The St Augustine of Canterbury School (Taunton)
| Motto | Believing, Belonging, Becoming through Christ |
|---|---|
| Established | 28 May 1956 |
| Closed | July 2010 |
| Type | Voluntary Aided Comprehensive |
| Religion | Joint Church of England and Roman Catholic |
| Headteacher | Mr S Rowe |
| Location |
Lyngford Road Taunton Somerset TA2 7EF England 51°01′41″N 3°05′40″W / 51.027922°N 3.094384°WCoordinates: 51°01′41″N 3°05′40″W / 51.027922°N 3.094384°W |
| Local authority | Somerset County Council |
| DfE URN | 123898 Tables |
| Students | 264 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Ages | 11–16 |
| Houses | Hodgkin, Stannard, Faraday, Burnell |
| Colours | Black |
The St Augustine of Canterbury School was a joint Church of England and Roman Catholic Voluntary Aided (VA) secondary school in Taunton, Somerset, England.
It was a specialist Science College with 264 students between the ages of 11 and 16. The school closed in July 2010 and students merged into The Taunton Academy. At the time of its closure it had the lowest GCSE results in Somerset, and the eighth-lowest in England.
The school was originally named Priorswood Secondary Modern School and opened on 28 May 1956 by the school's first headmaster, Arthur George Miller, with 258 children in attendance. When the school first opened no electric or gas supply was available, except to washing apparatus in the canteen kitchen. Heating was supplied by an oil fuelled boiler. The library, stage, gymnasium, domestic science, woodwork and metalwork rooms were incomplete and could not be used. However, the playground on the north side of the building was available for recreation. The facilities of the school were completed on 7 June 1956 allowing the school to function as normal.
In October 1977, Father Lynch and Preb. Roland Clark of the Diocesan Schools Commission began discussions with the LEA to consider a proposal for Priorswood Secondary Modern School to become a joint Roman Catholic and Anglican Church School. The proposal was to be submitted to the Secretary of State for Education and Science, Mark Carlisle, in 1980 with recommendation that the school be established in 1981.
On 11 December 1981, after the £750,000 joint venture by the government and churches had been agreed, the new school, to be established in September 1982, had been named. The school was to be known as St. Augustine of Canterbury, Priorswood, after the Bishop of the same name sent by Pope St. Gregory I on a mission to England in 595AD. On 27 August 1982, the school was established as one of the first in England to support both Anglican and Catholic faith's jointly.
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