Rutherford College

great school I love everyone involved with this school

I went to this school and its dog shit teachers throw shade for no reason and students steal shit, bully and get away with it some tat loyalty try hard shet my niece also goes to this school and she steals cars is on drugs and thinks shes tough shes 14 bro she met the kids at rutherford. Not to mention the education there these days is piss poor. Definitely wouldn't send my kids there

I asked ChatGPT about my old school, Rutherford, and it mentioned that it ranks among the bottom 20 out of 400 schools in Auckland. It said that the school teaches kids unfairly, and I remember you can ask ChatGPT yourself to see what it says. Now that I've left Rutherford to go to a better school, I can say I'm having a much better time, like 100 times better, and I'm learning so much more. While I had some good times with friends at Rutherford, the school is just bad at everything, really everything. Some teachers would use the N-word often, which is completely unacceptable and sets a bad example for kids. Bullying was also a huge problem, and it felt like the school just didn’t care about stopping it. It was really a dog-eat-dog environment, and not in a good way. I strongly encourage anyone to consider going to a different school!

I have had good support form one staff member in particular who has been trying to help My daughter who has been struggling emotionally, My previous experience with my Son was not as good, they kicked him out as he was too hard to deal with, (He has Autism) passing the problem onto someone else is lazy. They have now excluded my daughter too with no care for how their actions will affect her mental health. The principal is not to be trusted and takes the easy option of passing "the problem" onto another school to deal with. I am disgusted with the treatment and warn anyone who has a child with learning or mental health issues to steer well clear of this dumpster of a school.

The learning experience gets better in the later years but unfortunately some kids don't. The only problem I'd have of this school is how much time does get wasted during tutor classes, and how many "gangster" like kids there are. I had a group of kids in my class who would constantly harass students and teachers, disrupting everyone's learning, and nothing was done about it. I regret to say my early years were not fun. And I'm disappointed I feel I didn't get to look forward to coming to a welcoming friendly class each day. I did not feel safe coming to school.

the school will not do anything if you report a teacher for being racist etc they don't care about bullying they waste their time telling off kids about their appearance such as hair colour, jewelry, shoes and piercings

some of the teachers are horrible some being extremely racist, sexist transphobic and not to mention the amount of pedofile teachers.

This is the worst school by far DO NOT send you kids here I just graduated from Rutherford College I was bullied to the point that I nearly killed myself I was physically bullied and I was sexualy asalted at school I tried telling the teachers I was dismissed it is not good for nerodiverse kids or for people with disability aids

I used to love Rutherford because I was ignorant of what really happened to people who didn’t fit the status quo and fed so many one-liners by staff who made it seem like Rutherford was the best of the best :/ i graduated in 2018 and honestly wish i didn’t waste my time there. There are better options out there, I feel guilty for promoting it in the past... I have become a better and more mature person and now I see the horrors

subjects and how they’re taught really depend on who is teaching, some teachers are plain mean and lack compassion, plenty of staff-room trash talks about students, kids!! if you are a minority, you will realise quickly that you are not very welcome by some deans and many other students as bullying and bigotry is rampant and never dealt with even if the issue is brought directly to staff. there is always trash on the ground, always a disgusting bathroom with many broken locks. not to mention prices of the tuck shop are borderline scams, imagine trying to make heavy profit from children that have no choice but to be there. school counsellors are horrible, cannot deal with students who actually have mental disorders or illnesses and WILL judge you if you have issues beyond “homework stresses me out” I strongly advise you go to help outside of school. at rutherford college, you are not allowed to be an individual with strong beliefs or experiment with ones appearance although they themselves have admitted that the dress code is outdated and wrong, they’re just too lazy to change it. but, if you want to say racial and homophobic slurs or comments, feel free, they will protect you.

very cool school, love the staff. hate the soccer kids, they think they’re entitled to everything and they judge everyone at the school <3

honestly it’s alright if your a academic child. most teachers aren’t supportive or encouraging at all overall would definitely make this school a last choice on a list. also school bathrooms are always gross the school gym toilet doors don’t even close. they also don’t handle bullying at all or seem to care about it they would rather send students out of class to get a uniform pass for coloured hair or spend there class time telling students to take off jewellery rather than actually teach they don’t seem to leave very much room for students to grow as there own person or express themselves in any way you can have more than one piercing no different hair colours like come on at this age you can’t not expect teenagers to want and get all these things nor does the school encourage personal growth and development in any ways shapes or forms they allow the girls to wear the boys shorts and pants but boys aren’t allowed to wear the girls skirt which is very hypocritical and doesn’t make it “equal” for everyone.

I think the school has some great teachers who help kids and do a lot for us with our schoolwork. But their is a lot of disgraceful and ridiculous bullying culture within the school from students, I've heard many racist derogatory comments towards a lot of people in my school. Their have been physical fights drugs and alcohol abuse in school and the guidance councilors are terrible they dont listen and never give good advice which has lead to not only the deaths of students but the possibility of more deaths.

Amazing school with kind staff and a very friendly principal. The school has a great balcence between the cultural, sporty and academic sides of learning and manages to make every day fun and entertaining.