- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024, placed seventh nationally and third in the Southeast. - Admissions
Approximately 1 in 10 pupils receive a bursary or scholarship. We are committed to ensuring an MCS education is open to the brightest pupils, no matter their personal circumstances.
- Junior School
“The Junior School is a very busy and happy school and here, a smile goes a long way.”
- Senior School
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024. - Sixth Form
Over 25% of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
- Supporting MCS
Your donations contribute over £150,000 a year to bursaries as well as building an endowment to fund bursaries for the future.
- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024, placed seventh nationally and third in the Southeast.
- Admissions
Approximately 1 in 10 pupils receive a bursary or scholarship. We are committed to ensuring an MCS education is open to the brightest pupils, no matter their personal circumstances.
- Junior School
“The Junior School is a very busy and happy school and here, a smile goes a long way.”
- Senior School
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024.
- Sixth Form
Over 25% of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
- Supporting MCS
Your donations contribute over £150,000 a year to bursaries as well as building an endowment to fund bursaries for the future.
As part of the school’s commemoration of VE day this Friday, MCS is sharing first-hand accounts from pupils who were there on that unforgettable day 75 years ago.
One of those pupils was Brian Cairns (OW 1948) who was 16 when the news broke, and whose memories of that day we were fortunate enough to capture on film in 2016:
"I was there, the day the war ended...you'd have thought we'd been rehearsing it for weeks, we took the tables and flung them up in the air...the enthusiasm of victory was such that up went the blue ink and the red ink and all of the books"
Brian Cairns (OW 1948), remembering VE Day at MCS
We were deeply saddened to hear of Brian’s passing last month from Coronavirus, aged 91. Brian leaves behind his wife of 51 ½ years, Margaret, two daughters, two sons-in-law and four grandchildren.
Brian and Margaret kept in close communication with MCS. In her letter to MCS sharing news of Brian’s death, Margaret revealed that “Brian always credited his success in life with the brilliant start that he received at Magdalen College School” and how much they had enjoyed visiting MCS in recent years to attend Madrigals on the Cherwell.
"Brian always credited his success in life with the brilliant start that he received at Magdalen College School."
Margaret, Brian's wife
You can read Brian’s obituary here.
