Magdalen Waynflete Scholarship is an opportunity given to the top 15 highest academically achieving students in year 12. This scholarship gives our students the opportunity to produce an academic research project with the guidance of an external university tutor gives students unparalleled insight into the nature of the subjects that they pursue and prepares them for university study this is why our brightest students are invited to take part in the Magdalen Scholarship programme with our sister school in Oxford.

This exceptional opportunity is available only to our Sixth Form and has proven to give our students a competitive edge when making university or job applications.This years cohort achieved an impressive set of results with 3 good passes, 8 merits and an unprecedented 4 Distinctions.

Grace‘s project with the Bioscience faculty “Should UK be using Pre-Implantation Genetic testing in the case of polygenic disorder?” and Freddie‘s project with English faculty “How can the effects of Shakespeare’s late “romance” plays better understood by comparison with Early Modern entertainment?” was awarded a prestigious President Award. Pictured is Grace and Freddie who were invited to Magdalen College School Oxford to attend the celebratory dinner.