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Magdalen College School. A-level entries graded A*: 43% (A-level entries (the total isn’t printed)), summer 2025 exams. Status: Checked against the original. Source: Magdalen College School: 2025 examination results, Pages 1–2: individually labelled subject/qualification tables, https://www.mcsoxford.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/MCS-Results-Destinations-2025v7.pdf. Checked by The Schools Record on 6 September 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:mcs-oxford:2025:a-level:dated-pdf-headline/
A* / 9–8 · summer 2024 exams · number of entries not published
78.8%
Shown, not compared
MCS Oxford’s publications give different numbered GCSE figures for 2024. We show the figure but don’t compare it. The latest year we compare is 2010: 78.1%.
Our latest figure is for 2024. MCS Oxford’s 2025 numbered GCSE table doesn’t give 9–8 on its own. MCS Oxford: between 54.7% and 78.1% A* or 9–8 grades in the 3 years we can compare.
Magdalen College School. GCSE/IGCSE entries at grades 9–8: 78.8% (GCSE/IGCSE entries (the total isn’t printed)), summer 2024 exams. Status: Checked against the original. Source: Magdalen College School Oxford: governors/directors report for year ended 31 July 2024, PDF page 15, https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02106661/filing-history/MzQ0ODU0MjA5MWFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0. Checked by The Schools Record on 6 September 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/new:mcs-oxford:2024:gcse-grade-bands:governors-2024/
Magdalen College School. Cambridge offers: 23 of 70 applications from the school, 2025 admissions round. Status: Checked against the original. Source: Applications, Offers and Acceptances by applicant’s school (UCAS) 2025, p. 12, https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2026-05/undergraduate_admissions_by_apply_centre_2025_cycle.pdf. Checked by The Schools Record on 15 October 2026. The Schools Record, https://theschoolsrecord.co.uk/evidence/research:mcs-oxford:2025:cambridge-apply-centre:offers/
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We have found published results by qualification for 1 year. There are too few combined annual figures to draw a line. You can read the available results and the reasons for the gaps in the table below.
Magdalen College School
Grading as before
GCSE · A* / 9–8
2023–25
Grading returns to its pre-pandemic standard.
A* (letter grades) or 9–8 (number grades), as a share of all entries.
GCSEs move to grades 9 to 1, English and maths first, in 2017. Ofqual aligned the bottom of grade 4 with the bottom of the old C. At these schools it sits close to 100%, so it is not offered first in comparisons.
A*–C / 9–4: A*–C on lettered GCSEs and 9 to 4 on numbered ones, as a share of all entries.
We have found published results by qualification for 1 year. There are too few combined annual figures to draw a line. You can read the available results and the reasons for the gaps in the table below.
Magdalen College School
Grading as before
GCSE · Grade 9
2023–25
Grading returns to its pre-pandemic standard. Grade 9 counts only entries graded 9–1; lettered GCSE entries are outside this figure.
Grade 9, as a share of entries graded 9–1 only. Lettered GCSE entries are excluded.
The 17 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A* or equivalent: A-level A* and Pre-U D1 and D2, as a share of all entries.
Magdalen College School: Sixth form · A* or equivalent, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
MCS Oxford’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
MCS Oxford’s first 2026 A-level table counts 260 A* grades; its 18 September update counts 263 after changes to History and Physics. The figures we have entered are from the earlier version, so no A* figure is plotted until we can explain the differences between the versions.
A-level 43.9% at A*Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 43.9% at A* (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
MCS Oxford printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2024.
The 17 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–A or equivalent: A-level A*–A and Pre-U D1 to D3, as a share of all entries.
Magdalen College School: Sixth form · A*–A or equivalent, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
MCS Oxford’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 82.4% at A*–AResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 82.4% at A*–A (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
MCS Oxford printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2024.
The 17 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–B or equivalent: A-level A*–B and Pre-U D1 to M2, as a share of all entries.
Magdalen College School: Sixth form · A*–B or equivalent, 2022 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
MCS Oxford’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
A-level 94.9% at A*–BResults for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
Published by qualification: 94.9% at A*–B (A-level). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
MCS Oxford printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school Pre-U figure for 2024.
The 24 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A* (letter grades) or 9–8 (number grades), as a share of all entries.
Magdalen College School: GCSE · A* / 9–8, 2024 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
MCS Oxford’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
Two versions of MCS Oxford’s 2026 GCSE table count 554 and 569 grade 9s out of 956 entries. The ISC return matches the earlier version, so no top-grades figure is plotted until we can explain the differences between the versions.
MCS Oxford’s publications give different numbered GCSE figures for 2022. We show the figure but don’t compare it. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
numbered GCSE 84% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
MCS Oxford printed 81.6%, not compared. Published by qualification: 84% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
MCS Oxford printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school lettered GCSE figure for 2019.
lettered GCSE 87.64% at A* · numbered GCSE 70.71% at 9 or 8Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
MCS Oxford printed 84.5%, not compared. Published by qualification: 87.64% at A* (lettered GCSE) and 70.71% at 9 or 8 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
MCS Oxford printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications.
The 24 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–A / 9–7: A*–A on lettered GCSEs and 9 to 7 on numbered ones, as a share of all entries.
Magdalen College School: GCSE · A*–A / 9–7, 2024 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
MCS Oxford’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
MCS Oxford’s publications give different numbered GCSE figures for 2022. We show the figure but don’t compare it. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
lettered GCSE 98.36% at A*–A · numbered GCSE 89.9% at 9–7Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
MCS Oxford printed 96.8%, not compared. Published by qualification: 98.36% at A*–A (lettered GCSE) and 89.9% at 9–7 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
MCS Oxford printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications.
The 24 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. A*–C / 9–4: A*–C on lettered GCSEs and 9 to 4 on numbered ones, as a share of all entries.
Magdalen College School: GCSE · A*–C / 9–4, 2017 to 2026
Year
Grades compared across qualifications
Entries
MCS Oxford’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
MCS Oxford’s 2022 numbered GCSE table doesn’t give 9–4 on its own. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
lettered GCSE 100% at A*–C · numbered GCSE 100% at 9–4Results for individual qualifications; no combined annual figure
MCS Oxford printed 100%, not compared. Published by qualification: 100% at A*–C (lettered GCSE) and 100% at 9–4 (numbered GCSE). No whole-year figure is established.
Qualification only
MCS Oxford printed percentages without the number of grades, so we cannot combine its different qualifications.
The 10 years covered here, newest first. Missing figures are explained alongside the results we have found. Grade 9, as a share of entries graded 9–1 only. Lettered GCSE entries are excluded.
Magdalen College School: GCSE · Grade 9, 2025 and 2026
Year
Grade 9
Entries graded 9–1
MCS Oxford’s own figure
Status
Note
Sources
2026 · This summer · 2026 results, as each school publishes them.
MCS Oxford’s publications give different numbered GCSE figures for 2022. We show the figure but don’t compare it. Grades in 2022 were set at a midpoint between summer 2019 and 2021, on Ofqual’s account. Ofqual ↗
Grades were set by teachers. We don’t have MCS Oxford’s whole-school lettered GCSE or numbered GCSE figures for 2020, so we cannot give a combined annual figure.
Detailed qualification tables cover 2022–2026, with earlier summaries for 2016–2020. Some earlier A-level headlines include Pre-U equivalents. The 2026 A-level results page and dated news article give different figures.
Start with the same qualification, grade band and years for both schools. That gives you a fairer reading of their results. Whether your child would enjoy and thrive in either school needs a wider conversation.
Where leavers went
Offers aren’t places: one pupil can hold several offers but take up one place.
Latest Oxford and Cambridge figures: 2025 admissions round · . Latest list of where leavers went: 2026 leavers · . Last checked 15 Oct 2026
2026 · Where leavers went
2026 destination list
4 · destinations
Source: TSR institution row tally of the current school list; not a printed total
What these figures count
Count of rows whose Destination column is 'Bath' in the school’s university-and-course list.
What it counts: 2026 destination-and-course list rows
Worth knowing: TSR counted institution labels in the school’s 2026 destination-and-course list; this is a row tally, not a school-printed institution total or an independently checked enrolment count. Repeated course rows are retained in the tally. No named pupils or pupil identifiers are recorded. The list has 188 rows across 36 institutions; Cambridge 29 plus Oxford 13 gives 42 list rows. The current results hub separately prints 41 Oxbridge pupils, while the earlier retained results article prints 39. The cohort/version relationship is unresolved; these figures are not substituted for one another or treated as offers.
How the source defines it: Count of rows whose Destination column is 'Bath' in the school’s university-and-course list.
Source: TSR institution row tally of the current school list; not a printed total
What these figures count
Count of rows whose Destination column is 'Birmingham' in the school’s university-and-course list.
What it counts: 2026 destination-and-course list rows
Worth knowing: TSR counted institution labels in the school’s 2026 destination-and-course list; this is a row tally, not a school-printed institution total or an independently checked enrolment count. Repeated course rows are retained in the tally. No named pupils or pupil identifiers are recorded. The list has 188 rows across 36 institutions; Cambridge 29 plus Oxford 13 gives 42 list rows. The current results hub separately prints 41 Oxbridge pupils, while the earlier retained results article prints 39. The cohort/version relationship is unresolved; these figures are not substituted for one another or treated as offers.
How the source defines it: Count of rows whose Destination column is 'Birmingham' in the school’s university-and-course list.
1,415 records from 1992 to 2026: results for A level, GCSE/IGCSE and Other qualifications (5 qualifications in all), and 216 university records. Taking the school’s figures as published, no measure yet has two years on one unchanged definition. The record above counts its years on our combined annual figure, which joins qualifications and grading systems by a stated rule.
How many years each measure has, with a reason where a comparison is unavailable.
Years in each measure’s span. Columns overlap, so don’t add them up.
We have figures for 13 years, but they do not count the same thing consistently enough to draw a comparison: covers a different group from the school-wide series.
The last column counts years in the span with no record at all, not zero results. A year can have figures and still not be comparable; those are counted in the columns to its left.
What we’ve searched
Across the years and categories below, we have a figure for 154 of 296 entries, searched without finding one for 117, haven’t searched 4 yet, and 21 didn’t apply. The search for missing figures is still open. A year without a figure isn’t a zero, and isn’t evidence the school published nothing.
Figure found — We have a figure for this year, with the document it came from.
Found, not compared — We have found a figure, but cannot establish exactly what it counts or whom it covers. It stays out of comparisons until that is clear.
No figure yet — We haven’t found a figure for this year. The notes below say where we looked and whether the search remains open. A missing figure does not mean the school published nothing.
Not researched yet — We haven’t searched for this year yet, so a blank here tells you nothing about what the school published.
Did not apply — This qualification or outcome didn’t exist, or wasn’t offered here, in this year, and we have a source that says so.
1990200020102020
A-level
Covers A-level grades, including the A* measures charted above. We have a figure for 35 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 2 without finding a figure yet. Figure found: 1992–2026. No figure yet: 1990–1991.
Where we looked for the 2 missing years
1990
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1991
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
GCSE/IGCSE
Covers GCSE and IGCSE grades, numbered and lettered. We have a figure for 25 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 12 without finding a figure yet. Figure found: 1992 and 2003–2026. No figure yet: 1990–1991 and 1993–2002.
Where we looked for the 12 missing years
1990
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1991
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
1993–2002
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Pre-U
Covers Cambridge Pre-U grades, which are not charted as a separate series. We have a figure for 11 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 5 without finding a figure yet, and 21 didn’t apply. Figure found: 2014–2024. No figure yet: 2009–2013. Did not apply: 1990–2008 and 2025–2026.
Where we looked for the 5 missing years
2009
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2010–2012
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2013
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
IB
Covers International Baccalaureate results, which are not charted as a separate series. We don’t have a figure for any of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026 yet. Of those, we searched 36 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 1 yet. No figure yet: 1990 and 1992–2026. Not researched yet: 1991.
Where we looked for the 36 missing years
1990
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1992–2006
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2007–2012
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2013–2017
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
2018–2019
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
2020
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2021–2025
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Original government qualification workbooks inspected with exact school identity, contemporary metadata, actual header/row support, complete numeric grade-sum and direct source-cell checks; no suppressed grade reconstructed
2026
Inspected named-school return availability in original ISC annual workbook
Not searched yet: 1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university applications
Covers applications made, which are not offers or places, and are not charted as a series. We have a figure for 21 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 15 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 1 yet. Figure found: 2003–2006 and 2009–2025. No figure yet: 1990, 1992–2002, 2007–2008 and 2026. Not researched yet: 1991.
Where we looked for the 15 missing years
1990
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1992–2002
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2007–2008
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Oxford FOI 202405/468 original workbook: school/cycle row identified by UCAS school ID, name, postcode and group; applications, offers and acceptances tokens transcribed with the literal <3 suppression band retained. This is a university admissions-cycle count, not a leaver destination.
2026
Original 2026 results article/university hub fully read for separately defined applications, offers, acceptances and intended destinations; 2026-destination-followup-checks.json.
Not searched yet: 1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university offers
Covers offers received, which are not places taken up, and are not charted as a series. We have a figure for 21 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 15 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 1 yet. Figure found: 2003–2006 and 2009–2025. No figure yet: 1990, 1992–2002, 2007–2008 and 2026. Not researched yet: 1991.
Where we looked for the 15 missing years
1990
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1992–2002
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2007–2008
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Oxford FOI 202405/468 original workbook: school/cycle row identified by UCAS school ID, name, postcode and group; applications, offers and acceptances tokens transcribed with the literal <3 suppression band retained. This is a university admissions-cycle count, not a leaver destination.
2026
Original 2026 results article/university hub fully read for separately defined applications, offers, acceptances and intended destinations; 2026-destination-followup-checks.json.
Not searched yet: 1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university acceptances
Covers places accepted, which are not confirmed destinations; no chart plots them. We have a figure for 21 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 15 without finding a figure yet and haven’t searched 1 yet. Figure found: 2003–2006 and 2009–2025. No figure yet: 1990, 1992–2002, 2007–2008 and 2026. Not researched yet: 1991.
Where we looked for the 15 missing years
1990
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1992–2002
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2007–2008
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
Oxford FOI 202405/468 original workbook: school/cycle row identified by UCAS school ID, name, postcode and group; applications, offers and acceptances tokens transcribed with the literal <3 suppression band retained. This is a university admissions-cycle count, not a leaver destination.
2026
Original 2026 results article/university hub fully read for separately defined applications, offers, acceptances and intended destinations; 2026-destination-followup-checks.json.
Not searched yet: 1991. A blank here says nothing about what the school published.
university destinations
Covers where leavers actually went, read on the destinations page rather than as a chart. We have a figure for 20 of the 37 years from 1990 to 2026. Of the rest, we searched 17 without finding a figure yet. Figure found: 2003–2006 and 2011–2026. No figure yet: 1990–2002 and 2007–2010.
Where we looked for the 17 missing years
1990
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
1991
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
1992–2002
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
2007–2010
Year-specific search-engine discovery attempted; exact queries in search-log-last-four.json
Public annual accounts route checked; full-PDF OCR category search where retrieval succeeded. Details and unresolved candidate pages: annual-accounts-category-route-log.json
We last checked one of MCS Oxford’s figures against its original on 15 Oct 2026. Each figure’s record page says which document it came from and when we checked it. Check a figure from MCS Oxford
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