> About 10,000 students sit GCSE Latin each year and most of them are in private schools despite government attempts to lift numbers in the state sector. Accord

> About 10,000 students sit GCSE Latin each year and most of them are in private schools despite government attempts to lift numbers in the state sector. According to a recent British Council survey, Latin is taught in less than 3% of state schools, compared with 49% of independent schools. Is this supposed to help increase the number of state students studying Latin?