Secondary
Matthew Arnold School
Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1255 of 1220 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.8
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ACER TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 72.3
- All staff (FTE)
- 94.4
- Pupils per adult
- 13.6
- Pupils
- 1,285
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected June 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formGood
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
May 2024
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)November 2018
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
65%
14 points above the Oxford average (51% across 8 schools)
56.5
8.8 above the Oxford average (47.7 across 8 schools)
3rd of 8 by our score, among the secondary schools in Oxford we can score - 9 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 56.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 5.28 |
| Entered the EBacc | 54% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 83% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 65% |
| A level average points per entry | 33.98 |
| A level students | 107 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 60% |
| 22/23 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 54% |
| 24/25 | 65% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 38.1 |
| 22/23 | 31.8 |
| 23/24 | 33.2 |
| 24/25 | 34.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.33 |
| 22/23 | +0.07 |
| 23/24 | +0.18 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.4 |
| 22/23 | 50.9 |
| 23/24 | 50.1 |
| 24/25 | 56.5 |
Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Oxfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Anthony Broadley
- Address
- Arnolds Way, Oxford, OX2 9JE
- Telephone
- 01865862232