Welcome!

 

King Arthur’s Community School is a friendly, hardworking and busy school. We believe in and strive for inclusion and opportunities for all, good working relationships and high standards of achievement.

 

Our students excel academically, vocationally, and in the sporting arena and the arts. In 2011 51% of students achieved at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C including English and Mathematics.  This is a 9% increase on the previous year and continues an upward trend.  The school offers a broad, diverse and academic curriculum on a large campus which includes the community Sports Centre, West Hill Nursery and Somerset Skills for Learning.  It is the only specialist Sports College in Somerset.

On leaving King Arthur’s School, students have a wide range of sixth form provision to choose from within commutable distance from Wincanton, enabling high numbers to stay in further education.

A few highlights from 2011 include the best GCSE results ever; Bronze, Silver and Gold success in the UK Mathematics Challenge; County Badminton Champions; a community Music Concert in Wincanton Memorial Hall; our Greenpower Challenge Team drove expertly to 30th place with 88.8 miles in 4 hours place; a student’s design was chosen for the new Heath Centre logo and Student Leadership Programmes across many aspects of school life.  For information on all our other activities please see copies of our newsletter, Excalibur, which are published on the website.

The staff are well-qualified, experienced and committed to providing a supportive and safe environment in which students can thrive. We value our partnerships with parents and the local community and seek to further develop the concept of being a community school. We believe in honesty, hard work, good manners and respect, and work to encourage these qualities in our students.

In October 1958 Field Marshal Lord Harding of Petherton opened King Arthurs School and said in his opening speech, “Whatever the truth about King Arthur, of one thing we can be sure. There did live, about 1500 years ago, in this part of England, a great warrior. He showed great qualities – bravery, perseverance and kindness – and, if his name was Arthur, it is a name which we as a school should be proud to bear.”  Words as true now as they were 54 years ago.

Mrs. Emma Wilkes

 

Headteacher