- 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 Friday 4 October, this year’s Waynflete Studies Prize Winners were invited to the President’s Lodge at Magdalen College where they were awarded their prizes by the President of Magdalen College, Professor Sir David Clary. The President quizzed each one on their essays, starting with Overall Winner James, and all eight winners impressed with the depth of the knowledge that they had acquired over the year of study.
The topics studied by the prize winners were as follows:
- Overall Winner: “Public Key Cryptography – An exploration of its history, mathematics and evolution.” (James, below)
- Biology Prizes: “The hidden cost of our throwaway society: the effects of phthalates from plastics as endocrine disrupting chemicals on prenatal and early postnatal male reproductive development” (Hannah) and “Should sham (placebo) surgeries be used as an open-label placebo treatment?” (Hannah)
- Classics and MFL: “’Philosophy in the garb of a buffoon’ – Neitzsche. To what extent can the cynicism of Diogenes of Sinope claim to be a serious philosophy?” (Julius)
- Maths : “Code-Based Cryptography: A viable solution to a quantum-enabled future?” (Archie)
- Physical Sciences: “To what extent can free electron theory explain the thermal and electrical properties of elemental crystals?” (Michael)
- Politics: “Should we censor hate speech on social media platforms? An analysis of internet censorship in Europe and America.” (Izzy)
- Practical Sciences: “Object Detection in Thermal Imagery via Convolutional Neural Networks” (Euan)
The Master and Dr Kostyanovsky, Head of Waynflete Studies, accompanied the pupils. We would like to express our gratitude to all at Magdalen College for helping us with the programme, particularly the panel of judges under Chairmanship of Dr Ralph Walker and to the President for hosting the ceremony. Congratulations to the Prize Winners – and to all members of the year group who worked so hard to produce their impressive 5000 word essays.
As part of our partnerships work with local schools, pupils from sister school MCS Brackley took part in the Waynfelte Studies programme, fostering a year-long partnership. Many congratulations to Hannah (below) from MCS Brackley on her award.
