“This year group have excelled in applying themselves to their studies in what has been a phenomenally difficult year. They have shown diligence, positivity and enormous depth of character to achieve as highly as they have and we should applaud every single one of them.” Suzie Longstaff
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Posted: 11 August, 2021
A Level Results 2021
Achievements, Celebration, News, Senior School, Sixth Form
Class of 2021 have excelled in what has been another extraordinary year for education. We are delighted that more than 96% of students have secured places at their first choice university.
- Students are heading to Oxford and Cambridge on courses ranging from PPE to French and Spanish after all achieving straight A*s
- Students studying Medicine will be going on to universities including Imperial College, St Andrew’s and Birmingham.
- Four students are off to the USA, including two on scholarships.
- One student has been offered a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music.
- Amongst the most popular destinations this year are Durham, Edinburgh, Exeter and UCL.
- Creative Arts Destinations include: Art Foundation at Central Saint Martins, Fashion at Ravensbourne and Art History at St Andrews and Bristol.
Oxford & Cambridge
Students continuing their studies at Oxbridge include:
Anna Metzger who will go to Cambridge University (Theology, Religion, Philosophy of Religion) A*A*A*; Sarisha Burt – Oxford (History) A*A*A*; Georgie Claxon – Oxford (Experimental Psychology) A*A*A*; Sophie Dulieu – Oxford (Philosophy, Politics and Economics) A*A*A*; Daisy Williams – Oxford (French and Spanish) A*A*A*.
US Universities
Heading to the USA will be Alice Patton, who has secured a rowing scholarship to Princeton; Sascha Levy, on a scholarship to Miami University; Vivienne Bartels, Colgate University, New York.
Medicine
Loren Boles and Ella Mooren both achieved A*A*A*A* to win places to read Medicine at Imperial College and St Andrews respectively.
Ella joined Putney in Year 10 and in the Sixth Form we welcomed Noor Khan and Sinead Brown who will also be studying Medicine at Imperial College and Birmingham respectively.
Four other students will be studying subjects allied to Medicine including Biological Sciences at Durham and UCL, and Medical Sciences at Edinburgh.
Broad range of subjects
As is usual at Putney, the breadth of the students’ interests has been reflected in an impressive array of subject choices including a focus on entrepreneurship, in keeping with Putney’s forward-thinking approach to education.
Courses range from Engineering and Entrepreneurship to Business, Digital and Entrepreneurship and Computer Science at UCL. Scottish universities are popular including Neuroscience at St Andrews and Chinese and Spanish at Edinburgh. Other choices include Ancient World at UCL, Marine Biology at Southampton, Architecture at Bath and Criminology at Durham.