- 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.
Last week, our Junior School pupils celebrated World Book Day and their love of reading in customary style! The boys were dressed as a wide range of characters from books that had been published all over the world.
We started our day with an extended assembly, discussing why reading is important and celebrating books from around the world. We were treated to readings in different languages from Philip, Elias and Chaochao, which was a joy to hear!
After assembly, the boys were off timetable all morning and enjoyed a number of book-themed activities. We started with a paper folding project (origami) to recycle the pages of old books into the leaves of a tree which will be used in a display in the library. After this, the boys were challenged to recreate book covers in miniature so that they fitted onto a small circle of card; no bigger than a two pence coin! The boys had selected their chosen title earlier in the week and had been instructed to choose books set in countries around the world – in as remote or unusual a setting as possible. These will be displayed around a map of the world to celebrate the diversity of books that are available for the boys to explore.
The rest of the morning was spent in shared reading activities. After break, the boys came back into school to our old favourite ‘Reading Carousel’ activity, where 12 members of staff kindly read extracts and short stories to small groups of pupils. Many of the texts that we chose this year were originally written in a different language and some boys were even lucky enough to experience the beauty of the reading in its original language: my sincere thanks to those members of staff who used their bilingual talents to bring this about!
We rounded the day off with shared reading in the classroom, author videos, and an optional reading quiz in J3 and J4. All boys were then issued with their £1 World Book Day voucher which can be exchanged at a bookshop for the specially published WBD titles, or used against any full-priced book to discount the purchase price.
