Rutherford House School

Wandsworth · SW17 7BS

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 376 pupils, 16.2% FSM

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Cooperative 70 /100

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Rutherford House School

General Information

Address: 217 Balham High Road, Balham, London, SW17 7BS – View on map
Phone: 02086725901
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr Rob Farrell
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 67 families put it first for 60 places – 11 for every 10 places. 75% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 60 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 14 · 2025 14 · 2026 11
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: No

Who goes here

376 pupils out of 420 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 61
% eligible for free school meals: 16.2%
Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Wandsworth average)
English as an additional language: 11% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 34.2% a year (Wandsworth 21.8%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 42% moved to another school, 58% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.

Behaviour

Good record 2025/26

About this Behaviour status

Based on real data requested under Freedom of Information, compared against other schools of the same type that have also responded - not a judgement on any single figure alone.

Reading the numbers: higher figures below often mean a school records thoroughly and takes concerns seriously, rather than more incidents happening. A school reporting unusually low figures sometimes has a reporting gap rather than a problem-free intake. If a figure stands out, it's worth asking the school how it records.

Data year: 2025/26
Bullying incidents: <5
Physical aggression / violence incidents: <5
Child protection referrals: 5
Safeguarding concerns: 8
Racist incidents: 0
Suspensions (fixed-term exclusions): 1
Permanent exclusions: 0

See the bullying figures for every school in Wandsworth →

Figures may show "<5" for some schools.

What does "<5" mean?

A figure shown as "<5" means the real number is below 5 - the standard convention for this kind of data, used to avoid identifying individual pupils. Different schools may also record and define incidents differently, so read comparisons with care.

1st of 4 primary schools in Wandsworth for behaviour

#1Rutherford House School77%
#2Riversdale Primary School67%
#3Albemarle Primary School30%

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Behaviour ranking

Each school's score (out of 100) reflects how it compares to other schools in the area across all reported behaviour metrics — bullying, physical aggression, safeguarding referrals and racist incidents. A higher score means fewer reported incidents relative to peers. Ranked by real FOI-reported figures. Schools that have declined to provide this data sit at the bottom — refusing a legal request is treated as worse than any honestly-reported result.

Rank School Score

#1Rutherford House School77%
#2Riversdale Primary School67%
#3Albemarle Primary School30%
#4Alderbrook Primary School11%

Across Wandsworth: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
Suspensions for bullying: 2 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 0 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Wandsworth, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 3.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 6.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

Pupils on SEN Support: 11.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 1.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 14 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 6 pupils
Hearing impairment: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 2 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Behaviour

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Headteacher Approval

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SafeguardingSafeguarding (parent rating)How parents rate the school on keeping children safe - how safe their child feels, and how well concerns are listened to and acted on. It's parents' experience, not an inspection result; Ofsted checks safeguarding separately.

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Wraparound CareWraparound Care (parent rating)How parents rate the school's breakfast and after-school clubs - availability, cost and quality. Only asked for infant, junior and primary schools, where it matters most for working parents.

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Would recommend –

This score reflects how openly the school responded to our Freedom of Information request. Schools that withhold information are rated lower — even the act of hiding data tells parents something about a school’s openness.

Response: Full response (+60)
Timeliness: Response date not recorded (+10)
Optional data: No optional data (+0)

Exemplary (80–100) · Cooperative (60–79) · Reluctant (40–59) · Obstructive (20–39) · Opaque (0–19)

Educational Attainment

Good 2022 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 73% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 17% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: in line with the Wandsworth average (71%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: Well above (3-year average 82% against an expected 62%)
3-year average (expected standard): 82%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 88% · Writing 73% · Maths 90% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 90%
Average test scores: reading 109, maths 110
Based on: 41 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolWandsworth averageEngland↘ Falling Down 7 percentage points since 2022/23. In 2024/25 this school was in line with the Wandsworth average (71%).

Year 6 SATs: 23rd of 53 junior and primary schools in the area

=20Brandlehow Primary School74%
=20St Faith's CofE Primary School74%
#23Rutherford House School73%
=24Penwortham Primary School72%
=24Ravenstone Primary School72%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School96%
#2Sheringdale Primary School95%
#3John Burns Primary School90%
=4Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School86%
=4Roehampton Church Forest Primary School86%
=6Honeywell Junior School84%
=6St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School84%
=8Ronald Ross Primary School83%
=8St Michael's CofE Primary School83%
=10St Anselm's Catholic Primary School81%
=10Westbridge Academy81%
#12Oasis Academy Putney80%
=13All Saints' CofE Primary School, Putney79%
=13Earlsfield Primary School79%
#15Hotham Primary School78%
=16Belleville Primary School77%
=16Chesterton Primary School77%
=16Gatton (VA) Primary School77%
#19St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School76%
=20Alderbrook Primary School74%
=20Brandlehow Primary School74%
=20St Faith's CofE Primary School74%
#23Rutherford House School73%
=24Penwortham Primary School72%
=24Ravenstone Primary School72%
=24Sellincourt Primary School72%
=27Beatrix Potter Primary School71%
=27St Boniface RC Primary School71%
=27Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School71%
=30Granard Primary School70%
=30Hillbrook School70%
=30Our Lady Queen of Heaven RC School70%
#33Allfarthing Primary School69%
#34Furzedown Primary School68%
=35ARK John Archer Primary Academy67%
=35St George's CofE Primary School67%
=37Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea66%
=37Shaftesbury Park Primary School66%
#39Heathmere Primary School65%
#40Mosaic Jewish Primary School63%
#41Riversdale Primary School62%
#42Belleville Wix Academy61%
#43St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School58%
#44Floreat Wandsworth Primary School57%
=45Falconbrook Primary School56%
=45Tooting Primary School56%
#47Southmead Primary School52%
=48Griffin Primary School50%
=48West Hill Primary School50%
#50Albemarle Primary School49%
#51The Alton School47%
#52Franciscan Primary School46%
#53Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit41%

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31st of 47 primary schools in Wandsworth for Ofsted rating

#29Ravenstone Primary SchoolGood
#30Roehampton Church Forest Primary SchoolGood
#31Rutherford House SchoolGood
#32Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, BatterseaGood
#33Sellincourt Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Belleville Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Chesterton Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Earlsfield Primary SchoolOutstanding
#4Gatton (VA) Primary SchoolOutstanding
#5Our Lady Queen of Heaven RC SchoolOutstanding
#6Penwortham Primary SchoolOutstanding
#7Ronald Ross Primary SchoolOutstanding
#8St Anselm's Catholic Primary SchoolOutstanding
#9ARK John Archer Primary AcademyGood
#10Albemarle Primary SchoolGood
#11Alderbrook Primary SchoolGood
#12All Saints' CofE Primary School, PutneyGood
#13Allfarthing Primary SchoolGood
#14Anglo Portuguese School of LondonGood
#15Beatrix Potter Primary SchoolGood
#16Belleville Wix AcademyGood
#17Brandlehow Primary SchoolGood
#18Falconbrook Primary SchoolGood
#19Floreat Wandsworth Primary SchoolGood
#20Franciscan Primary SchoolGood
#21Furzedown Primary SchoolGood
#22Granard Primary SchoolGood
#23Hillbrook SchoolGood
#24Holy Ghost Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#25Hotham Primary SchoolGood
#26John Burns Primary SchoolGood
#27Oasis Academy PutneyGood
#28Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#29Ravenstone Primary SchoolGood
#30Roehampton Church Forest Primary SchoolGood
#31Rutherford House SchoolGood
#32Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, BatterseaGood
#33Sellincourt Primary SchoolGood
#34Shaftesbury Park Primary SchoolGood
#35Smallwood Primary School and Language UnitGood
#36Southmead Primary SchoolGood
#37St Faith's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#38St George's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#39St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery SchoolGood
#40St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
#41St Michael's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#42The Alton SchoolGood
#43Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary SchoolGood
#44West Hill Primary SchoolGood
#45Westbridge AcademyGood
#46Griffin Primary SchoolRequires improvement
#47Riversdale Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Spending per pupil: £7,927 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

40th of 54 primary schools in Wandsworth for spending per pupil

#38Hotham Primary School£8,227
#39Franciscan Primary School£8,089
#40Rutherford House School£7,927
#41Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School£7,910
#42Sheringdale Primary School£7,872

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Smallwood Primary School and Language Unit£13,728
#2John Burns Primary School£12,904
#3Granard Primary School£12,727
#4Trinity St Mary's CofE Primary School£12,260
#5Oasis Academy Putney£11,298
#6Southmead Primary School£11,240
#7Heathmere Primary School£11,223
#8West Hill Primary School£11,092
#9Falconbrook Primary School£10,711
#10Mosaic Jewish Primary School£10,506
#11Ravenstone Primary School£10,452
#12The Alton School£10,412
#13Riversdale Primary School£10,375
#14Griffin Primary School£10,267
#15Roehampton Church Forest Primary School£10,250
#16Hillbrook School£10,230
#17St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School£9,995
#18Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Battersea£9,946
#19Alderbrook Primary School£9,854
#20St Mary's RC Voluntary Aided Primary School£9,788
#21Shaftesbury Park Primary School£9,728
#22ARK John Archer Primary Academy£9,649
#23Anglo Portuguese School of London£9,538
#24St Boniface RC Primary School£9,334
#25All Saints' CofE Primary School, Putney£9,178
#26Brandlehow Primary School£9,143
#27Ronald Ross Primary School£9,096
#28St Mary's CofE Nursery and Primary School£9,061
#29Chesterton Primary School£8,955
#30Our Lady Queen of Heaven RC School£8,871
#31Sellincourt Primary School£8,859
#32Albemarle Primary School£8,782
#33Allfarthing Primary School£8,694
#34Tooting Primary School£8,650
#35Furzedown Primary School£8,627
#36Belleville Wix Academy£8,605
#37St George's CofE Primary School£8,549
#38Hotham Primary School£8,227
#39Franciscan Primary School£8,089
#40Rutherford House School£7,927
#41Our Lady of Victories Catholic Primary School£7,910
#42Sheringdale Primary School£7,872
#43St Faith's CofE Primary School£7,796
#44Earlsfield Primary School£7,784
#45Beatrix Potter Primary School£7,758
#46St Anselm's Catholic Primary School£7,648
#47Penwortham Primary School£7,596
#48Gatton (VA) Primary School£7,577
#49Westbridge Academy£7,329
#50Holy Ghost Catholic Primary School£7,318
#51Belleville Primary School£7,301
#52Floreat Wandsworth Primary School£7,209
#53St Michael's CofE Primary School£6,945
#54Fircroft Primary School£3,952

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Environment

Data received 2025/26

About this Environment status

Based on real information requested under Freedom of Information, covering step-free access, specialist facilities, classroom climate, and technology provision.

Accessibility

Step-free for pupils, staff and visitors: No
Overall accessibility: Mostly
Lifts for pupil use: Yes
Accessible toilets: Yes
Changing Places facility: Yes
Sensory room: Yes

Climate

Classrooms with air conditioning: 17.6%
Mechanical ventilation: No
Air cooling units: Yes - all classrooms
Shaded outdoor areas: Yes
Heatwave procedures: Yes - informal arrangements

Technology

Pupil devices (approx.): 300
Pupils per device: 2:1
Digital display in every classroom: Yes
Interactive whiteboards: Yes - all classrooms
1:1 pupil device programme: No
Coding / robotics equipment: Yes
Assistive technology for SEND pupils: Yes

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