The Castle School, Taunton

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The Castle School
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The Castle School, Taunton
Wellington Road

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TA1 5AU

Coordinates 51°01′01″N3°07′04″W / 51.0169°N 3.1179°W / 51.0169; -3.1179 Coordinates: 51°01′01″N3°07′04″W / 51.0169°N 3.1179°W / 51.0169; -3.1179
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Type Academy
MottoAchieve, Belong, Participate
Specialist Sports College
Department for Education URN 136916 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Chair of GovernorsPatricia Rendell
HeadteacherJames Lamb
GenderMixed
Age11to 16
Enrolment1,199
HousesBalmoral, Lancaster, Caernarvon, Buckingham, Windsor, Sandringham
Colour(s)Green, Orange, Purple, Red, Blue, Yellow
Website www.castleschool.com

The Castle School is a co-educational secondary school in Taunton, Somerset, England. It had 1,189 pupils aged 11 to 16 in 2017, [1] and has had specialist Sports College status since 2003. [2] It has been granted a second specialism in Vocational Education. During the school's Ofsted inspection in 2009, it received an "outstanding" rating in 26 out of 27 criteria. [3] In July 2011, the school became an Academy.

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Site

The original parts of the building include the tower block, and the ground floor building connected to it, which covers the canteen, main hall and science blocks. The newer buildings include the Qdos 6th Form Building, which opened in 2010 replacing two ageing mobile huts and partly extending the jubilee building, the Sealy Building, Sports Hall and Sports Centre and the Jubilee Building which opened in 2003. And the newest addition of Naylor. This has enabled departments to grow and offer more to its pupils by way of facilities and improved teaching rooms. However, the school has 1,236 pupils for a site only designed to hold 600. [4]

Sport

Castle School is heavily involved in sport and offers pupils a wide variety of sports such as football, basketball, tennis, golf, hockey, parkour, athletics, and many more to participate in.

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References

  1. "The Castle School". Ofsted. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. Ofsted Inspection Report, January 2006 Archived 16 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ofsted Inspection Report, June 2009
  4. Shepherd, Jessica (19 May 2012). "Schools aren't fit for pupils to learn in, warn four in 10 headteachers". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 April 2015.