- 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.
(1 March 1920 – 8 December 2021)
At the time of his death, John was our oldest OW having left MCS in 1937.
John was a St Pauls chorister before joining his cousin, William Burgess, at MCS. He was a keen sportsman playing in the 1st X1, getting half colours for rowing, being an accomplished sprinter in athletics and a member of the 1st XV. He enjoyed his amateur dramatics too and was an NCO in the OTC – a portent for the future.
Shortly after leaving MCS WW2 broke out and he found himself in the army, fighting first in the Middle East and then with the Chindits in Burma until the very end of this difficult conflict. An accountant, after the war he decided to try his luck in Asia firstly in Hong Kong, but also in Japan and elsewhere.
He was successful and returned to the UK for a time working for Commercial Union before retiring. In his latter years was cared for at the Royal British Legion Village in Aylesford.
A regular at the VOW lunch until recently, we were delighted to celebrate his 100th birthday just before lockdown. Our thoughts are with his children Barbara, Rosemary and David and their families.
The photograph below shows John in 2016 with MCS Usher, Mr Toby Beaumont.
