Magdalen College School offers many different types of Bursaries and Scholarships. The school's comprehensive provision was extensively reviewed in 2009 and full details can be found using the left hand links.

Magdalen College School was founded by William of Waynflete in 1480. It is historically committed to offering places to those most able to benefit from an MCS education, irrespective of financial means, and to rewarding excellence.

The school is proud of the Scholarship and Bursary provision which it has been able to set up over many years. This owes much to the assistance of many benefactors and friends of the school, whose generosity is annually acknowledged at the Commemoration Service in the University Church. The school, in common with many other leading independent schools, assigns about 5.5% of its annual income to its Scholarship and Bursary scheme, thus benefiting in the region of 145 children each year. We seek to make our scheme as broad, flexible and imaginative as possible, whilst also conforming to national guidelines.

This paper summarises the kinds of financial assistance and awards available at each relevant level of entry (11+, 13+ and 16+) and also gives general details on how to apply.