Dragon School
Dragon School is an independent school in Oxford for boys and girls aged 4 to 14. It has 759 pupils and room for 838.
Bardwell Road, Oxford, OX2 6SS01865 315400Mrs Emma Goldsmith headteacherAll details
Inspection
This private school is inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate, not Ofsted. Its reports are at isi.net.
Results
The government does not publish comparable results for most independent schools (IGCSEs are left out of its measures), so none are shown here.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Oxfordshire council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 759 | 796 | 807 | 810 | 795 | 798 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 10% | 26% | 18% | 30% | 19% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wychwood School | Independent (grammar) | 320 m | 150 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Aloysius' Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 650 m | 183 | Report card 2026 | 82 | Compare |
| Oxford High School GDST | Independent | 650 m | 756 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| St Clare's, Oxford | Independent (grammar) | 780 m | 262 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| The Cherwell School | Academy | 870 m | 2,023 | Outstanding 2022 | 91 | Compare |
| St Philip and James' Church of England Aided Primary School Oxford | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 391 | Good 2023 | 91 | Compare |
| St Barnabas' Church of England Aided Primary School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 135 | No overall grade 2025 | 85 | Compare |
| Meadowbrook College | Academy alternative provision converter | 0.7 miles | 9 | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Dragon School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Dragon School yet.
How many pupils does Dragon School have?
759 pupils aged 4 to 14 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 838 places, so it is 91% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Bardwell Road, Oxford, OX2 6SS
- Telephone
- 01865 315400
- Headteacher
- Mrs Emma Goldsmith
- Type of school
- Independent school (Other independent school, independent schools)
- Phase
- Independent school, ages 4-14
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Ward
- Walton Manor
- Constituency
- Oxford West and Abingdon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 January 1931
- URN
- 123288 · LAESTAB 9316062 · UKPRN 10015522
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.