Bishop Fox's Community School is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 in Taunton

Taunton

Taunton is the county town of Somerset, England. The town, including its suburbs, had an estimated population of 61,400 in 2001. It is the largest town in the shire county of Somerset....

, Somerset

Somerset

The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...

, England.
The school has 829 students between the ages of 11 and 16.

The school traces its history back to 1522, as the Tudor Grammar School endowed by Richard Foxe

Richard Foxe

Richard Foxe was an English churchman, successively Bishop of Exeter, Bath and Wells, Durham, and Winchester, Lord Privy Seal, and founder of Corpus Christi College, Oxford.-Life:...

 (1448–1528), the Bishop of Winchester

Bishop of Winchester

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. The school was housed in what is now referred to as the Old Municipal Building in Taunton. In 1922, it came under the control of Somerset County Council. The school was located on Kingston Road until 1994. This building was demolished and a new housing estate erected. The Kingston Road site is the only former Bishop Fox's School building that is no longer standing. In September 2003, the school was awarded Specialist Status as a Business and Enterprise College

Business and Enterprise College

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. In July 2011, it became an Academy.

In 1994, it moved into new purpose built accommodation on a 30 acres (12.1 ha) site. The new building was opened by John Major

John Major

Sir John Major, is a British Conservative politician, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990–1997...

 who was prime minister

Prime minister

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of Britain at the time. Students at the previous site on Kingston Road were invited to plant trees as part of the transition between sites. A stream runs through the site which is home to water voles.

The school has been awarded the Gold Artsmark Award three times.