- 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
39 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2023. - 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.
39 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2023.
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
39 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2023.
- 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.
On Thursday 10th October, in the final event of their lecture series, the Lower Sixth were taken through a series of thought experiments by eminent Moral Philosopher Professor Roger Crisp of St. Anne’s College with the aim of understanding Pessimism as a philosophical standpoint.
Should the people of the world, when faced with total destruction at the hands of a speeding asteroid, try to save the planet – or does the total suffering of all living creatures so exceed the pleasure that all can experience that we should let the cosmic collision wipe us out? The audience considered questions such as ‘Could you endure a minute of torture to experience a lifetime of pleasure?’ and compared their answers with those to ‘What about an hour of torture?’ in order to understand that Pessimists believe the level of suffering in the world adds up to more than the total pleasure and leads them to conclude that we should not stop the asteroid even if we could.
It was an instructive talk which prompted many excellent questions on the nature of humans’ ability to reduce suffering, the probability that life will be wiped out in the next century and whether anyone should bother having children!
We are extremely grateful to Professor Crisp for giving us such a challenging talk.
