The Sixth Form is very much run by you, for you and there are countless ways to get involved. The facilities in our dedicated Sixth Form Centre are primarily for your use and whether you are catching up with friends over coffee in our Sixth Form diner, relaxing in the Lounge, or training in the FOPHS fitness suite, we really want you to feel that this is a place for you to call your own and start building towards life at university.
Life at Sixth Form
The Sixth Form is an opportunity for you to delve deeper into your academic passions, explore the myriad of opportunities beyond the classroom, and build lifelong friendships within an inclusive and welcoming community.
A Day in the Life
Emma is studying for A Levels in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and French. Read her description of a typical day...
Beyond the Curriculum
Clubs & Societies
In the Sixth Form you will be encouraged to lead, and be empowered to do so, in every aspect of school life whether in the classroom, running societies or on the sports field.
Sixth Formers play a key role in starting up and leading societies. Here are just a few of the Super-curricular activities available:
Psychology Club
Medical Society
Model United Nations
Philosophy Society
Life-drawing
Orchestra
Young Enterprise
Sixth Form Art, Music & Drama
Sixth Form Sports
Sixth Formers have exclusive access to the FOPHS Fitness Suite with an extensive range of fitness equipment allowing them to train before, during or after school.
Other sports available include:
Lacrosse
Netball
Rowing
Tennis
Volleyball
Gymnastics
Dance
Athletics
"The spirit of the Sixth Form will differ from your earlier experiences of school. You will be encouraged to be more intellectually curious in your lessons, to lead confidently within the school and to connect with kindness and integrity in your community.
You will feel a sense of belonging that will allow you to flourish, leaving Putney as individuals with a strong identity and purpose, and the ambition to continue to achieve in all that you do."
Ella Barden - Head of Sixth Form
Pastoral Support & The House System
Further Education & Future Careers
We want all our pupils to be interested in and excited about careers from an early age so we hold a host of talks, workshops and events to start them thinking about the opportunities that await them.
From Year 7 to Year 13 exceptional careers advice and tailored support is available to every student at the school.
From inspirational talks about the jobs of the future, to writing a stand-out personal statement; from professional support for those hoping to embark on careers in Medicine or Law, to organising work experience; our knowledgeable team and well-resourced careers department are the first port of call for the inquisitive and the ambitious.
One-to-one careers advice
In-house specialist UCAS, personal statement and careers specialist
Dedicated US and World Class Universities Coordinators
Specialist Oxbridge Coordinator
Visiting alumnae e.g. Broadcaster, Sophie Raworth, Author, Sophie Kinsella and Louise Ridley of Buzzfeed
Insight Days with Barclays, Nomura, PWC Siemens, Goldman Sachs & Vodafone
External speakers e.g. CEOs of Microsoft UK, Harvey Nichols and former CFO of Burberry
Work experience opportunities. e.g. Vodafone
Degree Apprenticeships advice and support
Sixth Form LEAP lunches offering first hand University and careers advice
Higher Education Clinics
Mock Interview Practice
"I was given a huge insight into the future I could hold, as an aspiring female scientist".
Sixth Form prefects organise the PIE+ lecture series, which brings exceptional guest speakers into school each week, offering insight into the world of work.
What have our Alumnae gone on to do?
Adventures & Trips
Putney has a bold, open-minded and adventurous outlook on the world, which is reflected in an exciting programme of trips to destinations across London and the globe.
Regular sports and choir tours add many more destinations to the mix. Closer to home, we make full use of the many exhibitions, theatrical productions and fascinating opportunities laid at our feet in London or at easy reach in the UK.
In recent years, flashes of Putney purple have been spotted in the following locations:
On the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, as part of an Outlook expedition
In a Shanghai classroom, during our cultural exchange to China
On the canals of Amsterdam, in a History of Art trip
In Costa Rica, during one of several Spanish trips offered this year
Eating a madeleine in a café in Paris, or a bratwurst in Tübingen
At NASA HQ in Florida
The large hadron collider at CERN in Switzerland
"What makes the girls at Putney so exciting to teach is their intellectual curiosity. They never stop asking 'Why?'" - Director of Sixth Form