Rutherford School
Rutherford School is an independent special school in South Croydon for boys and girls aged 3 to 25. It has 33 pupils and room for 34.
1a Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HZ020 8688 7560rutherfordschool.org.ukMrs Suzanna Bance head of schoolAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2024
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Croydon council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 33 | 32 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 22 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 0% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 5% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 100% | 96% | 97% | 96% | 96% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maypole School - Melville | Independent | 290 m | – | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Coombe Wood School | Free school | 490 m | 1,162 | Good 2023 | 80 | Compare |
| St Peter's Primary School | Academy | 720 m | 411 | Not inspected | 82 | Compare |
| Elmhurst School Ltd | Independent | 910 m | 126 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Royal Russell School | Independent (grammar) | 0.7 miles | 1,296 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Archbishop Tenison's CofE High School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 833 | Report card 2026 | 35 | Compare |
| Harris Primary Academy Haling Park | Academy | 0.7 miles | 414 | Outstanding 2023 | 95 | Compare |
| Aspire Learning | Independent | 0.7 miles | 54 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Rutherford School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Rutherford School yet.
How many pupils does Rutherford School have?
33 pupils aged 3 to 25 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 34 places, so it is 97% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- 1a Melville Avenue, South Croydon, CR2 7HZ
- Telephone
- 020 8688 7560
- Website
- www.rutherfordschool.org.uk
- Head of School
- Mrs Suzanna Bance
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 3-25
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Croydon
- Ward
- South Croydon
- Constituency
- Croydon South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 14 June 1971
- URN
- 101843 · LAESTAB 3066078 · UKPRN 10027366
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2023/24 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.