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Five applicants from Taunton School, including two who left in the summer, have been successful with their Oxbridge applications. Ellie-May Vohra, who secured straight A grades in the summer will be going to Corpus Christi, Oxford, to read Classics. Other successful Oxford applicants include current 6th form students Jack Kerslake ,who has an Open offer…

Students who swam the English Channel for charity have donated over £7200 to the Neonatal Unit at Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton. In the autumn of 2019, twelve school girls and boys became the youngest relay teams ever to swim the English Channel at just 12-years-old. They managed the 22-mile feat in just 12 hours…

On Friday, Adrian Hallworth, Principal of the International Schools, met up with Old Tauntonians as well as parents of current students in Paris to catch up and share memories of their time at Taunton School. Every individual’s experience of Taunton School is unique and it was wonderful to have a broad age range of the…

The Taunton School Under 14 Netball team have been crowned Champions at the Regional Finals earning a place in the National Schools Netball Finals in March. Taunton School were the only school in the South West region who were represented in each age group at the recent Regional Schools Netball Finals in Bournemouth. The U19…

A sum total of 36 Taunton School Sixth Form students have achieved awards at the UK Maths Trust National Senior Mathematical Challenge. The number represents 50% of the school’s sixth form mathematical students who undertook the 90-minute, multiple-choice competition aimed at students across the UK. Awards are given to the top 60% of participants, with…

The first of our Stand Up Speak Out forums took place last week and was organised by The Grange Community Committee. The event looked at a range of different contemporary societal issues including mental health stigma, pollution, poverty and hunger, renewable energy, wellbeing, and climate change. Each subject had a hands on activity that got…

Taunton School are preparing for the Regional Schools Netball Finals this month after qualifying at U14, U16 and U19 level at the county finals. They will be the only school in the South West Region represented in each age group. The three Taunton School teams will be heading to Bournemouth at the end of January…

Taunton School sixth form student Hanna Wittek has recently visited the House of Commons to deliver a campaign speech on behalf of the Youth Parliament. As Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) for Somerset, Hanna recently received the opportunity to go to the House of Commons to debate the top five issues that over 800,000 young people…

What an exciting end to the Autumn term with our final day falling on Election Results day for the country! However you chose to vote, and however you feel about the result, we can all be glad that the outcome has snuffed out threats to the prosperity of independent schools which had been publicised in…

Christmas well and truly arrived in Weirfield last week with the girls kicking off their festive celebrations with ‘Festive Friday’. Accompanied by some classic Christmas songs which led to some impromptu karaoke from a good number of the girls, then the evening was spent decorating the tree and getting the decorations just right, as well…