London school crisis: £12m primary to close less than a decade after opening due to falling pupil numbers

Oasis Academy Putney is to close a decade after it opened due to falling pupil numbers - (Google Maps / LDRS)

Plans to shut a south London primary school, less than a decade after it opened, have received Government backing.

The Department for Education (DfE) has agreed in principle to shut Oasis Academy Putney at the end of the academic year. The DfE’s decision means Oasis Community Learning can move ahead with its plans to close the school, which it runs in Putney, due to falling pupil numbers.