Students of West Kirby Grammar School have been informed that the Latin language will cease to be taught after the end of the next academic year. This is a real shame as the number of state schools offering Latin has decreased significantly over the years, and now opportunities to learn Latin are mostly restricted to public school students.

Latin has been taught as a subject at West Kirby Grammar School since it came into being and the school has a history of producing passionate students. Students who have studied Latin have fond memories of the subject and there remains the desire to learn about this historic language. Depriving future students of this opportunity goes against everything grammar schools stand for and an environment will be created in the school where the students cannot even understand their own motto.

Please sign this petition to prevent the end of Latin teaching in West Kirby Grammar School and help keep this historic language alive not just in West Kirby but nationwide.