Queen's College
Other independent school · Mixed · Somerset
Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS
86
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
613
Capacity used
Has space86%
716 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Methodist
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Julian Noad
- Address
- Trull Road, Taunton, TA1 4QS
- Phone
- 01823272559
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Ward / constituency
- Comeytrowe & Trull · Taunton and Wellington
- Area
- Urban: Further from a major town or city
- URN
- 123913
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 22% | — | — |
613 pupils · 716 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
Read the full Ofsted reportGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 60.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 60% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 89% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.65 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 37.19 | — | — |
Average grade: B- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 57.4 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 65.3% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 79.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 14.3% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.68 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 49 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 36.92 | 35 |
| Average grade | B- | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 16.7% | 17% |
| A-level students | 38 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 47 | 28% | 72% | 89% | |
| English Language | 44 | 41% | 93% | 95% | |
| English Literature | 43 | 56% | 95% | 98% | |
| Combined Science | 29 | 24% | 66% | 83% | |
| Business | 20 | 45% | 90% | 95% | |
| Religious Studies | 20 | 20% | 85% | 90% | |
| Biology | 18 | 56% | 83% | 100% | |
| Spanish | 18 | 39% | 78% | 94% | |
| Chemistry | 18 | 50% | 83% | 100% | |
| Physics | 17 | 59% | 94% | 100% | |
| Art and Design | 16 | 88% | 100% | 100% | |
| Geography | 14 | 71% | 93% | 100% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 16 | 0% | 38% | 56% | |
| Chinese | 13 | 46% | 100% | 100% | |
| Biology | 10 | 10% | 10% | 20% | |
| Business Studies | 10 | 0% | 20% | 60% | |
| Physics | 8 | 0% | 25% | 50% | |
| Sociology | 8 | 0% | 0% | 25% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 8 | 0% | 13% | 38% | |
| Photography | 7 | 14% | 43% | 86% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 0% | 33% | |
| Psychology | 6 | 0% | 0% | 50% | |
| Art and Design | 6 | 33% | 50% | 100% | |
| Chemistry | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 12641: Queen's College, Taunton
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.