The joy of learning and the fun of childhood exploration are shared throughout a warm school community where every child is encouraged to try everything and do his or her best. Children’s needs are at the heart of the Dragon and pastoral care is paramount discipline relies on common sense, kindness and individual responsibility. Run for many years by the Lynam family, the Dragon reflected their unconventional approach to education which was based on the belief that children should enjoy school and understand the world around them.The School today reflects its radical roots and has an ethos that hinges on a dynamic balance of relaxed unpretentiousness and academic discipline which has been described as ‘robust informality and relaxed rigour’. Founded as the Oxford Preparatory School in 1877 the school was started by a group of Oxford University dons for their own children. Dragon School is part of the Oxford Schools Bus Partnership which ensures reliable and safe transport to independent schools in Oxford from a wide area encompassing Oxfordshire, the Cotswolds, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire. The Dragon is one of the best known schools in the country and numbers amongst its former pupils a very wide range of successful men and women.Its roots lie in progressive educational theory of the late nineteenth century. Accommodation: School boarding house - shared rooms. SBC Oxford is the perfect school for our youngest age group. The independent association prep schools, The SBC Oxford Summer School is a wonderful introduction to boarding school life, based at the Dragon School in Oxford, one of the most prestigious prep schools in the UK.

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