House Poetry Winners 2024

Pupils from across all year groups took part in this year’s House Poetry competition. The quality of entries was very high, and in addition this year saw the largest number of pupils involved to date.

Congratulations to Court House who were overall winners of this competition, and to these pupils listed below. You can read each of the winning poems below.

Category One – The Beautiful Truth

Senior Winner – George M, Court

Senior runner-up – Jacob R, Franklin

Senior Highly Commended – Eva D N, Wimborne

Junior Winner – Quentin X, Monteacute

Junior runner-up – Livvy H, Lancaster

Junior Highly Commended – Austin R, Salisbury

Category Two – Poems celebrating Black History Month on the theme of ‘reclaiming the truth’

Senior winner – Adrian C, School House

Senior runner-up – Will V, Lancaster

Junior winner – Amelia, De Lacy

Junior runner-up – Toby B, Court

Category Three – ‘We Are’

Winner – Monteacute

Runner-up – Court

Very Highly Commended – De Lacy

Very Highly Commended – Lancaster

Highly Commended – Wimborne

Highly Commended – School House

Highly Commended - Beaufort