Performing Arts

Five applicants from Taunton School, including two who left in the summer, have been successful with their Oxbridge applications. Ellie-May Vohra, who secured straight A grades in the summer will be going to Corpus Christi, Oxford, to read Classics. Other successful Oxford applicants include current 6th form students Jack Kerslake ,who has an Open offer…

The Taunton School Under 14 Netball team have been crowned Champions at the Regional Finals earning a place in the National Schools Netball Finals in March. Taunton School were the only school in the South West region who were represented in each age group at the recent Regional Schools Netball Finals in Bournemouth. The U19…

A sum total of 36 Taunton School Sixth Form students have achieved awards at the UK Maths Trust National Senior Mathematical Challenge. The number represents 50% of the school’s sixth form mathematical students who undertook the 90-minute, multiple-choice competition aimed at students across the UK. Awards are given to the top 60% of participants, with…

Taunton School are preparing for the Regional Schools Netball Finals this month after qualifying at U14, U16 and U19 level at the county finals. They will be the only school in the South West Region represented in each age group. The three Taunton School teams will be heading to Bournemouth at the end of January…

Taunton School sixth form student Hanna Wittek has recently visited the House of Commons to deliver a campaign speech on behalf of the Youth Parliament. As Member of Youth Parliament (MYP) for Somerset, Hanna recently received the opportunity to go to the House of Commons to debate the top five issues that over 800,000 young people…

Christmas well and truly arrived in Weirfield last week with the girls kicking off their festive celebrations with ‘Festive Friday’. Accompanied by some classic Christmas songs which led to some impromptu karaoke from a good number of the girls, then the evening was spent decorating the tree and getting the decorations just right, as well…

Founded by Caroline Hirons, Give and Makeup is a non-profit initiative that brings everyday beauty essentials to women and children escaping domestic violence. The charity was set up in 2010 and since then has worked alongside Refuge and Women’s Aid to help women fleeing abusive relationships. In most cases, these women have fled with their…

On Friday 29th November Mrs Wreford took 6 air cadets to St Athan in Wales. It was an early start, we left school at around 6:10 am all feeling very tired. It was a 2 hour bus ride and we all mostly slept. When we arrived at St Athan we all went to drop off…

On Tuesday the 3rd of December, Amnesty welcomed Patricia Jefferson and some of her colleagues from the Taunton Amnesty group. They brought along cards for us to write to those in extremely difficult situations and we wrote to them explaining our gratitude and how we are standing in solidarity with them. This is part of…

Taunton School students came together last week to plant a time capsule into the foundations of the new dining room redevelopment. Contributions were made from staff and students in every part of the school from the Nursery to the Sixth Form. Contents included school photos, newsletters, a USB stick loaded with interesting documents, a school…