- 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.
Our J3 pupils enjoyed an illuminating start to their week on Monday as they were treated to a tour of the town on a City Sightseeing open-top bus! Accompanying them on their trip was tour guide Richard, whose knowledge of the city was incredible and taught the boys lots of fun facts about some of the most famous landmarks in the city centre.
J3B pupil Rayan particularly enjoyed the trip, and wrote about his experience; “As the bus started moving, we went down the High Street and took the first right onto Longwall Street. The tour guide Richard said that there was a man named William Morris who built one of the first cars in Oxford and that he had his first workshop down there. We then went up South Parks Road, and Richard said that the Rhodes Trust building has a bird statue on top of it because it represents Rhodesia (now called Zimbabwe), the country that Mr. Rhodes founded.”
“Then we stopped opposite the Sheldonian, and Richard said that Oxford students go there on their graduation. He introduced us to the Bodleian Library and said that if you want to write a book, you must send a copy to the Bodleian Library. He also said that the library has over 12 million books!
Afterward, he told us to look up at a building and we all saw a statue of a naked man. The artist who made this was called Antony Gormley. He had permission to do this but when somebody asked him what is it supposed to be, he said whatever you want it to be. Then we turned around and started to go in the direction of Summertown. The tour guide told us about the dodo in The Natural History Museum and that is when I said that my grandma preserved it and amazingly lost it! It turns out that someone was borrowing it to study with. Don’t worry, the dodo was safely returned!”
If you want to write a book, you must send a copy to the Bodleian Library!
Rayan, J3B
“We took the left down St Margaret’s Road and came onto Woodstock Road, where the Richard said to look left and see the strange statue of two men holding up the Earth. He said that this is the telescope that the university uses. We got a quick glimpse of the Ashmolean and the oldest building in Oxford, St Michael at the North Gate church, before going on to Oxford Castle. Built by William the Conqueror, the castle was on a hill that they used for the ability to see and gain high ground over enemies.
Next, we went to Christ Church and Richard said that the bell tower was designed by Christopher Wren (the man who made St Paul’s Cathedral). We also talked about Lewis Carroll. He said that Lewis Carroll was a maths professor that took the daughter of the college dean on trips. The dean’s daughter was called Alice and when she got bored, she wanted Lewis to tell her stories. That is how he came up with the idea to write Alice in Wonderland. Queen Victoria liked Alice in Wonderland so much that she asked Lewis Carroll to send her a copy of every book he publishes. So after this, he sent her a maths book!”
