- Taunton School was founded in 1847 as a boys’ school for dissenters – those who were not members of the Church of England. In 1971 it began merging with Weirfield School, an all-girls school, and within five years it was fully coeducational.
- Today, the school says that it puts “humility, engagement and kindness as the uniting qualities for both students and staff”. About 96 per cent of sixth-form leavers enter college or university, with places regularly secured at Oxford and Cambridge.
- The school welcomes the children of French families connected with the Hinkley Point project, and since 2019 more than 100 children have been placed with the Taunton School family of schools.
- Academic, art, music, drama, sport and design and technology scholarships are available for children entering year 9, with further awards given to those beginning sixth form studies.
- The writers Alexander and Daisy Waugh attended the school.
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