- 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.
Friday 13th March saw the much-anticipated Music at Magdalen concert at SJE. It featured many of our ensemble groups with the evening starting with two lovely pieces performed by the Guitar Ensemble, Allegro moderato from Haydn’s London Trio and John Whitworth’s arrangement of the main theme from the film The Piano.
Next The King Clarinet Ensemble, performed Debussy’s Le Petit Nègre and Harris’ The trouble with a kitten which included a charismatic narration by Daniel Wald. The Wind Ensemble gave a lovely rendition of Haydn’s Andante from Serenade No. 3.
This was Marion Ackrill’s last concert at MCS as she leaves at the end of term and it was a fitting end, showcasing what an magnificent job she has done of overseeing the wind playing at MCS for so many years. Next up was The Frost Clarinet Ensemble beautifully performing two movements from Yvonne Desportes’ French Suite. There was a change of mood with The Percussion Ensemble skilfully playing ‘Gotta catch ‘em all and Pirates of the Caribbean. Concert Orchestra gave us three numbers Radetzky March, Slovonic Dance and Hungarian Dance, all showing the strength of talent in all the sections of the orchestra.
The concert came to a wonderful close with the String Orchestra’s performance of Tcahikovsky’s Serenade. It was a wonderful concert, and certainly one to remember, as the strength and depth of musicians at MCS was so evident and the quality of performances from every group was much enjoyed by all.
