The Classical Association, working with the charity Classics for All, is conscious of the vulnerability of Classics in the secondary education system and wants to understand the reasons behind this. Concern about the decline of classical subjects at GCSE and A Level has been mounting, indicated largely by exam entry data suggesting that entries for classical subjects are low and in the case of the ancient languages in decline.1 The Council of University Classics Departments Bulletin annually publishes statistics for student entries for national examinations at GCSE and A level in classical subjects. But this does not capture the full picture, nor does it represent the other constituent parts of the UK, which have their own examination systems. Therefore, in late 2021 the Classical Association and Classics for All designed a new Classical Studies Survey (the ‘Survey’), to fill in more detailed information about what is going on in schools' classics departments more widely through the UK, across Key Stages 3–5, and to provide practising teachers with an opportunity to make recommendations for future developments in courses for classical subjects. The Survey asked teachers to comment on the current situation for Latin, Ancient Greek, Classical Civilisation and Ancient History, the factors affecting these trends, and what support they considered they would need for Classics to survive in their institutions. This Survey collated data rigorously and enables the Classical Association on behalf of the classics teaching community to make compelling arguments in relation to education policies and examination reform.

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古典研究趋势：英国中学古典文学教学

古典文学协会与慈善机构“全民古典学”合作，意识到古典学在中等教育系统中的脆弱性，并希望了解其背后的原因。人们对 GCSE 和 A Level 古典科目下降的担忧与日俱增，这主要体现在考试报名数据上，表明古典科目的入学人数很少，而古代语言的入学人数也在下降。1大学古典文学系理事会公报每年都会发布 GCSE 和 A Level 古典学科国家考试学生报名统计数据。但这并不能反映全貌，也不能代表英国其他有自己考试制度的组成部分。因此，古典协会和全民古典学在 2021 年底设计了一项新的古典研究调查（简称“调查”），以填写更详细的信息，了解英国更广泛的学校古典学系在各个关键阶段的情况3-5，并为执业教师提供对古典学科课程未来发展提出建议的机会。该调查要求教师评论拉丁语、古希腊语、古典文明和古代历史的现状、影响这些趋势的因素，以及他们认为古典学在其机构中生存需要哪些支持。这项调查严格整理了数据，使古典学协会能够代表古典学教学界就教育政策和考试改革提出令人信服的论据。