King’s College, Taunton is an independent co-educational boarding and day school in Somerset with over 450 boys and girls aged 13-18 years. We like to think of ourselves as an exceptionally happy school, but also a busy and purposeful community. Our pupils leave here very well-qualified, but more importantly they leave as well-rounded, balanced individuals. In their everyday life around the school, they show the confidence to succeed, and the determination to give of their very best. We hope you enjoy seeing just a glimpse of school life in the following pages, and then come to visit us yourself. You’ll be most welcome!
Last year’s highlights • Top GCSE results in Somerset • Record A*/A/B rate at A level • One of the most successful school 1st XI cricket teams in the UK • U14 girls’ hockey county champions • Under 18s Rugby sevens reached Rosslyn Park semi-finals • Four of our cross country runners selected for English Schools National Championships • Superb production of Great Expectations in the Michaelmas term Some of our overseas trips: • Sixth form trip to Kerala, India, to build three houses for homeless families • Cricket tour to Sri Lanka; U17 team unbeaten in six matches • Geography tour to Iceland • Rugby tour to South Africa • Art and History trip to Italy • Skiing trip to Tignes • 6th Form French trip to Normandy • 6th Form Physics trip to CERN in Geneva • Scholars’ trip to Berlin Individual successes: • Currently five recently-left alumni playing professional cricket (four for Somerset, one for Worcestershire) • Juno Temple won a BAFTA Rising Star award • For the ninth year running, the school has supplied a Lord Lieutenant’s Cadet for Somerset • For the fifth time in six years a King’s pupil has won the prestigious Arkwright Scholarship for design technology into the sixth form
| YEAR | FEE | EXTRAS INCLUDED IN FEES |
| 9 – 13 | £9480.00 | The boarding fee includes all meals, stationery, laundry (but not dry cleaning) and most textbooks. |
