- 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.
Magdalen College School is delighted to announce that Master Helen Pike has won ‘Best Head of a Public School’ at the Tatler Schools Awards 2024. Awarded to ‘the head of a public school who goes above and beyond’, nominations are drawn from a variety of sources, including public votes, as part of a rigorous selection process.
Following the news, the Master said “I am surprised and delighted to win this, not least because the shortlist placed me in such distinguished company. The award belongs to everyone at MCS, and I was honoured to accept it. It was a pleasure to meet some of the Tatler Schools Guide researchers, who put such a huge amount of work into producing the guide, at the awards ceremony. I am also glad that it was a strong evening for Oxfordshire, with our neighbours Radley and St Hugh’s crowned best Public and best Prep Schools of the Year, too.”
Master Helen Pike with Tatler education editor Tori Cadogan
The award belongs to everyone at MCS, and I was honoured to accept it.
Master Helen Pike
The Tatler Schools Awards, an annual event organised by Tatler magazine, celebrates excellence in the independent education sector. Helen’s award follows a superb review of Magdalen College School in the Tatler Schools Guide 2024, an impartial guide to the top public and prep schools in the UK. The guide recognised MCS’ ‘outstanding’ academic results whilst highlighting the school’s music provision, including House Music and Madrigals on the River.
Master Helen Pike and the other Tatler Schools Awards 2024 winners
Thank you to the Tatler Schools team for their hard work organising the awards and honouring MCS in this way.
