The following have been Heads of the school, several from the Lynam family: The school has become notable for its large number of eminent alumni. Dragon School playing fields off Bardwell Road The school was run for many years by the Lynam family. The Dragon School 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 Kit Lynam. The school was known as Oxford Preparatory School and also Lynam's, but gradually its current name was adopted.

£4,000 was raised through subscriptions from local parents for the erection of new school buildings and the move was completed within a year. 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. Charles Cotterill Lynam (known as the 'Skipper') took over as headmaster in 1886. The school expanded and moved within two years to 17 Crick Road, which became known as 'School House'. Teaching started in September 1877 at rooms in Balliol Hall, located in St Giles', central Oxford, under A. In honour of Saint George the group decided to call themselves Dragons. The school was founded by a committee of Oxford dons, among whom the most active was a Mr George. History School House at the Dragon School, on Bardwell Road in North Oxford Dragon Lane runs along the edge of the school immediately to the west. Boarding starts at 8 and there are 10 boarding houses, including one weekly-boarding house. The Dragon educates children from aged 4 to 13 in two sites in North Oxford: Bardwell Road and Richards Lane. The Dragon School is a feeder school to many independent schools, including Winchester College, Eton College, Shrewsbury School, Oundle School, Cheltenham Ladies' College, Harrow School, Radley College, Rugby School, Marlborough College, Wellington College, Canford School, St Edward's School, Oxford, Stowe School and Abingdon School. 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 Dragon Prep School was founded in 1877 as the Oxford Preparatory School.

The Dragon Pre-Prep (children aged 4–7) and Prep School (children aged 8–13) are both co-educational schools. The Dragon School is one school on two sites in Oxford, England. Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep schoolĮmma Goldsmith (Prep) Annie McNeile (Pre-Prep)

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