- 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.
To mark World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2019, MCS organised a series of interactive workshops, lectures and activities for Sixth Form pupils.
The aim of the day was to equip pupils with knowledge and strategies to enable them to look after their own mental health a little more purposefully.
Lectures introducing brain biology and function gave way to a range of activities aimed at introducing pupils to new mindful pursuits, enabling them to build resilience to the modern day stresses our pupils are exposed to.
Workshops
Know your mind (and how to care for it) comprised interactive sessions on a range of topics, including:
- The positive effects of exercise
- Managing Stress
- An Introduction to yoga and meditation
- Cooking to calm
- Music and mindful meditation
- Memory – techniques and practices
Pupils enjoyed three 30-minute rotations, before gathering to hear the day’s keynote speaker sleep therapist Natalie Pennicotte-Collier.
Keynote Lecture: Sleep 2:0
Preventing burnout and reframing rest and recovery
Natalie is a sleep therapist who coaches clients from Team GB athletes to high-powered executives on how to optimise their performance through rest.
During her talk, she encouraged pupils to think about sleep as the foundation of wellbeing, and challenged them to reframe ‘downtime’ as ‘gold medal time’ which will help them operate at peak performance and improve the way they respond to stress.
Pupils took away a host of practical tips to help promote better sleep habits, including:
- Set a Constant Wake Time (CWT) to stick to every morning
- Get outside in natural daylight – aim for half an hour before midday
- Utilise ‘light tech’ to get the right light at the right time
- Stay hydrated
- Reduce time spent on devices in the evenings, or initiate an automated ‘night mode’ setting
By taking steps to reduce stress during the day, Natalie reminded pupils they can optimise the sleep they will get that evening and encouraged them to pepper three-minute “resilience resets” throughout their day.
"In this hyper-connected and fast-paced world, we need to design better ways of sustainable recovery and proactive mental wealth strategies in our living and working, if we are to thrive.”
Natalie Penicotte-Collier, The Mind Coach
