We are high-achieving and down-to-earth and offer an academic and broad curriculum with a very modern edge.
'Taking ownership of your learning is a key ingredient in the recipe for scholarly success'
We select girls with agile minds who we believe will flourish at our school and make the most of the many opportunities on offer.
Whether they join us in the Junior School, the Senior School, or in our Sixth Form, they join us on their own merit, and quickly become part of a happy, ambitious and vibrant community.
The Good Schools Guide“A down to earth and real world school … this school has caught the tide and is beginning to set the pace.
Read our commonly asked questions and answers for more information about life at Putney High Junior School.
For information on everything that happens in Year 7 and throughout the Senior School.
Find out more about our Sixth Form Centre and opportunities available to Year 12 and 13 students.
Putney Parent“Her whole experience of PHS has been one of inclusivity, fun, challenge and friendship.
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We typically admit two classes of in the region of 22 pupils per class.
Key dates for 2024 entry:
| October 2023 | Application deadline |
| January 2024 | Assessments |
| End January 2024 | Results sent |
| February 2024 | Acceptance deadline |
Although our main intake is in Reception, we offer a limited number of additional places in Year 3 as the two classes increase slightly to 24 pupils per class.
Applications for 2024 entry are now open.
From time to time, vacancies do arise in other year groups.
Please note, our main intake is in Reception and we are therefore unable to guarantee the availability of spaces in the other year groups. If a candidate is successful in their entrance assessments but no spaces are available in the year group for which they have applied, they will be placed on a waiting list.
Applications for 2024 entry are now open.
"Teaching in the Early Years Foundation Stage is excellent. It is lively, imaginative and fun."Read the full report
ISI Report
We are a down to earth school and want to make the 11+ assessment process as stress-free, and enjoyable, as possible.
Key Dates for 2023 Entry:
| Wednesday 2 November, 12 noon | Application deadline |
| Friday 25 November | 11+ Entrance Exam
Bespoke digital assessment in Maths and English. All applicants will be invited into Putney High School to sit this approximately 1-hour exam on either a computer or an iPad. *we can accommodate applicants sitting this exam overseas |
| Wednesday 18 January | Athena Assessment
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a second and final assessment, including a one-to-one interview. |
| Mid-February | Results sent |
| Early March | Offer acceptance deadline |
From time to time, vacancies do arise in other year groups. Our main intake is in Year 7 and Year 12 and we are therefore unable to guarantee the availability of spaces in the other year groups.
Key Dates for 2023 Entry:
| Friday 27 January, 12 noon | Application deadline |
| Mid-March | Entrance Exam
Bespoke digital assessment in Maths and English. All applicants will be invited into Putney High School to sit this approximately 1-hour exam. *we can accommodate applicants sitting this exam overseas |
| Mid-March | Interviews and Language Assessments
All shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview with a member of staff. For those looking to join Year 9 or 10 there will also be a short Modern Foreign Language Assessment, chosen from French, German, Mandarin or Spanish. |
The Good Schools Guide“A real sense of friendliness, looking out for each other and kindness is palpable
Following the application deadline, we will invite some applicants to attend an interview (and, where applicable, scholarship assessment) in early November.
Key Dates:
| Wednesday 5 October, 12 noon | Application deadline, including Scholarships |
| Monday 7 or Tuesday 8 November* | Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview.
This will consist of two parts: a subject specific interview with a member of teaching staff as well as a short session with a member of the Sixth Form team. |
| Friday 11 November* | Shortlisted candidates will be invited for Scholarship Assessments |
| Early December | Results confirmed |
*any changes to this schedule will be communicated to applicants as far in advance as possible.
Places are offered based on the performance at interview, school reports and references. All offers are conditional on (I)GCSE results.
Our standard offer to those applying to join us is based on achieving at least 5 GCSEs at either 8 or 9, including in the chosen A-Level subjects. Three other subjects must be at least a grade 7, including Mathematics and English Language if these are not chosen for A-Level study.
For students who wish to study two sciences in combination, or Mathematics alongside a science, at least a grade 8 will be needed in these subjects.
Year 12 Pupil“I decided to join Putney at Sixth Form because of the amazing sense of community and togetherness that I'd seen.
Putney High School have partnered with Vectare to offer school coach services for both Junior and Senior school pupils to and from school.
Although we are academically selective we are “means blind”, and do everything we can to ensure that girls with promise are able to benefit from a Putney education regardless of their parents’ ability to afford fees.
Our scholarship programme is designed to recognise potential and offer opportunity. Expectation is high and our staff work with scholars to nurture their progress. The award of a scholarship brings opportunities and scholars are expected to participate fully in the life of the school.
In the Senior School we offer Academic, Music and Sport scholarships at 11+ (Year 7 entry). For girls aged 16+, Academic, Art, Design, Drama, Music and Sport scholarships are available. Travel scholarships in Modern Foreign Languages and Sciences are also available for internal applicants.
admissions@put.gdst.net
Senior School Admissions - 0208 788 4886
Junior School Admissions - 0208 788 6523
Email: admissions@put.gdst.net
Email: admissions@put.gdst.net
Email: admissions@put.gdst.net
Email: admissions@put.gdst.net
Putney alumnae are notable for their many extraordinary achievements and for their fond memories of school.
Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the World Bank Group, remembers her days when she was a punk rocker in purple uniform at Putney High School GDST.
Read the full article in School House Magazine.
Anoushka Mehta (class of 2010) has been recognised in the HERoes Women Role Model Lists 2020 in collaboration with Yahoo Finance. Anoushka has been named in the Forbes 30 Under 30 list and as 36th in the 100 Future Women Leaders, which celebrates inspirational women who are making a significant contribution to gender diversity at work.
Read more here.
Aimee is a leader in her field of robotics and imaging in surgery.
Ali started her business in 2016 after realising that she just didn’t enjoy the job she had at the time as much as she loved to cook. Taking the plunge and completing a cookery course, gaining a Diploma in Food and Wine at Leiths Cookery School, it was after this, in 2016, that she established Ali Pumfrey Chef, a catering company, offering food services and creating tailor-made events for London and beyond.
Read more here.
Sandie Okoro“Putney was never for one type of girl. Yes it was academic, but it was also for the curious, the iconoclast, the creative, and for girls who wanted to change the world.
Applications for 2023 entry are now open.
