by backtoworkmum » Mon Apr 30, 2018 8:05 am
My two children are at Rutherford and have been there from the beginning. We are delighted with it - it’s a very inclusive, forward thinking, well run school. There’s a real sense of family there, with the parent body being very involved in the way in which the school is run (it’s a free school, so run independently). We have had excellent class teachers so far and my kids are very happy there. There are a broad range of after school clubs, which is brilliant for working parents. I would say that they are pushing the kids quite hard academically, but there is a good range of arts, music, sport and they all have forest school once a week on the common. One thing to note is that, by chance, there were 7 sets of twins (mostly siblings) in one year so this would have reduced the catchment by already filling a quarter of the reception class!! Might have more luck depending on number of siblings next year.
My two children are at Rutherford and have been there from the beginning. We are delighted with it - it’s a very inclusive, forward thinking, well run school. There’s a real sense of family there, with the parent body being very involved in the way in which the school is run (it’s a free school, so run independently). We have had excellent class teachers so far and my kids are very happy there. There are a broad range of after school clubs, which is brilliant for working parents. I would say that they are pushing the kids quite hard academically, but there is a good range of arts, music, sport and they all have forest school once a week on the common. One thing to note is that, by chance, there were 7 sets of twins (mostly siblings) in one year so this would have reduced the catchment by already filling a quarter of the reception class!! Might have more luck depending on number of siblings next year.
