Kings' College

Website: www.kings-taunton.co.uk
Address: Taunton SOMERSET
Kings' College is a happy, traditional-feel school set on the leafier (racecourse) side of the town and with a campus feel – many staff live on site. It’s sporty – Olympic hockey goalie Maddie Hinch went here – with close links to the county cricket ground (Jos Buttler is an old boy), and has its own equestrian centre. It’s a Woodard school (founded by the Victorian cleric) and the splendid chapel, a concert venue for a musical town, is a centrepiece; the chaplain, Father Mark Smith, has a ‘mini-farm’ (mostly poultry and pygmy goats).
- 460 pupils aged 13–18, co-ed, day and boarding, plus prep school
- £7,460–£11,055
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