Rutlish School is a comprehensive school for boys. It is in Watery Lane, Merton Park, south-west London. It was formerly a grammar school.
It is noted for caning its most famous alumnus politician, British Prime Minister Sir John Major in its former grammar school period.
The school has five year groups (years 7 to 11) and an intake of approximately 240 pupils in the first year. The school roll totals approximately 1050 pupils. The school special...
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Rutlish School is a comprehensive school for boys. It is in Watery Lane, Merton Park, south-west London. It was formerly a grammar school.
It is noted for caning its most famous alumnus politician, British Prime Minister Sir John Major in its former grammar school period.
The school has five year groups (years 7 to 11) and an intake of approximately 240 pupils in the first year. The school roll totals approximately 1050 pupils. The school specialises in mathematics and ICT. The local education authority is the London Borough of Merton. The current Headteacher of Rutlish School is Alex Williamson.
The school is named after William Rutlish, embroiderer to Charles II. Rutlish was a resident of the parish of Merton and is buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St. Mary. Rutlish died in 1687 and left £400 for a school (about £59 thousand today) for the education of poor children of the parish.
By the 1890s the charity had accumulated a considerable excess of funds and John Innes,...
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