by Gail | Mar 11, 2021 | The Taunton Academy
On Thursday March 11th students from The Taunton Academy with their teacher, Kat Lam, competed against a number of schools throughout the South West. They gathered by Zoom to compete in the South West Regional Final of the Churchill – ESU National Speaking Competition...
by Gail | Mar 4, 2021 | The Taunton Academy
The more able mathematicians from Years 9, 10 and 11 of The Taunton Academy competed in the UKMT (United Kingdom Mathematics Trust) Intermediate Mathematical Challenge online on 3rd February 2021. The Intermediate Mathematical Challenge (IMC) is a 60 minute, multiple...
by Gail | Dec 14, 2020 | The Taunton Academy
The Taunton Academy has arranged for its 195 students who receive free school meals (FSMs) to be given “Christmas in bag” on the last day of term. Thanks to the generosity of the people of Taunton, what started as a plan to give out small party bags developed into a...
by Gail | Nov 30, 2020 | Richard Huish College, The Taunton Academy
Many creative outlets have been impeded in 2020 however Richard Huish College challenged their talented students and the gifted Year 9-11 pupils from local schools to use ‘lockdown’ as an inspiration – setting it as the theme for their 25th Original Writing and...
by Gail | Nov 30, 2020 | The Taunton Academy
The Taunton Academy has been named winner of an animation competition launched by Avon and Somerset Police to engage young people in the issue of knife crime. It was one of four schools which took part in the initiative and received the most views of their short...
by Jye Calcutt | Aug 20, 2020 | The Taunton Academy
Students at The Taunton Academy are celebrating another strong set of results. There were several individual success stories, with students gaining multiple grade 9 results. Ruth Garang achieved eight grade 9s, Chloe Sanders was awarded seven and Kacper Slodek six. At...
