Minister monitors the situation

Deal all,

My MP helped me to deliver the petition, so we actually got an answer from a Minister, though not Bridget Phillipson. Anyway, they are going to cut, but try to remedy the situation:

"Dear Peter,

Your ref: PB01692 7 February 2025 Thank you for your correspondence of 27 January, on behalf of your constituent,  Dr Ulla Rajala of 21 Dalby Road, Anstey, LE7 7DL, regarding the Latin Excellence Programme (LEP).  The fiscal situation that the government inherited means there are difficult decisions to take on how money is spent across the public sector to ensure we deliver on our priorities. Given this, the decision was made to not extend the LEP beyond the end of the agreed initial three-year contract. This was not an easy decision, and we are grateful to the Centre for Latin Excellence for its work to deliver the programme and that of the schools who have participated.

The department will work closely with the Centre for Latin Excellence to ensure that teachers currently delivering the Latin curriculum to key stage 4 pupils will be prioritised and will receive extra support in the lead up to the end of the programme. All schools on the programme will also continue to have access to the curriculum resources and we hope that many schools will continue to deliver Latin after the programme ends, and will keep this matter under review. Thank you for writing to the department. I hope that this response is useful for  Dr Rajala.

Yours, Catherine McKinnell MP Minister for School Standards"

Not a perfect result, but we probably made some impact.

All the best, Ulla