MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024, placed seventh nationally and third in the Southeast.
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 
MCS combines a superb and consistent academic record with outstanding pastoral care and numerous opportunities for a wide variety of extra-curricular activities in sport, music, art and drama.
The desire to
learn
Perennially outstanding annual results at A Level and GCSE are just one element of our academic reputation. Around 25% of our Sixth Form gain offers for Oxford and Cambridge, and almost all pupils go on to prestigious universities in the UK and abroad. We achieve all this not by teaching to the curriculum, but by reaching far beyond it.
We strive to
Serve
We draw much from the global University city in which we are situated. Located at Magdalen Bridge, looking both towards the city centre and towards east Oxford, MCS has a rich history of partnership. Our collaborations with our neighbouring communities are varied and diverse, and offer exciting opportunities to share ideas, resources and expertise, to the benefit both of our neighbours and our pupils.
Transforming lives
through Bursaries
of Senior School pupils are on Bursaries
has been raised for the MCS Bursary Endowment Fund
donors have given to Bursaries since 2017
What people say about MCS
"With its terrifically privileged position at the heart of one of the world’s leading universities, and a magic connection to the Oxford college with which it shares its name, this is the school to come to for an extraordinarily superb education".
"For most pupils a clutch of A*s will prove to be but one among the many lifelong benefits of learning here. A powerful place in which intellectual curiosity, creativity and individuality all flourish in the pursuit of excellence".
"There's something special about this school – people treat each other with respect but not with over-formality. It wears its traditions lightly and is 'more about the community' than grand buildings, providing 'really good foundations for learning'"
"As Oxford as the dreaming spires themselves, this academically outstanding day school has been a part of the city since the 15th century".
