Classics Teachers’ Day 2026

This annual CPD day is an opportunity to join us in Oxford, connect with other Classics teachers, and enjoy an exciting programme of talks from our academics.

Focus for 2026: This year’s Teachers’ Day is built around the new Latin A Level syllabus. Sessions will showcase the updated set texts, themes and approaches for the specification, with practical ideas you can take straight into the classroom.

There will also be a session introducing Maximum Classics, with ideas for encouraging the teaching of Classics in your feeder primary schools.

Registration is required as numbers are limited. A link will appear here once registration opens (via Eventbrite).

Funding is available to cover travel expenses for teachers at state schools. To apply, please email [email protected]

· 10:00–10:30 · Registration; coffee & tea

· 10:30–10:40 · Welcome

· 10:40–11:20 · Vergil, Aeneid 4 (Prof. Matthew Leigh, St Anne’s College)

· 11:20–12:00 · Tacitus, Annales 14 (Prof. Simon Malloch, Wadham College)

· 12:00–12:30 · Introducing Maximum Classics (Charlie Andrew, Director of Maximum Classics) — maximumclassics.com

· 12:30–13:45 · Lunch

· 13:45–14:25 · Ovid, Metamorphoses 7 (Dr Gail Trimble, Trinity College)

· 14:25–15:05 · Lucretius, De rerum natura 1 (Dr Barnaby Taylor, Exeter College)

· 15:05–15:35 · Coffee & tea

· 15:35–16:15 · Cicero, Pro Roscio (Dr Andrew Sillett, Brasenose College)

Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU

Dr Tristan Franklinos: [email protected]

Outreach team: [email protected]

Dr Andrew Sillett: [email protected]

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