- 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.
I am sorry to report to the OW community that Yvonne Pye died early on Saturday 23 January 2021.
Yvonne was the wife of Graham Pye OW (1959) and Governor from 1987 to 1999, who died in 2009. When the Sixth Form became co-educational, Yvonne was delighted to be made an Honorary OW and took great pride in helping with the transition. Both Yvonne and Graham were ardent and axiomatic supporters of MCS, and the Common Room in the Richard Record Sixth Form Centre bears their name.
Those who knew her will be relieved to hear that Yvonne’s death was sudden and peaceful. Yvonne had spoken to her PA only on Thursday, and she had been in good spirits. She was spending lockdown with relatives in Huntingdon; she went there in October for a long weekend and had not returned.
My partner George and I had Sunday lunch with Yvonne at her beloved Cherwell Boathouse a year ago, which turned out to be one of the last times she felt able to go out. She will be missed there as in so many other Oxford institutions, including our own.
We have offered all help and support to the family in honouring Graham and Yvonne Pye’s history and contribution to MCS and Oxford life.
HELEN L PIKE
Master
Yvonne and the Master in 2017
