- 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.
- 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, and in 2024 was awarded Independent School of the Year for our contribution to social mobility.
- Senior School
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024. - Sixth Form
Over 25% of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
- Supporting MCS
In 2023-24, MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds.
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024.
In 2023-24, MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds.- 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.
- Junior School
“The Junior School is a very busy and happy school and here, a smile goes a long way.”
- Senior School
28 of our pupils achieved 10 or more 8 or 9 grades in 2024.
- Sixth Form
Over 25% of our Sixth Form pupils take up places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
- Supporting MCS
In 2023-24, MCS received over £448,000 in donated funds.
We were honoured to welcome Joan Dawson Bakewell DBE, Baroness Bakewell – journalist, presenter, peer and President of Birkbeck University – to the Oxford Festival of the Arts, for an inspiring conversation with MCS Master Helen Pike.
Baroness Bakewell was awarded a Life Peerage in 2011 and in 2017 was named Humanist of the Year in recognition of her exploration of the human condition through the arts, while co-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Humanist Group. She is widely acclaimed for her exceptional arts coverage, and is a recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship.
During the lively and wide-ranging discussion, Baroness Bakewell entertained the Festival Hall audience with stories about her career and her significant role in introducing arts coverage to the BBC; her ongoing commitment to public life and work in the House of Lords; the value she places on friends and family – and keeping busy; and her enormous respect for education.
As one of the final events of the 2025 festival season, the conversation event – which has previously attracted guests such as Theresa May, Baroness May of Maidenhead, and the Rt Hon Alan Johnson – was a fitting conclusion to a fabulous celebration of the arts in Oxford. We are already looking forward to OFA 2026!
