Magdalen College School | |
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Address | |
Waynflete Avenue , , NN13 6FB England | |
Coordinates | 52°01′48″N 1°09′04″W / 52.030°N 1.151°W |
Information | |
Type | Academy |
Established | 1548 |
Founder | William of Waynflete |
Department for Education URN | 139158 Tables |
Ofsted | Reports |
Head teacher | Tom Hollis |
Staff | 183 |
Gender | Coeducational |
Age | 11 to 19 |
Enrolment | 1503 |
Houses | Waynflete Barnard Lovell De Quincy Godwin Beaumont Wodham Holdgate Colling |
Colour(s) | Navy Blue and White |
Website | http://www.magdalen.northants.sch.uk/ |
Magdalen College School, Brackley, in Northamptonshire, is one of three ancient "Magdalen College Schools", the others being Magdalen College School in Oxford, and Wainfleet All Saints in Lincolnshire, all associated with Magdalen College, Oxford and its founder William Waynflete, Bishop of Winchester. Located in the town of Brackley, the school occupies two sites: Waynflete site and St John's site (see history section). The Waynfleye site was formerly a Secondary Modern school. This site accommodates most of the secondary school students' lessons, after which students transfer to the St John's site (the site of the old Magdalen College School before the two schools were merged) for more of their lessons during the Sixth Form. Today the school has approximately 1,500 students, and averages 59% A*–C at GCSE
Previously a boys' grammar school, then a voluntary controlled comprehensive school, it converted to academy status in January 2013. The St John's site is still owned by Magdalen College, Oxford, and they are represented on the governing body, but Magdalen (Brackley) had to lease the site from the Oxford college for 999 years to become an academy.