King Arthur's Community School is a non-denominational secondary school in Wincanton, Somerset, England. As of January 2012, it has 566 students between the ages of 11 and 16 years. In 2003, King Arthur’s became Somerset’s first specialist Sports College under the Specialist Schools Programme. The campus includes the community Sports Centre, West Hill Nursery and Somerset Skills for Learning.
In February 2006, the Year 7 football team qualified for the regional finals in the S.F.A Jetix Indoor five-a-side football competition and finished in third place. Also in 2006, the year 9 girls netball team qualified for the south west regional finals. Since getting through this round, and also the south region finals they made it all the way to the regional finals where they finished in third place.
In 2009, 41% of students achieved at least five GCSE passes at grade A* to C including English and Mathematics. In 2010, the score was 42% and in 2011 it increased to 51% and currently 80% in 2012.
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