Magdalen College School, Oxford

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Magdalen College School
Address
Cowley Place Oxford , Oxfordshire , OX4 1DZ England
Coordinates	51°44′57″N 1°14′39″W / 51.74903°N 1.24429°W / 51.74903; -1.24429
Information
Other name	MCS
Type	Private day school
Motto	Latin: Sicut Lilium (Like the Lily)
Religious affiliation(s)	Church of England
Established	1480; 544 years ago (1480)
Founder	William Waynflete
Local authority	Oxfordshire County Council
Department for Education URN	123311 Tables
Master	Helen Pike[1]
Gender	Boys Mixed (sixth form)
Age range	7–18
Enrolment	897 (2018)[2]
Capacity	930[2]
Houses	Callender Chavasse Leicester Maltby Walker-Dunn Wilkinson-Blagden
Colour(s)	Black and red
Publication	The Lily The Melting Pot 155 The Magdalen Blazer Views From The Bridge (Junior School)
Alumni	Old Waynfletes
Website	www.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 about 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.