Magdalen College School, Oxford

Magdalen College School
Address
Map
Cowley Place

, ,
OX4 1DZ

England
Coordinates51°44′57″N 1°14′39″W / 51.74903°N 1.24429°W / 51.74903; -1.24429
Information
Other nameMCS
TypePrivate day school
MottoLatin: Sicut Lilium
(Like the Lily)
Religious affiliation(s)Church of England
Established1480; 544 years ago (1480)
FounderWilliam Waynflete
Local authorityOxfordshire County Council
Department for Education URN123311 Tables
MasterHelen Pike[1]
Gender
Age range7–18
Enrolment897 (2018)[2]
Capacity930[2]
Houses
  • Callender
  • Chavasse
  • Leicester
  • Maltby
  • Walker-Dunn
  • Wilkinson-Blagden
Colour(s)Black and red   
Publication
  • The Lily
  • The Waynflete Post
  • Views From The Bridge (Junior School)
YearbookThe Lily
AlumniOld Waynfletes
Websitewww.mcsoxford.org
"Magdalen College School, registered charity no. 295785". Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Magdalen College School (MCS) is a private day school in the English public school tradition located in Oxford, England, for boys aged seven to eighteen and for girls in the sixth form (i.e. ages sixteen to eighteen). It was founded by William Waynflete in 1480 as part of Magdalen College, Oxford.

The school is run by a headmaster, known since the foundation of the school simply as "the Master" and controlled by a Board of Governors, who appoint the Master. It has both a senior school and a junior school. The Senior School has six houses, names after old attendees of the school who died in the first or second world wars. Each house is headed by a housemaster selected from the senior members of the teaching staff, of whom there are about 160. There are also six houses in the Junior School.

The school was named Independent School of the Year by The Sunday Times in 2004,[3] and 2008,[4] being the first boys' school to attain this accolade twice.

  1. ^ "Master's Welcome". Magdalen College School. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Magdalen College School". Get information about schools. GOV.UK. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  3. ^ O'Reilly, Judith. "Independent Secondary School of the Year 2004". The Sunday Times. UK. Retrieved 7 June 2009.[dead link]
  4. ^ O'Reilly, Judith. "Independent Secondary School of the Year". The Sunday Times. UK. Retrieved 7 June 2009.[dead link]