Blog

With tensions naturally high in this global climate, returning to boarding school life is sure to come with its fair share of anxieties for young people, especially for our international students. Although run slightly differently from previous years, in true Taunton School International tradition, the students, new or returning, arrived to a full-on timetable of…

The impact of Covid-19 is surely one of the most challenging things most of us have experienced, with the shutting down of work and school creating a huge ripple effect across the world. How refreshing it was, therefore, to see the energy of some of our International students gracing the Foxcombe campus again during Taunton…

We are delighted at Taunton School International to announce yet another year of fantastic GCSE results of a grade 9 – 7 pass rate of 38% and a 9 – 4 pass rate of 92%. It has been a very challenging year both for teachers and students in terms of covering all the subject content and producing…

On Sunday 23rd February four Year 9 students embarked on the first leg of their Australian exchange with students from Carey Grammar School, Melbourne. The first leg was to be a six week stay with their exchange partners (Benjamin, Lucy, Mia and Lucy) and host families out in Australia; they departed with much excitement and…

Nothing quite makes you want to ponder your life’s philosophy like an international lockdown and a crisis in the form of a pandemic. Now, more than ever, people are struggling to come to terms with their place in this world and have turned to philosophy for help. Publishers reported a sales boom in novels about fictional…

The Co-Curricular element of the school is still thriving, even though operating remotely. The school community is still able to come together with Headmaster’s assemblies and chapels uploaded onto TEAMs and Firefly each week. Whilst not the way we would have liked to present them, congratulations to all students who were awarded colours, contributed to…

Four weeks into the summer term, many of us have bedded in to our remote school routine. I am fortunate that in many ways my ‘new normal’ is not so very distant from my previous normal. I have been able to be part of Music rehearsals and concerts, the audience for Burke Debates, discussions in Academic and Drama…

In honour of May the Fourth, or ‘Star Wars Day’ as it is humorously known, I feel like I should begin this article with “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…”! This would certainly reflect just how other-worldly the last three weeks have felt for many students, staff and doubtless parents of…

Throughout the year our international students at Foxcombe and The Grange have been holding a variety of fundraising events to raise money for our nominated charity ‘drill2Drink’. Their aim is to help bring much needed clean water supplies to villages in the foothills of Mount Kilimanjaro.   We have received the fantastic news that with…

On Friday 6th March, Taunton School CCF had its Biennial Inspection under the watchful eye of reviewing officer, Colonel Ashley Fulford. Colonel Fulford is currently in post as Colonel Cadets at HQSW and has over 40 years’ experience in the Cadet Force, where he began as a Cadet himself in Devon ACF. The day began…

The History Department took all of Year 9 to visit the SS Great Britain in Bristol recently. Designed by the magnificently named Isambard Kingdom Brunel, the ship was by far the largest vessel afloat at the time of her launch in 1843, carrying passengers to destinations all around the world including USA and Australia. After…

Year 9 and 10 students provided an excellent evening of public speaking and debating for the Junior Inter-House Debating Competition on Friday 13 March. The standard was high with a strong element of assertive debating and a number of notable performances; a record thirteen houses from across three parts of the school entered teams, Marshall…