. Parents of pupils destined for British schools frequently opt to use Minerva Tuitionโs provision of online one-to-one teaching to prepare their children for education in the U.K.
๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ Pupils seeking a scholarship to a leading British school such as Eton, Winchester College and Harrow may have to take a Latin examination as part of the entrance assessment procedures.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง The U.K.โs leading academic schools are eager to offer Latin as there is evidence that it lifts pupilsโ outcomes in other subjects. Learning Latin benefits pupilsโ logical thinking, develops their mathematical processes and also assists pupils with computing coding and programming. Consequently, the UKโs preparatory schools usually teach Latin as part of their curriculum to prepare pupils for their chosen senior school.
๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ Latin provides an excellent basis for developing English skills. Around 60% of words in the English language have their origins in Ancient Greek or Latin. Lexicons of medicine and science have an even higher percentage of words derived from Greek and Latin.
๐๐ฑ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ Senior schools prepare their pupils for taking Latin for GCSE, A Level and the International Baccalaureate. These are undoubtedly qualifications which enhance a studentโs applications to top UK universities, particularly for highly competitive courses such as Law and Medicine.
๐๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐๐๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ข๐ซ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ.
