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Student magazine Highly Commended in Shine ceremony
The student magazine A Study in Purple was Highly Commended in the Best Digital Magazine category at this year's Shine School Media...
Jul 3, 20231 min read


Putney impresses in Poetry Festival 2023
The Poetry Festival 2023 gave our finalists the opportunity to perform their selected work to staff, students and parents -- and this...
Feb 24, 20231 min read

Making the headlines: Year 7 & 8 tasks
It has been a busy, fun and productive first term for the lower years! In between studies of core texts (Simon Armitage's take on the...
Dec 8, 20223 min read


Year 11 grapples with Rebecca
The exam text Rebecca was the subject of some frank exchanges during a Year 11 after-school Harkness discussion in late November. During...
Nov 21, 20221 min read

Freya P makes Foyle Top 15 Poets
Freya P in Year 8 has been named one of the top 15 winners of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2022. On Friday 4 November, Freya...
Nov 10, 20221 min read


Year 11 delivers stunning enrichment work
Year 11 students once again impressed teachers and fellow students with an impressive array of creative and academic outcomes for the...
Oct 14, 20221 min read


Creative writing winners announced
The winners of the annual Creative Writing Competition have been announced in the anthology published by the English Department this...
Oct 14, 20221 min read


'Simply amazing' English Open Day
Year 7 impressed prospective Year 6 students and their parents on this year's Open Day with friendly conversations, fun tasks, games and...
Oct 8, 20221 min read


Sophie W ‘Highly Commended’ in museum's poetry competition
Year 8 student Sophie W has been ‘Highly Commended’ as a runner-up in the Poems on the Buses 2022 competition, run by the Museum of...
Oct 6, 20221 min read


Year 8 impresses with life stories
Year 8 created some truly stunning autobiographies during the autumn term. The annual project encourages students to capture the most...
Jul 5, 20221 min read


Highly Commended for ASIP photographer
Tara M (left) in Year 12 was awarded Highly Commended in the Best Photograph category at this year's Shine School Media Awards. She is...
Jun 27, 20221 min read


Surprise performances in Poetry Festival 2022
Parents were treated to some passionate performances during the annual Poetry Festival, which took place on Tuesday 8 February. The...
Feb 9, 20221 min read


Year 11 takes on a Harkness table
Twenty-five Year 11 students participated in an after-school Harkness table on the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four on Monday 22nd November....
Nov 23, 20211 min read

Creative winners announced in new anthology
The winners of the school's Creative Writing Competition 2021 were announced in the anthology published by the English Department this...
Nov 23, 20211 min read

Students shine at media awards
Ahana and Eloise in Year 13 enjoyed a gala lunch at London's Guildhall to celebrate the success of Putney's school magazine A Study in...
Nov 10, 20211 min read


Ahana takes top poetry prize
Ahana in Year 13 has been named one of the top 15 winners in the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2021. This competition, in its 23rd...
Nov 10, 20212 min read
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