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.
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.
Photographer- Colleen De La Haye, PA to the Bursar
Dear all,
It’s Advent!
Only 9 MCS school days remain until 2021. Christmas festivities have commenced here, with virtual carol services beamed from Magdalen Chapel, the Christmas tree firmly in situ in the Rose Garden, and rehearsals for the annual SCR panto underway.
This week we share with you OW and school news, starting first with a festive holiday offer and auction in aid of MCS bursaries.
Festive Spirit Offers from British Honey
Just in time for Christmas, we are delighted that The British Honey Company have offered our MCS community two exclusive ways to enjoy their delicious Keepr’s honey-infused spirits.
Discount Code for 20% off For use on the following product ranges: Keepr’s, English Heritage, Dodds Spirits, Gift sets, and Hampers. Excludes honey, 1606, Whiskey, Sanitiser & PPE
Use MCS20 at checkout.
Offer runs until 20th December.
Mature Your Own Whisky Kit We are auctioning off a Keepr’s Honey Maturation kit which allows you to formulate the flavour profile of your own whisky at home!
The kit contains everything you need to mature a 3 litre barrel of Keepr’s Honey New Make.
To read more about this kit or make a bid, please click here. All proceeds from this sale will benefit bursaries at MCS.
Find out more and listen to a short excerpt from Sudhir’s talk here.
Careers talkÂ
Last week, students enjoyed a careers talk from OW and former Head of School Matt Field (1995) – currently Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina – on his journey to becoming a career diplomat.
Matt was able to explain on diverse topics such as how to enter the diplomatic service, the Srebrenica massacre, how school prepared him for his career, and the state of Bosnian football. He urged his audience to take opportunities when presented and have confidence to do so.
Thank you, Matt!
OW News
Janssen Vaccine
Professor Saul Faust (OW 1986), director of the NIHR Southampton Clinical Research Facility, is principal investigator of the Janssen trial of a new adenoviral coronavirus vaccine that started in Southampton and is being rolled out to 17 UK sites, including Oxford.
The UK is the first country to start these trials of the vaccine. Analysis of the single-dose study suggests the Covid-19 vaccine candidate induces a robust immune response and is generally well-tolerated.
Saul, Professor of Paediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust commented:
‘It’s fantastic news that vaccines aimed at the spike protein can prevent coronavirus disease. We just don’t know how each of these vaccines is going to behave and which are going to generate the better short and long-term immunity … We can’t be certain that vaccine supply will be efficient and effective and secure from any one manufacturer, wherever it’s being made in the world.’
The UK has secured 30 million doses of the Janssen vaccine if the trial is successful.
Our thanks go to Saul and other members of our MCS community who are also involved in coronavirus vaccine testing in various ways.Â
 OW in The Crown
Spot OW Stephen Boxer (1967) playing Denis Thatcher in season 4 of The Crown!
Read more about Stephen’s year, and the world of acting in 2020 here.
OWs on the radio!
Last Sunday OWs David McIntyre (2020), James Gant (2019) and Joe Hancock (2019) sang in the choir of St Johns, Cambridge, in their service for advent on BBC Radio 3. Catch up here!
And Finally …
Chorister of the Year Competition
Many congratulations to Archie, Upper Fourth, on making it to the semi-final of last Sunday’s BBC Chorister of the Year 2020!
Don’t forget to follow us on social media! It provides a great opportunity for OWs to connect and share, and we regularly post news and updates about the school.
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024, placed seventh nationally and third in the Southeast.
MCS ranks among the top independent secondary schools in The Sunday Times Schools Guide 2024, placed seventh nationally and third in the Southeast.
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 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 
 
 
