The Dragon School
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| Motto |
Arduus ad Solem ("Striving towards the Sun") |
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| Established | 1877 |
| Type | Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school |
| Religion | Christian (Anglican) |
| Head Master | John R. Baugh Prep; Annie McNeile Pre-Prep |
| Founder | The Revd A. E. Clarke |
| Location |
Bardwell Road Oxford Oxfordshire OX2 6SS UK Coordinates: 51°46′05″N 1°15′23″W / 51.76818°N 1.25639°W |
| DfE number | 931/6062 |
| DfE URN | 123288 Tables |
| Students | 800+ |
| Gender | Co-Educational |
| Ages | 8–13 |
| Houses | 9 |
| Colours | Navy & Mustard |
| Publication | The Draconian |
| Former pupils | Old Dragons |
| Website | www |
The Dragon School is one school on two sites based in Oxford, England, UK. The Prep School (children aged 8-13) and Dragon Pre-Prep (aged 4-7) are both co-educational schools based in Oxford. The Dragon Prep School founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School is one of England's best known boarding schools, although it also takes day pupils.
Originally established as a boys' school, girls were first admitted as boarders in 1994.The school's core ethos is that children learn naturally in the right learning environment. There are few formal rules but strong values of kindness, courage and respect. Feeder schools include Eton, Cheltenham, Harrow, Radley, Rugby, Marlborough, St Edward's Oxford, MCS, Headington Girls School and St Helen & St Katherines among many other leading Independent Schools.
Teaching started in September 1877 at rooms in Balliol Hall, located in St Giles', central Oxford, under A. E. Clarke. The school expanded and moved within two years to 17 Crick Road, which became known as "School House". Charles Cotterill Lynam (known as the "Skipper") took over as headmaster in 1886.
In 1894, C. C. Lynam took out a lease on land at the current site at Bardwell Road. £4,000 was quickly raised through subscriptions from local parents for the erection of new school buildings. and the move was completed within a year. The school was known as Oxford Preparatory School and also Lynam's, but gradually its current name was adopted.
The present site in Bardwell Road in central North Oxford is just to the west of the River Cherwell. It became the second school to take part in the Harrow History Prize in 1895, and many of its pupils have won this over the years, an early winner being Miss Kit Lynam. The school was run for many years by the Lynam family.
The following have been headmasters of the school, several from the Lynam family:
Former pupils of the Dragon School are referred to as Old Dragons. The following people were students at one time:
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