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Come rain or shine, lockdowns, pandemics, storms or snow, music matters deeply to us for the comfort it brings to listeners as well as the excitement and positive energy it fosters in children who take part, either by singing or playing musical instruments. Or in the case of many pupils at Taunton School, both! Here…

LGBT+ History Month: we all have a part to play in creating a fairer world. I consider myself very fortunate indeed. I realised I was bisexual when I was in Year 9 (although in hindsight I always have been), I had a group of very supportive friends, experienced no homophobic bullying, and never had to…

During lockdown, the children have been connecting with residents at the Abbeyfield Residential Home in Heron Drive, Taunton. The virtual story times have been arranged by a member of staff at Taunton School who is also the Weekend Activity Leader at the home, which cares for residents living with dementia. Once a fortnight, a resident…

Our resident archivist, John Brown, who has worked at Taunton School since 1975, has been investigating the recent discovery of graffiti in the clock tower of the main school building. A recent foray into the clock tower revealed some interesting graffiti on the walls of the lower room below the tower itself.  There are several…

Sophie, who attends Taunton School Nursery, is aiming to cover 28 miles in 28 days in February to raise money for Pancreatic Cancer UK. Sophie is raising money for the charity after losing her Nana to the disease last October. She is being joined on the challenge by her little sister Amber and they are…

As a school, we place huge value on playing an active and responsible role within our local community, something which is more important than ever at the moment as we all continue to face the challenges and struggles of a pandemic that has affected so many aspects of our daily lives. We’ve been speaking to…

Throughout lockdown, the Prep School’s pistol team have been training hard and were rewarded when they qualified for the National Finals of the School Pistol Championships last month. The regional finals took place remotely and the team had a very successful competition. They achieved a 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 6th place individually and as a team,…

School Sport Magazine has released its annual list of the most successful sporting schools in the country with Taunton School making the top ten. For the first time ever, the magazine has combined its separate lists of independent and state schools into one league table of the top 200 schools. The magazine used the results…

We are supplying 300 boxes a week to Musgrove Park Hospital in Taunton to support frontline NHS staff working throughout the pandemic. The food parcels are being delivered to the Well Being Hub at the county’s largest acute hospital. Providing a nutritiously balanced meal, they will be available to staff 24 hours a day. The…

One of the most important aspects of the winter survival of our bee colonies is knowing when and how to feed the bees in the winter. Some beekeepers lose their hives in the winter and they blame the cold. Cold weather rarely is the cause of honey bees dying in the winter. They are more…

This morning our Chaplain Eliza used her address in Chapel to reflect on Holocaust Memorial Day, a day marked each year on 27th January. It was on that date in 1945 that the Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops. Initiated by the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, it serves as…

The DofE scheme is a major part of the school’s co-curricular offering, with well over 300 students working toward Bronze, Silver or Gold awards. Our students have not allowed the current health emergency to dampen their spirits – with 166 signing up this year at all 3 levels, the highest number of awards started at…