The Matthew Arnold School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 49 48.8 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 48.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 46.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 9.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.24 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	49[5]	46.7%[5]
2023/24	43.2[3]	38.1%[3]	-0.24[3]
2022/23	40.2[6]	27%[6]	-0.43[6]
2021/22	42.7[7]	41%[7]	-0.40[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 86% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 7% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 1% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 69% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 3% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 4% 2022/23[8]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	89%[9]	8%[9]	4%[9]	66%[9]	4%[9]	6%[9]
2020/21	83%[10]	9%[10]	1%[10]	67%[10]	3%[10]	3%[10]
2019/20	96%[11]	9%[11]	0%[11]	77%[11]	4%[11]	6%[11]
2018/19	93%[12]	6%[12]	3%[12]	76%[12]	4%[12]	5%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 6 Feb 2024[13]
Type: Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published: 17 Mar 2024[13]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections: School remains Good[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
19 Jun 2018[14]	Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[14]	Good[14]
Date not published[15]	Schools into Special Measures Visit 5[15]	Requires improvement[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 3.2 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 611 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 246 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 192 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	578[16]	252[16]	187[16]	3.1[16]	1.3[16]
Entry Sept 2024	585[16]	277[16]	179[16]	3.3[16]	1.5[16]
Entry Sept 2023	550[16]	234[16]	202[16]	2.7[16]	1.2[16]
Entry Sept 2022	572[16]	245[16]	201[16]	2.8[16]	1.2[16]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 980[1]
Trust: BOURNE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: http://www.matthew-arnold.surrey.sch.uk [1]
District: Spelthorne [17]
Postcode: TW18 1PF[1]
URN: 138765[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 959 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language: 15.6% 2024/25[18]
SEN support: 14.3% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan: 4.8% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 21.8% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 72.5%[19]
Mixed: 8.2%[19]
Asian: 14%[19]
Black: 2.4%[19]
Any other ethnic group: 2.2%[19]
Unclassified: 0.5%[19]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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