- 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.
Dreaming spires to a skateboard soaring through the air; the Ashmolean to graffiti art; rowers, revellers and readers – just some of the subjects photographed for a special exhibition celebrating Oxford. Several hundred residents and workers responded to an open call by Oxford Festival of the Arts (OFA), in collaboration with Photo Oxford and Oxfordshire Artweeks, and sent in a vast array of images of their favourite sites and settings of the city. Fifty photographs were selected for the ‘What is YOUR Oxford?’ exhibition – playing on one of the festival’s maxims – Your city… YOUR festival – on display at Pembroke College Art Gallery earlier this month.
Image credit: “Dreaming of kickflips”, Stuart Bebb
Curated by three women – Michelle Castelletti (OFA), Katy Barron (Photo Oxford) and Esther Lafferty (Artsweeks) – the project brought together three major Oxford/shire festivals to create one strong representation of the city.
“We were overwhelmed by the quality, volume and range of photos we received"
Dr Michelle Castelletti, Director, Oxford Festival of the Arts
Dr Michelle Castelletti, Director, Oxford Festival of the Arts, said: “We were overwhelmed by the quality, volume and range of photos we received for YOUR Oxford. The stills offer a fascinating insight into what Oxford means to those who live in or around it and illustrate the many possible ways of seeing this fantastic city.”
The OFA was founded by Magdalen College School in 2009 to bring the brightest and the best in music, theatre, dance and art to the city. It is committed to helping make the arts more accessible and prides itself on the significant art exhibitions it holds free of charge. Its next exhibition, at Pembroke College, is a presentation of Oxfordshire-based artist James Gemmill, whose works appear in prestigious collections around the world. It promises to be one of the Festival’s most striking exhibitions, with works on canvas and wood panel, mostly in oil and acrylic.
Other events in this year’s festival – themed ‘Magnificent Oxford’ – will run until 23rd July; full details available online.
