Rutherford House School

What Ofsted found

Full inspection, July 2022.

• Overall effectiveness: Good
• The quality of education: Good
• Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding
• Personal development: Outstanding
• Leadership and management: Good
• Early years provision: Good
• Safeguarding: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

• Inspectors found that in a few subjects and in the early years, leaders' curriculum thinking is not as well developed.
• Inspectors found that leaders ensure staff get the information they need to support pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities effectively.

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The school

• The school aims for pupils to be well-rounded, independent and confident in all they choose to do.
• The school says its aim is to be excellent in all we do and to make sure every child enjoys learning and grows in confidence.

Source: Rutherford House School website; Rutherford House School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

How it teaches

• The school currently follows the White Rose scheme for maths.
• The school uses the Read Write Inc Ruth Miskin programme to teach phonics.
• Spanish is taught weekly from Reception through to Year 6 by specialist Spanish teachers.
• Pupils take part in co-curricular and after school activities such as ballet, street dance, cooking, coding, football and foreign languages.

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Music, sport and trips

• Educational visits, trips and visiting experts are used to bring learning to life across the curriculum.

Source: Rutherford House School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Admissions

• The school is a two-form entry school and can take up to 60 children every year.
• Children are eligible for Reception in the September of the school year in which they become five years old.

Source: Rutherford House School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

The school day and clubs

• Breakfast club runs from 7.30am to 8.20am, costing £7.00 per day.

Source: Rutherford House School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

Support

• The school's SENDCo is Miss Archer, who can be contacted by phone or by email at sendco@rutherfordhouseschool.co.uk.

Source: Rutherford House School website. Checked 11 November 2026.

What each year learns

• Year 1 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 2 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 3 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 4 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 5 mathsWhite Rose Maths
• Year 6 mathsWhite Rose Maths

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