- 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.
On Friday 3 May, OW Alex Marthews (1995) lead a workshop for Sixth Formers in the MCS Politics Society on the topic of free speech. Mr Marthews is the National Chair of the US non-profit corporation Restore the Fourth, which is dedicated to ‘ending unconstitutional mass government surveillance’.
He started by outlining the differences between US and UK approaches to freedom of speech, providing examples of case studies where both governments tried to limit access to information because it was embarrassing to their government, or used police to harass people who were protesting against the status quo – including civil rights activists and, more recently, environmentalists. Mr Marthews also discussed free speech online and how bigotry or false opinion can spread quickly and can be more permanent than something in print.
He ended with a fabricated – but very realistic – case study and asked the pupils to come up with suggestions on how they thought the UK government should respond in that situation, from a political and legal viewpoint.
Unsurprisingly, it was a deliberately provocative – and very interesting session.
