We enjoy a strong partnership with parents of our students, particularly through the Matthew Arnold School Parent Teacher Association (MAS PTA), which is an active, fund-raising group providing many useful ‘extras’ for the school every year. The MAS PTA makes a significant contribution to the facilities which we can offer to our students by organising a variety of fundraising social events which bring parents, carers, staff and students together. New members to the MAS PTA are always very welcome.
The MAS PTA is a group of parents/carers and teachers who support the school by fundraising, organising social events and volunteering at school events etc.
At the start of the 2025 Spring term the MAS PTA donated £12,000 to the school to fund sixteen outdoor benches which have now been installed. Thanks for all your support and donations to make this happen.
Following this large donation, we have also contributed to a number of school clubs as diverse as the Basketball club, Creative Writing club, and Warhammer club.
Our fundraising for this year continues and the MAS PTA will be running the refreshments bar at the school production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in February and will support future events as the Battle of the Bands. We will include other regular news on the MAS PTA in the school's weekly Student/Parent bulletin so watch out for that.
At the MAS PTA AGM held on 8 October 2025 we thanked Jules Dalitz for all her hard work as she stepped down as Chair of the PTA. At the AGM, the Secretary and Treasurer were also thanked and re-elected.
In January, we thanked Paul Fisher who stepped down as a Secretary of the PTA after over 6 years of involvement with the PTA as both a Trustee and Secretary. We also have a number of parents who are Trustees. We thank everyone that supports the MAS PTA for their time and commitment to the MAS PTA.
MAS PTA Chair: Vacancy
MAS PTA Secretary: Vacancy
MAS PTA Treasurer: Dr Leigh Mapledoram
MAS PTA – helping to invest in your child’s future
If you are interested in any of the roles on the PTA Committee please get in touch at maspta@maschool.org.uk.
How you can help
There are many ways to help us, you can:
By making donations via:
Online via easyfundraising – every time you shop at your favourite online retailers through this portal (website or the App), they will donate to the MAS PTA (easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/matthewarnoldschoolcumnor/).
Join the MAS PTA – we hold meetings every term where we discuss upcoming fundraising events and ideas for future fundraising. If you think you’d like to get involved, please do email the MAS PTA at maspta@maschool.org.uk for further information.
Support the MAS PTA by helping out at events – we always need extra man-power at various events throughout the year. Watch out for the sign up notices in the weekly Student/Parent bulletin or email us to get added to our volunteers mailing list.
Come along to our next meeting - see the school’s weekly newsletter for details or email: maspta@maschool.org.uk
Second Hand Uniform
The MAS PTA keeps a stock of second hand uniform which it sells to raise money for the school. If you would like to check whether we have items available, please see our Facebook page (search for Matthew Arnold secondary school (Oxford) 2nd hand uniform sale).
If you would like to donate any second hand uniform, please contact the MAS PTA who will arrange to collect it from school so that it can be sold which will go towards our fundraising efforts. Thank you.
