King's College is an independent coeducational secondary day and boarding school in Taunton, Somerset, England. A member school of the Woodard Corporation, it has approximately 450 pupils aged 13 to 18, including about 300 boarders. Its affiliated prep boarding school is King's Hall School.
This famous Somerset boarding school in follows a traditional curriculum, with challenging academic subjects prefared by universities, taught by teachers chosen for their deep knowledge of the subject and their infectious enthusiasm. 98% of pupils go on to University, many to Oxford, Cambridge and other international universities
1 June 2017, Pupils Excel in BTEC Sport. The first BTEC Sport course at King’s has been a huge success and all 12 students have achieved the grades needed to gain places at university.
The BTEC Sport course at King’s includes a wide range of both academic and vocational units including anatomy and physiology, sport psychology, sport massage, nutrition and coaching, plus many more. With such a wide spectrum of units, each student is able to find a passion within the sports world that could provide them with a pathway into employment or onto university as evidenced from some of the leaving Upper Sixth studentsGirls | Boys | Total | |
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Boarding School: | 95 | 171 | 266 |
Day School: | 80 | 109 | 189 |
This famous boarding school offers a vast and varied array of co-curricular activities, unparalleled for a school of its size, from sport and drama to music and outdoor pursuits, from CCF and dance to cookery and debating. Importantly King's tries to ensure that as far as possible, there are no conflicts of interest between the various activities.
Outdoor activities are well catered for within the umbrella of the CCF, and alongside that are the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze and Gold award schemes. Kayaking takes place in the pool in winter and in the surf or rapids in the warmer weather. This Somerset boarding school has its own climbing wall and groups also go climbing in Devon. The CCF runs a Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Army section.
Inter-house competitions include, debating, music and general knowledge events, as well as inter-school debating, public speaking and Philosothon teams. Many of the academic departments also run their own societies outside the classroom curriculum.
Sunday activities are organised to give boarding pupils an optional activity on Sundays during term time. These activities are very wide-ranging and constantly evolving, but have included in the past, trips to theme parks, local rugby and cricket matches, cultural events and adventurous activities. Three or four times a term the school will do a whole house Sunday trip, such as paintballing or surfing. The staff also try to take each year group out camping overnight, with the enthusiasm for sleeping under thin canvas quite unbelievable. As if four 'all you can eat' buffets supplied daily by the school weren't enough, they have an U6th pizza evening every week, as well as a Saturday night cook-off, and barbecues every Sunday in the summer. House events include a charity fancy dress dodgeball tournament, competitive cooking against girls' houses and any other events I can think to bring a smile to the boys faces.
King's College is located close to the centre of Taunton and enjoys excellent motorway, rail and air links.
By air: London Heathrow and Gatwick airports are only a few hours away and are well served by train and coach connections. In addition, Bristol and Exeter international airports are easily accessible within a distance of 40 miles
By rail: Taunton railway station is approximately 10 minutes by taxi. The journey from London Paddington by train is approximately 2 hours.Shapwick School: Shapwick, Bridgwater, Somerset, UK : Somerset, United Kingdom,
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