With its enviable riverside location, the Dragon is one of the UK’s largest prep schools – it has around 800 students. Old Dragons include Emma Watson, Jack Whitehall, Hugh Laurie, Tom Hiddleston, and Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Cressida Dick. Today, the Dragon (named in honour of St George) offers a broad curriculum enriched with plenty of music, sport and after-school clubs, an activities-based Saturday programme, and dedicated reasoning and preparation lessons for senior school exams and scholarships. Around a third of Year 8 Dragons gain academic or specialist scholarships.įounded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School to educate the sons of Oxford University dons (professors), Dragon School has evolved to become a progressive co-ed school with a very international student community representing 30 different nationalities. It combines a well-rounded curriculum with bespoke support on moving to senior schools – and the school has a track record of sending children onto some of the UK’s most selective private schools including Harrow, Eton College, Wycombe Abbey, Oundle, Magdalen College School and Wellington College. A prep school with an innovative Saturday programme, a very active music department, and a track record of sending girls and boys to some of the UK’s top senior schools.ĭragon School, Oxford is a co-ed day and boarding Pre-prep and Prep School for four to 13 year olds.

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