- 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.
- 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.
Following on from the success of Biodiversity Week and Democracy Week, our next cross-curricular week takes the theme ‘Oxford’. The week will celebrate the city’s rich cultural, scientific, and historical significance, and offers pupils across the school an opportunity to explore their learning through the lens of the place they know and live in. It also complements this year’s Oxford Festival of the Arts theme, Magnificent Oxford.
From Monday 23 June, all departments will devote at least one lesson to Oxford-themed learning. These co-curricular weeks are a valued part of our educational approach: they allow pupils to make cross-subject connections, apply their knowledge to real-world contexts, and explore themes in greater depth and variety.
Across all year groups, the Library will play a central role in supporting and enriching Oxford Week. Pupils will be invited to take part in a lunchtime quiz focused on Oxford’s history and culture, with multiple prizes awarded across age groups. In addition, there will be book displays showcasing fiction set in Oxford, non-fiction about the city’s remarkable past and present, and recent winners of the Oxfordshire Book Awards.
MCS will also welcome pupils from across Oxford to a number of Partnership events. Sports charity, Power2Inspire, will deliver workshops on Paralympic sports at St John Fisher and St Mary and St John primary schools, supported by MCS athletes. Illustrator Neill Cameron will ‘Draw Oxford’ for our Junior School and 350 visiting primary school pupils. On Wednesday, our flagship Medical Society conference returns, in which budding medics from all around the country will have the opportunity to hear from clinicians and researchers in virology, oncology, and neuroscience, and learn more about the application process. Finally, on Thursday afternoon, The Three Musketeers will open at The Oxford Playhouse with a performance to 500 local pupils. Pupils have also been invited to contribute to a special MCS ‘Oxford’ journal, which will be printed in September to celebrate creative talent from across the city.
We hope this week will encourage our pupils to see their city in new ways and understand more deeply the contributions Oxford has made – and continues to make – across many fields.
