- 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.
- 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.
The Master has announced that the New Building is hereafter to be called ‘The Michael Peagram Building’. Dr Michael Peagram was a pupil at MCS from 1954 to 1962 who went on to study Chemistry at Oxford. He has remained in touch with the school since leaving, and was Chairman of the Governors from 2001 to 2007.
Master Helen Pike said, ‘Michael Peagram’s very substantial support for Magdalen College School over the years has helped the school in numerous ways. He was a pupil here during the Direct Grant era, and understands how significant it is that we can accept pupils from all backgrounds. I am delighted that his recent gifts to MCS include significant provision for bursaries.’
It was during Michael’s time as Chair of Governors that plans for a building that would house the Dining Hall and a number of teaching rooms were drawn up. The decision of the current governors to recognise Dr Peagram’s generosity by re-naming the building is an echo of Michael’s work to raise funds for the building in the early 2000s.
