Year: 2019
Student keeps Brewhouse Actor ‘on track’ for The Railway Children
Year 11 Russian student Ilya has been assisting the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton with their Christmas Show. The 15 year old boarder from Moscow, who is also a keen drama…
Psychology ‘Brain Day’
All of our A-level and IB Psychology students enjoyed a fantastic, mind-blowing day of neuroscience on Friday with our guest speaker Dr Guy Sutton, Director and Founder of Medical Biology…
Rugby team get on their bikes for Hospital fundraising challenge
A group of rugby students and staff recently cycled 280 miles to raise over £2000 for local hospital, Musgrove Park in Taunton. The Taunton School squad took part in a…
The latest from the Prep School Headmaster
I was once again struck this week by how many pupils were nominated by their teachers for a ‘Learner of the Week’ certificate in assembly, alongside the other pupils receiving…
Swimming Team win National Championships
Four pupils from Taunton School have been crowned English School National Champions after winning their medley relay race at the London Aquatic Centre recently. Seventeen pupils travelled to the London…
England Hockey call-up for student Jacob
15-year-old student Jacob Pengelly has recently been selected for the England Hockey U16 squad. Jacob who is in Year 11 was singled-out after training at two camps earning his place…
Broadcaster Tim Marshall delivers thought-provoking lecture
We were honoured to welcome renowned broadcaster and political commentator, Tim Marshall, as guest speaker at our annual ‘John Rae Lecture’. More than 160 people from local schools, the wider…
National Relay Competition
Seventeen pupils from Taunton School travelled to the London Aquatics Centre on the 16th of November to represent the South West in the English Schools’ Swimming Association National Relay competition…
A busy start to the year for Careers
It’s been a busy start to the school year in the Careers Department. With a new room and new team we quickly got the posters on the wall and started…
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
In 1920, as part of ceremonies in Britain to commemorate the dead of World War One, there was a proposal that the body of an Unknown Soldier, lying in an…