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((other uses|Matthew Arnold (disambiguation)))
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| type          = [[Academy (English school)|Academy]]
| head_label    = Executive Headteacher
| head          = Stephen Price
| address       = Kingston Road
| city          = [[Staines-upon-Thames]]
| county        = [[Middlesex]]
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The '''Matthew Arnold School''' is a co-educational [[secondary school]] with [[Academy (English school)|academy status]] located in [[Staines-upon-Thames]], [[Surrey]], England. The school was opened by [[George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan|Lord Lucan]] on 24 May 1954 and educates pupils from the age of 11 ("Year 7") to 16 ("Year 11").

==Admissions==
The Matthew Arnold School is on the outskirts of the east of Staines-upon-Thames, south of the [[A308 road|A308]], towards [[Ashford, Surrey|Ashford]]. It has transport links via buses [[London Buses route 117|117]] and 290, and via [[South Western Railway (train operating company)|trains]] at [[Staines railway station]]. Matthew Arnold takes in many pupils from a variety of schools located around Staines-upon-Thames and surrounding areas, including Buckland Primary School, Laleham Church of England School, Riverbridge Primary School, Town Farm Primary School, Our Lady of Rosary, Stanwell Fields, Clarendon, Ashford Park, Echelford Primary School and many more.

==History ==
((More citations needed|section|date=July 2023))
Aerial photographs taken on two occasions in 1933 illustrate the progress of construction of new housing in the immediate vicinity of the survey area. Photographs also show the [[Cropmark|cropmarks]] of a supposed Roman enclosure in the playing fields of the school. Subsequent aerial photographs, taken at regular intervals from the late 1940s to present also record cropmarks of the enclosure. The site was partially excavated in 1989-1990 and although the dating is inconclusive, it is suggested that the enclosures are of medieval date.<ref>((cite report |author=Helen Winton |date=November 2007 |title=Caesar’s Camp, Matthew Arnold School, Staines, Surrey, Aerial Photograph Interpretation and Mapping |url=https://historicengland.org.uk/research/results/reports/6563/Caesar%E2%80%99sCampMatthewArnoldSchoolStainesSurrey_AerialPhotographInterpretationandMapping |publisher=English Heritage |docket=Research Department Report Series 52-2009 |issn=1749-8775))</ref>

The Matthew Arnold School began before the [[World War II|Second World War]] as a hospital, and some pupils were admitted before hostilities started (the boys section). The School was completed after the war as two [[Secondary modern school|Secondary Modern Schools]]. There was no state [[Grammar School]] in Staines-upon-Thames. Boys and Girls who passed the 11+ went to [[Spelthorne College|Ashford County School]] (Mixed) or [[Hampton Grammar School]] (boys only). With comprehensivisation in the 1970s Matthew Arnold became a mixed comprehensive school.  The school became an academy in 2012.

Construction was completed in January 2021 whereupon the old building was demolished and replaced by new facilities built by [[Wates Group|Wates Construction company]] with funding by the government’s Priority School Building Programme 2 (PSBP2), which aims to rebuild or replace the schools in the worst condition across the UK.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.wates.co.uk/articles/news/matthew-arnold-works/|title=Building work on track at new Matthew Arnold School in Staines|website=Wates|date=24 October 2019))</ref><ref>((cite web|url=https://www.bourne.education/406/news/post/28/the-matthew-arnold-school-moves-into-new-school-building|website=Bourne Education Trust|title=The Matthew Arnold School moves into new school building|date=2 February 2021|access-date=19 July 2023))</ref>

In September 2021 the school uniform was updated, and the school's colours were changed from Green and Yellow to Black and Blue.<ref>((cite web|url=https://matthewarnold.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/document/29.09.21-uniform-1.pdf?ts=1689722882|website=www.matthew-arnold.surrey.sch.uk|title=Updating the school uniform|date=29 September 2021|access-date=19 July 2023))</ref>

[[File:Matthew Arnold Staines demolition.jpg|thumb|Demolition of the old school buildings in 2021]]

==Academic performance==
In January 2008 the school was awarded "The Most Improved School in the Country".<ref>((cite web| url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_7180000/newsid_7182100?redirect=7182131.stm&news=1&nbram=1&bbwm=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1 | title = Staines school most improved  | date = 2008-01-10 | access-date = 2009-07-07 | publisher = [[BBC News]]))</ref>

In 2014 the school was placed in [[special measures]] following an [[Ofsted]] inspection report that rated the school as 'inadequate'.<ref>((Cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-29601543 | title=Special measures school 'inadequate'| work=BBC News| date=2014-10-13))</ref> As part of an improvement plan the school has joined the Bourne Education Trust, a Surrey-based multi-academy trust that includes [[Epsom and Ewell High School]] and [[Jubilee High School]].<ref>((Cite web|url=https://www.bourne.education/|title=Welcome to Bourne Education Trust|website=www.bourne.education))</ref>

==Fictitious alumni==
[[Ali G]], the fictional character created by comedian [[Sacha Baron Cohen]], called it "Da Matthew Arnold Skool".<ref>((Cite web |url=http://www.alig.com/dafacts.html |title=Da Facts |access-date=25 February 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030210143032/http://www.alig.com/dafacts.html |archive-date=10 February 2003 |url-status=dead ))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Matthew Arnold School (Oxford)]]

==References==
((Reflist))

== External links ==
* ((Official website|http://www.matthew-arnold.surrey.sch.uk|Matthew Arnold School official website))
* [http://www.bourneeducationtrust.co.uk/ Bourne Education Trust]

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