- 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.
At the Careers Fair on Tuesday 30th April, pupils were challenged and excited by the future of work. For the first time at this event, MCS opened its doors and welcomed pupils from Cheney, Oxford Spires Academy, St Gregory’s and MCS Brackley.
The Fair started with a stellar line-up of speakers in Big School, organised by WorkLikeAHuman Founders and MCS parents Jenny Adams, Renee McCulloch and Annie Owen.
MCS Deputy Head (Education Development), Scott Crawford welcomed all students, parents and speakers to the Fair. The session, which was anchored by ITV and BBC journalist Emma Walden, opened with a video of recorded messages from young people from all corners of the Earth, called ‘Global and connected: how are young people across the world thinking about the future?’
The event included a recorded holographic message on where future opportunities lie from Dame Ellen MacArthur, former solo round-the-world yachtswoman, and a live holographic message from Larry O’Reilly in Toronto on the future of augmented reality.
A fantastic array of speakers followed, talking about issues from global health, to digital arts, to what skills are going to be needed in the future.
After this session, many of the speakers moved to the Studio so that pupils could chat with them informally in small groups. At the same time, parents were participating in Part Two of WorkLikeAHuman, where Jonathan Black (parent of two OWs) and Director of the University of Oxford Careers Service chaired a session entitled ‘What’s Next – for Parents: How to support your young adults in the journey towards getting a good first job’. You can download a copy of the WorkLikeAHuman programme here.
No MCS Careers Fair would be complete without the incredible support of our parents, OWs and friends in the Exhibitors Hall. This year, the tables were moved to the Sports Hall to improve traffic flow and encourage conversation with people from different sectors.
Some of our exhibitors went out of their way to make it fun for pupils, including providing a simulator so pupils could practice keyhole surgery, virtual reality goggles which were used as a presentation aid, samples of biology research such as seedlings and a stuffed toy baboon – and ice cream from Oxford’s G&Ds, that was scooped up by pupils, parents and exhibitors alike.
You can download a copy of the Careers Fair overall programme here.
MCS would like to thank all of the volunteers and speakers who made this event a success.
