I visited last week mid Covid, and didn’t go up to the boarding houses so I can’t make any judgements on how they look or the feel of them (I’m revisiting in early 2021 when the pandemic allows so will update you properly then). The cricket pitch that stretches out away from the school to the river is a jaw-dropper. Aside from the usual gym and astros, the headline sports facility is a whopper 25 metre covered pool. There’s an indoor studio space for dance and drama, though no separate performing arts centre as yet – see Music, Art and Drama below – and music pods that house recording studios and teaching space for the kids. The Library is a conversion of the old dining hall with high vaulted ceilings and a dramatic central iron winding staircase with some serious Dragon branding (a theme throughout the school – well you would, wouldn’t you?). Academically, there are six separate science labs and three large art, design and DT rooms. One of the big benefits of choosing a boarding school, even as a day pupil, is that schools seriously invest in their facilities, so it’s happy days for kids at The Dragon. Average class sizes are 16 in Reception, rising to a maximum of 21 in Y8. Now The Dragon is one of the biggest co-ed boarding schools in the UK (around 180 of its 800 pupils call the school home) set on two sites – a compact but attractive site for 4-7 year olds in central Summertown, and a second larger site for 8-13 year olds, with a mix of traditional and more modern functional buildings, attractive playing fields and direct access to the river. Blissfully hidden amongst 15 acres of grounds next to the River Cherwell around 10 minutes from central Oxford, the Dragon School is one of the city’s most famous prep schools with an alumni list that could fill a red carpet – and frequently still does (hello Hugh Laurie, Emma Watson, Tom Hollander, Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Dancy and friends).ĭating from 1877, the school was founded by a group of Oxford University dons for their own children, with the then-progressive view that education should be enjoyable for children and help them understand the world around them.
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