- 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.
OWs through the decades
Left to right: OWs Brian Harding (1951), Bill Morris (1963 and Chair of OWs ), Christopher Young (1965), Simon Roper (1974), the Master Helen Pike, Luke Walton (1983), Jim Hawker (1992 and MCS Governor), Cameron Young (2001), Lizzie Battrum (2012) and Michael Reichenberg Ashby (2020).
We were delighted to welcome nearly 100 guests to the OW Lunch on Saturday 12 November.
Previously an annual event for Veteran Old Waynfletes, this year The Waynflete Office consulted with the MCS community and it was agreed the lunch should become an occasion to which all OWs were invited.
A stunning archive display in the Dining Hall greeted guests, the centerpiece of which was the newly restored Brownrigg stained glass panel that formerly hung in the old school chapel.
OWs from every decade from the 1940s to 2020 were represented, a span of 78 years in total. Several year groups had arranged their own mini-reunions at the lunch, and we welcomed former and current staff. There was much lively chat and catching up on the lives of our OWs.
After a splendid three-course lunch from our colleagues in Catering, guests moved to The Studio where Mrs Lindsay McCormack (Archivist) and Dr Katherine Crossley (School Historian) displayed more treasure from the archives including photo albums from across the decades. OWs had fun spotting themselves in everything from sports team photos to amateur snaps.
The MCS Story Booth was open for business and OWs recorded recollections of memorable school trips which will appear in an article in the new edition of our alumni magazine The Bridge which will be published in early 2023.
The new format lunch was judged to be a great success and we look forward to welcoming OWs to the many events we have lined up over the coming months. Details can be found here.
