- 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.
On Thursday 26 September, the Lower Sixth Formers attended two lectures by eminent Oxford academics as part of their Waynflete Programme, our version of the extended project course.
Mechanobiology
Professor Maike Glitsch
Professor Glitsch explained how her work, looking at physical forces and changes in the mechanical properties of cells and tissues, contributes to the understanding of cell development and differentiation, cell function and disease. The students were able to see that real scientific research often crosses boundaries between subjects. They were encouraged to think similarly widely when searching for the subject on which to start writing their 5000 word essays.
Language and Desire in Dante
Professor Elena Lombardi
Professor Lombardi also encouraged the pupils to think boldly; showing with her analysis of Dante’s Divina Commedia and its role in the formation of the Western canon of literature, how one can look beyond the surface of a text that has been studied for centuries to find new ways of answering new questions. She explored the character of Ulysses and showed how his role as a boundary breaker made him a key character on which to base the discussion of what it means to be human. She left the students with the intriguing idea that they all now had the opportunity to embark on a journey too – of research that will take them on an adventure into the unknown!
As ever, we are very grateful to our eminent speakers for encouraging and supporting our students in their research.
