- 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.
The Oxfordshire STEM Forum (OSSF) has been running talks throughout the academic year on different areas of science, bringing in academics from Oxford University to speak to pupils from MCS and our partner schools. Previous talks have looked at geophysics, forensics and Formula 1 engineering. On Tuesday, we welcomed Dr Imogen Whittam for the final OSSF talk of this year, on the topic of astrophysics.
Shub, one of the Lower Sixth pupils in attendance, wrote of the event: “I had the privilege of attending a captivating talk on Supermassive Black Holes and Radio Telescopes delivered by Dr Imogen Whittam, a Hintze Fellow at the University of Oxford, as part of the Oxfordshire STEM Forum.
"The exchange of ideas during the talk has undoubtedly deepened my appreciation for astrophysics"
Shub, Lower Sixth
One of the stimulating topics of the talk was Dr Whittam’s ongoing research into radio galaxies, where gas and dust falls towards the supermassive black holes. In some cases, they emit powerful jets of particles from the centre of the galaxy. These jets can play a role in galaxy evolution and are currently being analysed using data from the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. She also discussed the presence of supermassive black holes at the centre of all massive galaxies, which prompted an array of intriguing questions about the formation and location of these black holes.
The exchange of ideas during the talk has undoubtedly deepened my appreciation for astrophysics, and I would like to thank Dr Roche and Mrs Parry for organising the event!”
