The Matthew Arnold School

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We've chosen 30 similar schools to benchmark this school against running cost categories, which includes all staffing (excluding premises staff), ICT, consultancy and catering.

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  • pupils eligible for free school meals (FSM)
  • pupils with special educational needs (SEN), or proportion of various SEN provisions for special schools
Schools we've chosen
School Type Number of pupils Pupils with special educational needs Pupils eligible for free school meals
The Matthew Arnold School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 961 19.1% 21.1%
Mounts Bay Academy
Penzance, TR18 3JT
Secondary 976 18.4% 21.7%
Cottingham High School
Cottingham, HU16 5PX
Secondary 876 19.9% 21.4%
Flixton Girls School
Manchester, M41 5DR
Secondary 964 18.5% 19.5%
Bungay High School
Bungay, NR35 1RW
Secondary 997 17% 22.5%
The Magna Carta School
Staines-upon-Thames, TW18 3HJ
Secondary 1,030 16.9% 22.5%
Noadswood School
Southampton, SO45 4ZF
Secondary 1,044 15.8% 21.9%
Falmouth School
Falmouth, TR11 4LH
Secondary 894 17% 22.4%
Birkdale High School
Southport, PR8 3DT
Secondary 926 19.2% 21.6%
Epsom and Ewell High School
Epsom, KT19 9JW
Secondary 1,059 18.7% 19.5%
Manor School
Wellingborough, NN9 6PA
Secondary 967 17.3% 21.1%
Kingswinford Academy
Kingswinford, DY6 7AD
Secondary 925 16% 21.5%
Southborough High School
Surbiton, KT6 5AS
Secondary 928 18.6% 19.8%
Sir William Robertson Academy, Welbourn
Lincoln, LN5 0PA
Secondary 994 19.5% 21.9%
Gosford Hill School
Kidlington, OX5 2NT
Secondary 848 21.9% 21.2%
The Beaconsfield School
Beaconsfield, HP9 1SJ
Secondary 871 17.8% 20.9%
King's School
Hove, BN3 8BN
Secondary 905 23.6% 19.4%
Magna Academy
Poole, BH17 8RE
Secondary 970 17.7% 23.2%
The Thomas Alleyne Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3BE
Secondary 987 21.2% 21.4%
John Mason School
Abingdon, OX14 1JB
Secondary 995 20.2% 20.6%
The Cedars Academy
Leicester, LE4 4GH
Secondary 985 19.5% 21.6%
Blessed William Howard Catholic School
Stafford, ST17 9AB
Secondary 960 15.5% 20.1%
Therfield School
Leatherhead, KT22 7NZ
Secondary 1,050 18.4% 18.8%
Barclay Academy
Stevenage, SG1 3RB
Secondary 992 18.6% 21.3%
Peacehaven Community School
Peacehaven, BN10 8RB
Secondary 903 18.6% 22.5%
Chertsey High School
Addlestone, KT15 2EP
Secondary 920 22.7% 19.3%
Stowmarket High School
Stowmarket, IP14 1QR
Secondary 898 18.1% 21.5%
Patchway Community School
Almondsbury, BS32 4AJ
Secondary 953 18.9% 21.7%
The Swan School
Oxford, OX2 7WP
Secondary 953 19.1% 19.2%
Aylesford School
Aylesford, ME20 7JU
Secondary 909 22.2% 23%