- 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.”
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024, placed seventh nationally and third in the Southeast.
- 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.
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024.
Your donations contribute over £150,000 a year to bursaries as well as building an - 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.
23 December 1941 – 6 July 2024
The Waynflete Office has been informed of the death of OW John Martin who was also a former MCS Governor.
At MCS he was a prefect and keen rugby player. He was school Captain of Cricket and played Minor Counties cricket for Oxfordshire while still at MCS. He went on to play professionally for Somerset travelling to South America with the MCC in 1964.
John was Deputy Head of Wellington College until 2002.
We send our condolences to his family and friends. Below we reproduce an obituary that was printed in John’s local paper the Somerset County Gazette:
John was born in Oxford on 23rd December 1941 and went to Magdalen College School in Oxford. A talented all round sportsman he captained the First XI and played Minor County cricket for Oxfordshire while he was still at school.
The right arm fast medium bowler was offered a place at Edmund Hall Oxford, where he won blues at cricket and hockey.
He won the first of his cricket blues in 1962 and captained Oxford University in 1965. Over the winter of 1965-6 John went on the MCC tour to South America.
Between 1962 and 1965 John played in 38 first class matches for Oxford University in which he took 90 wickets at an average of 28.57, with a best of seven for 26.
John Martin first came to the attention of Somerset in 1961 when he was playing for Oxfordshire against Somerset Seconds in which he opened the bowling and took four wickets for 52 in the first innings.
Between 1962 and 1966 he then played regularly for Somerset Seconds.
John played in two county championship matches, the first in July 1964 against Hampshire at Taunton where opening the bowling with Ken Palmer he took three for 59 in the first innings, which included the wicket of Roy Marshall.
His second appearance was 12 months later against Glamorgan at Neath when he bowled 16 overs for 33 runs in a match in which only 45 overs of play was possible.
Away from cricket John Martin had a long and successful career as a schoolmaster joining the staff at Wellington College in Berkshire in 1966 where he remained until he retired as deputy head in 2002.
