- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility. - 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.
- Supporting MCS
In 2024-25, MCS received over £1.2 million in donated funds.
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility.
In 2024-25, MCS received over £1.2 million in donated funds.- Junior School
“The Junior School is a very busy and happy school and here, a smile goes a long way.”
- Senior School
“His experience at MCS has been extraordinary.” – Senior School parent
- Sixth Form
About a quarter of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford, Cambridge and Ivy League Universities.
“His experience at MCS has been extraordinary.” – Senior School parent
- About MCS
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility.
- 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.
- Supporting MCS
In 2024-25, MCS received over £1.2 million in donated funds.
- Junior School
“The Junior School is a very busy and happy school and here, a smile goes a long way.”
- Senior School
“His experience at MCS has been extraordinary.” – Senior School parent
- Sixth Form
About a quarter of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford, Cambridge and Ivy League Universities.
Congratulations to this year’s cohort of Waynflete Studies pupils, who have been awarded prizes at an informal ceremony at Magdalen College today.
An integral part of our Sixth Form curriculum, the Waynflete Studies Project is a piece of extended research completed by all pupils in the Lower Sixth. It offers pupils an opportunity to research a topic of their choice, under the guidance of an MCS supervisor and external academic tutors, and is excellent preparation for undergraduate study ahead.
174 projects were completed last academic year, with topics ranging from whale culture to victim impact statements to French musical identity. Around 50 of the best scripts were assessed by a panel of external judges, which included professors from the University of Oxford, leading to 10 prizes (including an Overall Winner and Proxime Accessit, or runner-up) and a further eight highly commended projects.
Presented by the Chairman of Judges, Dr Michael Allingham, those collecting prizes at the ceremony were:
Overall Winner
Olivia, Biosciences
Bats, viruses and what comes next
Proxime Accessit
Nick, Maths
What makes a problem hard? Intractable problems and computational difficulty
President’s Prizes
Rishi, Biosciences
Exploring Whale culture: How significant are innate traits compared to learnt traits in determining cetacean behaviour?
Zahra, Biosciences
Bacteriophages: the overlooked cure?
Lixuan, Biosciences
To what extent can the AB-related pathologies of AD be alleviated through the modification of APOE4?
Louis, Classics & MFL
What is the Significance of Allusions to The Odyssey in Ulysses?
Ana, Humanities
Victim Impact Statements in Judicial Practice: Empowering or Ethical Risk?
Adam, Music
‘Lesser Composers Borrow, Great Ones Steal’: Melodic Inheritance and the Evolution of Music
Leo, Music
Representing a Viking Monster Myth through an orchestral composition: The Kraken – A Concept Work
Oren, Music
Ravel’s Piano Trio and the French Musical Identity
Many congratulations to our prize-winners! We are very grateful to Magdalen College and the University of Oxford for supporting our pupils.
