Nicholas Shakespeare (OD 1970) joined the Dragon in 1966. He is the author of seven novels, including 'The Vision of Elena Silves' (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award and Betty Trask Award); 'The High Flyer', for which he was selected as one of Granta’s Best of...
Essayist and novelist Pico Iyer (OD 1970) won a King’s Scholarship to Eton, following his time at the Dragon, and then a Demyship to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was awarded a Congratulatory Double First, with the highest marks of any English Literature student...
Lady Antonia Fraser CH, DBE, FRSL (née Pakenham) (OD 1944) is an award-winning historian and author. She attended the Dragon between 1940 and 1944. “I was at the Dragon School for four years –till 1944, twice as long as I was at any other school incidentally - and the...
Christopher de Lerisson Cazenove (OD 1957) was born in 1943. He attended the Dragon between 1953 and 1957 before being educated at Eton, Durham University and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Christopher was an actor best known for his roles in Dynasty (1981),...
Robert Temple Armstrong, Baron Armstrong of Ilminster (OD 1940), was born in Headington, Oxford. He was educated at the Dragon from 1935 to 1940, at Eton, where he was a King’s scholar, and at Christ Church, Oxford, where he studied classics and philosophy. He was a...
Simon Tolkien (OD 1972) grew up in Oxford where he loved his time at the Dragon School and returned there to study modern history at Trinity College. He became a solicitor and was drawn to criminal law. He transferred to the Bar and prosecuted and defended trials in...
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Dragon Quest is our thrilling enrichment program where children learn new skills and try out new things, reaping the benefits of a school that places equal weight on intellectual, emotional, social, and physical development. Some of the activities have direct academic benefits, others are focused on building friendships and life skills.