Rutlish School

Term dates

Merton council sets the term dates for this school. See all Merton dates, taken from the council's own page.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 195 families put this school as their first choice, and 260 places were offered. 167 of the families who put it first got a place (86%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 24 September 2024. No overall grade was given (Ofsted stopped giving one in September 2024).

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Sixth form

Outstanding

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Voluntary controlled school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–19

Pupils

1471 (capacity 1500)

Gender

Boys

Phone

02085421212

Address

Watery Lane, Merton Park, London, SW20 9AD

Website

rutlish.merton.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports