Summer School Gallery

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…

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…

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…

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…

Every year each of our tutor groups are tasked with creating a fundraising event to raise money for the schools chosen charity and on Friday 6th March it was the turn of Mr Lovett’s tutor group! The students came together to generate ideas and it was French student Valentin’s idea to hold a crepe sale….

On Thursday 5th March the students and staff at The Grange descended on the school dressed as some of their favourite book characters. We had appearances from Cruella de Vil, Gangsta Granny, Little Bo Peep and her sheep and a host of ‘Where’s Wally’ characters in the shape of the International Middle School staff.  …

After welcoming back our International Middle School students from their well-earned half term break we began the half term with a brilliant trip to two farms. We headed off on Monday morning, waterproofs and welly boots on to our first farm; Tetton Farm kindly hosted by Mr House. Here students learnt about the arable and…

The students at the Grange campus rallied together this term to support a tutor group fund-raising effort for the international charity, Smile Train. Students raised a total of £968 by celebrating St Valentine’s day with a rose. Their generosity was astounding – over 550 roses were bought and delivered across all parts of the school…

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…