- 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.
(9 August 1939 – 23 October 2020)
MCS was informed by Nicola Dowdeswell, Richard’s widow, of Richard’s passing on the 23rd October. She wrote the following to MCS:
“It is with great sadness that I write to tell you that Richard died peacefully here at home on Friday 23rd October. He had been ill for some time. His bed was in the snug adjacent to the kitchen in the heart of the family where he could still share a laugh with us all. When we moved in twenty-five years ago he vowed that he was going out feet first- and he was true to his word.
I know how much he enjoyed his schooldays at MCS and in recent years he so looked forward to your Old Waynflete invitations.
His friends will remember his booming laugh and his joie-de-vivre. He loved a party and could usually be found regaling one-and-all with his irrepressible humour. We are so sorry that his own send-off will be curtailed, but we will make amends when the curse of Covid is lifted. Do please raise a glass to his memory!”
