Matthew Arnold School

Schools we chose for benchmarking

This is the set of similar schools we've chosen to benchmark this school's pupil and workforce data against.

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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.

How we chose these schools

We chose these schools based on:

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  • number of pupils
  • 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
Matthew Arnold School
(Your chosen school)
Secondary 1,250 19.2% 10.6%
Kingsbridge Academy
Kingsbridge, TQ7 1PL
Secondary 1,249 14.4% 10.9%
Whitburn Church of England Academy
Sunderland, SR6 7EF
Secondary 1,206 14.5% 10.3%
Guilsborough Academy
Northampton, NN6 8QE
Secondary 1,260 18.6% 13.3%
Bristol Free School
Bristol, BS10 6NJ
Secondary 1,292 19.4% 13.2%
Haybridge High School and Sixth Form
Stourbridge, DY8 2XS
Secondary 1,219 14.1% 10.5%
The Robert Smyth Academy
Market Harborough, LE16 7JG
Secondary 1,277 18.3% 10.1%
Cams Hill School
Fareham, PO16 8AH
Secondary 1,237 13.7% 12.4%
Saint Joan of Arc Catholic School
Rickmansworth, WD3 1HG
Secondary 1,199 18.7% 7.9%
Bartholomew School
Witney, OX29 4AP
Secondary 1,383 17.6% 8.7%
Knutsford Academy
Knutsford, WA16 0EA
Secondary 1,325 20.5% 12.1%
Holmer Green Senior School
High Wycombe, HP15 6SP
Secondary 1,243 20.5% 9.8%
Nailsea School
Bristol, BS48 2HN
Secondary 1,157 17.5% 11.5%
The Bishop Wand Church of England School
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
Secondary 1,200 16.1% 6.4%
St Birinus School
Didcot, OX11 8AZ
Secondary 1,212 23.6% 14.8%
Guildford County School
Guildford, GU2 4LU
Secondary 1,194 16% 7.4%
Trinity School
Sevenoaks, TN13 3SL
Secondary 1,147 19% 14.9%
St Simon Stock Catholic School
Maidstone, ME16 0JP
Secondary 1,152 16.9% 14.2%
The Cooper School
Bicester, OX26 4RS
Secondary 1,231 20.4% 11%
The Kingston Academy
Kingston upon Thames, KT2 5PE
Secondary 1,178 16% 12.4%
The Bicester School
Bicester, OX26 2NS
Secondary 1,198 20.7% 15.4%
Bohunt School Wokingham
Wokingham, RG2 9GB
Secondary 1,281 12.6% 8%
Cockermouth School
Cockermouth, CA13 9HF
Secondary 1,285 17.2% 13.4%
Heathside School
Weybridge, KT13 8UZ
Secondary 1,231 17.6% 7%
Wood Green School
Witney, OX28 1DX
Secondary 1,329 18.2% 12.9%
St Philip Howard Catholic School
Bognor Regis, PO22 0EN
Secondary 1,304 19.8% 10.2%
The Misbourne School
Great Missenden, HP16 0BN
Secondary 1,126 21.1% 11.3%
Beechen Cliff School
Bath, BA2 4RE
Secondary 1,224 17.2% 8.6%
St Paul's Catholic College
Burgess Hill, RH15 8GA
Secondary 1,191 19.6% 7.1%
St Paul's Catholic College
Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6JE
Secondary 1,366 13.5% 10.8%