Performing Arts

Ten talented students from the Senior School have been nominated to try-out for the national squad at U16 & U18 levels. The players will travel to one of three venues this half term to take part in three days of intense training and game play. They will be tested on their physical, mental, psychological and…

Two Taunton School students have been awarded the opportunity to play with a professional orchestra after being recognised for their outstanding talent at a Concerto Competition. Violinist Anthony Knight and trumpeter Hetty Christopher, both in Year 10, performed their concertos in the annual Concerto Competition in the beautiful chapel at Taunton School, alongside nine fellow…

Students at Taunton School had a unique opportunity to question a sporting superstar last week. Through his ambassador role for sports brand Grays International, Sir Alistair works with schools to give advice to aspiring cricketers and this term Taunton School were chosen for a Q & A with the record-breaking batsman. The session, which took…

The students from across the Senior School have been selected to play for elite squads in the South West region. The boys, who range from age 13 to 17, have been training hard with rugby director and former professional Nicolas Sestaret at Taunton School, and will be playing throughout the season at clubs including Exeter…

On Friday, we supported and celebrated #HelloYellow with Young Minds, a charity committed to supporting the mental health of young people. Lockdown has had a devastating effect on children and young people’s mental health and we have seen this at school with some students and staff struggling to make the transition back into full time…

I always forget that October is Black History Month, because I guess I’m programmed to think that black history should be embedded in history EVERY day. I read an amazing article about the way Black people often feel invisible and threatened and unwelcome in the great outdoors yesterday – the author said: We belong here….

During the summer break, three students from Taunton School took part in the prestigious NSEA (National Schools Equestrian Association) Eventers Challenge Championships held at the internationally-renowned Hickstead in West Sussex, one of the most famous showjumping venues in the world. Emily Miller, Fliss Gostling and Cecilia Fawden had to qualify for the event at King…

My long-held conviction that September is the best month to be a teacher has taken a bit of a battering this year! Normally, I absolutely love the return to school. Even after two decades in teaching, there is something quite thrilling about handing out fresh exercise books, meeting new students, and picking up conversations with colleagues…

We, as a race, now shift more of the Earth’s surface than natural agents of erosion such as wind, waves, currents and moving masses of ice; we have left our indelible mark on the planet. That mark has been termed the ‘Anthropocene’ and it is during this Epoch that human (anthropogenic) impacts have really come…

I’ve attended Chapel, watched hockey fixtures, taught lessons, felt the passion of house matches, been on duty in the new dining room, visited a boarding house and delivered an assembly. The students are smiling and delighted to be with their friends. It’s great to be back with my colleagues and to feel their passion for…