Queen's College Taunton皇后学院

About the school
Queen's College is aco-educational day and boarding school for pupis aged between 0 to 19 years, situated about a mile from the centre of Taunton. It consists of Highgrove Nursery, for babies to children aged 3; the Pre- Preparatory, for the Nursery School, aged 3 to4, Early YearsFoundationStage (EYFS) childrenand Years 1 and2; the JuniorSchooland Senior School. The school takes boarders from the age of seven; the youngest boarders are acommodated in a mixed junior and senior boarding house, and older pupils in three senior houses. Pupils transfer to the senior school at the age of 11.

The school was founded in 1843 in order to educate Methodist boys and prepare them for entry to university. It first admitted gnds in 1972 and has almost equal number of boys and girls throughout. The school is a registered charity and is one of a group of schools owned by the Mthodist Independent Schools' Trust (MIST).

Since the previous inspection, a new boarding wing for girs was openedin September 2015, and the purpose-built nursery was opened in January 2016. The head has been in post since September 2016.

What the school seeks to do
The College aims to prowide a caring family community in which members worship in the Methodist tradition, uphold Christian values in practice and embrace people of dfferent backgrounds and cultures. It aims to develop thoughtful, conf ident and resilient young people with spirtual and moral fibre who are able to take their place as leaders of sodiety in the future, and to maintain high educational standards in all academic, cultural and sporting activities.

About the pupils
Pupils come from a range of professional backgrounds, mos ty white British familes living within an hour's drive of the school. Boarders come from a range of overseas countries, primarily Hong Kong, China, Russia and Germany. A number of UK boarders come from military familis. Nationally standardised test data provided by the school indicate that the ability profile of the senior school is above average, and that of the 6*h form is broadly average.

The school has identfied 168 pupils as having a wide range of special educational needs and/or dis abilities (SEND), which include dyslexia and processing disorders, 42 of whom receive additional
specialist help. No pupil has an education, health and care (EHC) plan or a statement of special educational needs. English is an additional language (EAL) for 133 pupis, 107 of whom receive aditional specialist help. Data used by the school have identified 99 pupils as being the most able in the school's population, and the curriculum is modified for them and for 63 other pupils because of
their special talents in sport, music and performing arts.