- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility. - 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
In 2023-24 MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds. 70% was spent on bursaries, 17% on partnership activities and 13% on pupil activities.
- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility.
- 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
In 2023-24 MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds. 70% was spent on bursaries, 17% on partnership activities and 13% on pupil activities.
Magdalen College School celebrated and interrogated the concept of ‘democracy’ in a wide-ranging cross-curricular week after the half-term break.
Each subject gave over a lesson or more to studying how aspects of democracy can be seen from many angles: from the role of geographical chance in shaping democracy and the Classical origins of democratic ideals, through the role of the French Revolution in paving the way for democracy in Europe, to the complex maths of voting systems, the cyber-security of electronic voting and the study of group decision-making in the animal kingdom, and much more besides.
The week was timed to coincide with the US Presidential and Congressional elections, which provided a focal point for the activities; Houserooms predicted the outcome of the Electoral College (with Le1b the winner, although Noah Percival in U6 took the individual prize, predicting the outcome perfectly), and on Friday we hosted almost 150 pupils studying A Level Politics, from seven local state and independent schools, to discuss the impact of Trump’s convincing win.
The Lower Sixth, led by Valerie Chan and Ruoying Xu, produced a polished and thorough special edition of the Waynflete Post – or school newspaper – and the Art, English and History departments all held competitions open to all pupils.
The library, as ever, was the centre of things, hosting a vote on the greatest ever US President – won by Obama – and a fantastic display of books and historic election posters. Pupils were inspired to think about the wider links between their school subjects, and about the many ways in which what they learn here at MCS connects them to the world around them.
