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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 student, was delighted to help professional actor David Martin in perfecting his Russian for the upcoming musical theatre adaptation of E. Nesbit’s quintessentially English classic,…

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 certificates in sport, performing arts and citizenship. I also always enjoy very much seeing pupils at break-time who bring me their Rolls of Honour, awarded…

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 mammoth bike challenge on static bikes based at Musgrove Park Hospital. They ‘set off’ on their journey at 7am cycling solidly for nearly 12 hours….

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 Aquatics Centre to represent the South West in the English Schools’ Swimming Association National Relay competition. Six relay teams had qualified for National Finals following…

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 in the National squad ahead of upcoming test matches. Jacob has so far had the opportunity to play at Lilleshall National Sports Centre and most…

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 community and Taunton School students and staff attended in the newly refurbished theatre to hear his talk titled ‘Divided – Why we’re living in an…

  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 including Jack, one of our international Students from China. Six relay teams had qualified for National Finals following the Regional Finals in October, and…

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 signposting students to our new location. By week three we hosted our first event – the University Student Networking Event which went down a storm…

On the 5th November students at The Grange participated in the Global campaign “World Outdoor Classroom day”. Mrs Youngs’ English groups had prepared scripts based on Macbeth and acted them out in the park, using the beautiful trees natural surroundings for their backdrop. Mrs Shearman delivered her Geography lesson beside the Oak tree, with students…

Students at Taunton School recently took on the tough challenge of swimming across the Solent to the Isle of Wight. Just before half term ten students completed an epic 5km swim across The Solent battling cold water, chop and a biting northerly wind. They have raised nearly £8000 for Aspire, the spinal injury charity. The…