We're on a mission.
Maximum Classics was established as a CIC (Community Interest Company) to provide high-quality, practical teaching resources and training for low or no cost. This is to ensure that all students, no matter their educational setting, can have a chance to learn about the ancient world and their languages.
All the folks behind Maximum Classics (see below👇🏼) were lucky enough to have been introduced to Classics at school. We want to bring a bit of that luck to everyone.
Charlie Andrew, Author & Director of Maximum Classics CIC
A graduate of UCL’s Department of Greek & Latin, Charlie has worked at the Classics coalface, teaching across London state primary and secondary schools. Before going into education, Charlie worked in the publishing and digital content industries, and now uses this experience to develop and promote high-quality, research-informed (and fun!) classroom materials. She takes a special interest in helping primary school children access Latin and develop a life-long love of the subject.
Dr. Charlotte Spence, Trainer and Consultant
Charlotte is a researcher who focuses on inscribed curse tablets, small handwritten inscriptions through which help is sought from the gods and the restless dead for all manner of ends! Charlotte’s current research is focused on the North African curse tablets, mapping patterns and links in tablets across the ancient world, and, tentatively, how AI can be used to improve our reading of these fragmentary texts as well as their dating. She’s also an ace Maximum Classics trainer and social media whizz.
Stephany Ungless, Designer & Sub-Editor
Stephany obtained a degree in Classics from Trinity College, Cambridge, and has occasionally taught both Latin and Greek at primary and secondary level. After spending seven years in editorial at Penguin Books, she retrained in typographic design at the University of the Arts London. Now happily working as a graphic designer, she enjoys seeing how many of these elements she can combine in one project.
Jasmine Elmer, Consultant
Having spent over 20 years in the field of classical education, Jasmine now uses her wealth of experience in bringing the study of the ancient world to life for the general public. She hosts the Legit Classics podcast, has authored the acclaimed book Goddess with a Thousand Faces and has contributed to various TV shows on the ancient world. Jasmine does not label herself a traditional “Classicist”, but instead an advocate for the wider study of ancient culture.
A couple of proud nerd moments recently that I think you’ll appreciate: majority of children correctly answered ‘consume’ in a mock reading SATs paper in response to ‘Find and copy a word that means eat’ as they knew ‘consumere’ from Latin and whenever there’s a pronoun question on the SPaG I’ve got them doing the ‘We Will Rock You’ pronoun chant in their heads! Man, we love this scheme of work!