Dragon School

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nameDragon School
logoDragon logo wikipedia.svg
logo_size180px
imageSchool House, Dragon School, Oxford.JPG
image_size250px
coordinates
motto
("Reach for the Sun")
established
typePreparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school
religionChurch of England
head_labelHead
headEmma Goldsmith (Prep); Annie McNeile (Pre-Prep)
founderA. E. Clarke
addressBardwell Road
cityOxford
countyOxfordshire
countryUK
postcodeOX2 6SS
urn123288
enrollment800+
genderCoeducational
lower_age4
upper_age13
houses9
coloursNavy and yellow
publicationThe Draconian
free_label_1Former pupils
free_1Old Dragons
websitewww.dragonschool.org
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| name = Dragon School | logo = Dragon logo wikipedia.svg | logo_size = 180px | image = School House, Dragon School, Oxford.JPG | image_size = 250px | coordinates = | motto = ("Reach for the Sun") | established = | closed = | type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school | religion = Church of England | president = | head_label = Head | head = Emma Goldsmith (Prep); Annie McNeile (Pre-Prep) | r_head_label = | r_head = | chair_label = | chair = | founder = A. E. Clarke | specialist = | address = Bardwell Road | city = Oxford | county = Oxfordshire | country = UK | postcode = OX2 6SS | local_authority = | urn = 123288 | ofsted = | staff = | enrollment = 800+ | gender = Coeducational | lower_age = 4 | upper_age = 13 | houses = 9 | colours = Navy and yellow | publication = The Draconian | free_label_1 = Former pupils | free_1 = Old Dragons | free_label_2 = | free_2 = | free_label_3 = | free_3 = | website = www.dragonschool.org The Dragon School is a private school across two sites in Oxford, England. The Dragon Pre-Prep (children aged 4–7) and Prep School (children aged 8–13) are both co-educational schools. The Dragon Prep School was founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School. It takes day pupils and boarders.

Originally established for boys, the Dragon School also accepted a small number of day girls with a close connection to the school, first admitting girls as boarders in 1994. The school educates children aged 4 to 13 in two sites in North Oxford: Bardwell Road and Richards Lane. Boarding starts at 8 and there are 10 boarding houses, including one weekly-boarding house. Dragon Lane runs along the edge of the school immediately to the west.

History

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Hall,_Dragon_School,Oxford-_DSC02846.jpg" caption="The Main Hall of Dragon School"] ::

The school was founded by a committee of Oxford dons, among whom the most active was a Mr George. In honour of Saint George, the group decided to call themselves Dragons.{{cite web |title= School web-site |url= https://www.dragonschool.org/the-school/our-history.html |access-date= 8 November 2019 |archive-date= 3 July 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190703191308/https://www.dragonschool.org/the-school/our-history.html |url-status= dead

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, Lynam took out a lease on land at the current site at Bardwell Road in central North Oxford, just to the west of the River Cherwell. £4,000 was 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 Dragon School became the second school to take part in the Harrow History Prize in 1895. Over the years, many of its pupils have won this prize, an early winner being Kit Lynam. The school was run for many years by the Lynam family. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/DragonPlay01.JPG" caption="Dragon School playing fields off [[Bardwell Road"] ::

The school has become notable for its large number of eminent alumni.

Heads

The following, including members of the Lynam family have been Heads of the school:

  • A. E. Clarke 1877–1886
  • C. C. Lynam ("Skipper") 1886–1920
  • A. E. Lynam ("Hum") 1920–1942
  • J. H. R. Lynam ("Joc") 1942–1965
  • R. K. Ingram ("Inky") 1965–1989
  • M. W. A. Gover ("Guv") 1972–1989 (head of day pupils, co-headmaster with "Inky")
  • N. P. V. Richardson 1989–1992
  • H. E. P. Woodcock 1992–1993
  • R. S. Trafford 1993–2002
  • J. R. Baugh 2002–2017
  • Crispin Hyde-Dunn 2017–2021
  • Emma Goldsmith 2021–present

Other teachers

Old Dragons

Former pupils of the Dragon School are referred to as Old Dragons. The following people were pupils at one time:

References

References

  1. Jaques, C. H.. (1977). "A Dragon Century: 1877 – 1977". Blackwell's.
  2. Jaques, C. H.. (1977). "A Dragon Century: 1877 – 1977". Blackwell's.
  3. Jaques, C. H.. (1977). "A Dragon Century: 1877 – 1977". Blackwell's.
  4. Jaques, C. H.. (1977). "A Dragon Century: 1877 – 1977". Blackwell's.
  5. Ramaswamy, Chitra. (28 March 2016). "Welcome to Dragon School – the lair of the British acting elite". [[The Guardian]].
  6. (12 February 2007). "Keith Ingram — Long-serving Dragon prep school headmaster who won the respect and affection of staff and pupils (obituary)". [[The Times]].
  7. (15 February 2007). "Former Dragon School headmaster (obituary)". [[The Oxford Times]].
  8. (2009). "RKI — An appreciation of the life of Keith Ingram". Dragon School Trust.
  9. Hodgson, Godfrey. (14 May 2005). "Michael Gover — Headmaster of the Dragon School and a guardian of its founding tradition (obituary)". [[The Independent]].
  10. (8 June 2005). "Michael Gover (obituary)". [[The Times]].
  11. (21 September 2017). "Dragon's new head inspired by Harry Potter icon". [[Oxford Times]].
  12. (21 November 2021). "The Great PJ Wilson". [[Dragon School]].
  13. Stanford, Peter. (22 June 2012). "The pain of Aung Sun Suu Kyi's sons, parted from their mother for 25 years". [[The Daily Telegraph]].
  14. "Eminent Dragons". Dragon School.
  15. "Obituaries". Dragon School.
  16. (21 January 2021). "Sebastian Goes Back to School".
  17. (13 May 2020). "Rupert Lloyd • Producer, Noor Pictures".

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