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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…

During the summer break, two students from Taunton School showed tremendous courage when they rushed to the aid of a struggling swimmer in the Cornish sea. On 9th August, Gabriel Baldegger and Joe Neeve were enjoying an evening on the beach at Perran Sands in Cornwall when they become aware of a body boarder in…

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…

Year 11 students have been waking up to their GCSE and IGCSE results emails from school this morning safe in the knowledge that, whatever their results, they can hold their heads up high.   “The overwhelming majority of our students engaged wonderfully with remote learning in the summer term, not only to finish learning their…

More than a hundred Year 13 students at Taunton School received their A-Level or BTEC results this morning. The overall picture is encouraging with a small rise in grades compared with last year, and the majority of students having the grades they need to progress to their next step.  At A-Level, 36% of Year 13…

Tomorrow morning between 8.00 and 8.30 will see Taunton School A-Level and BTEC students receive their long-awaited results via email. As for other schools, and in light of the cancellation of public exams this summer, our 2020 results are unique. Under direction from the regulator Ofqual, exam boards have awarded results based on centre-assessed grades…

Taunton School has invested in a Covid-safe chemical-free cleaning system that places pupil and staff safety at the heart of its strategy. The system is provided by innovative company Purozo, founded by Alex Speak and his father in 2018, a former Taunton School student who left in 2014. Alex’s company offers eco-friendly cleaning products centred…

Taunton School recently had the opportunity to video-chat with eminent Cardiovascular Surgeon Dr Mahesh Ramchandani, an OT, who was in School House at Taunton School and left in 1977 to study at Cambridge before working in a number of UK hospitals. Dr Ramchandani is now based in Texas in the USA, and very generously gave…

During June, all four houses at TPS joined forces for a Joint House Charity Day to raise funds for Love Musgrove — the official charity of Musgrove Park Hospital. The pupils rose to the challenge of baking and selling cakes and sweet treats; partaking in an online general knowledge quiz; completing chores around the home;…

Results season kicked off on Monday with Taunton School Upper Sixth students picking up their International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma results, once again posting some impressive scores. Of the 28 students who passed their Diploma, six scored 40 or more points (out of 45), and the average points score per candidate of 33.4 was as usual…

Four year old Monty, who attends Taunton School Nursery, has undertaken the challenge to complete his first ever mini-triathlon for charity. Monty was inspired by his parents and grandfather, and although he can’t officially do a full triathlon until he’s eight years old, decided to undertake his own version with a 100m open water swim,…