Wyvern College, Eastleigh had to travel to and from by bus. Originally, the new school was known as the Eastleigh Secondary School, but within a year the new Headmaster, Robert Blachford, chose the distinctive name of Wyvern with the motto "Advance". This heraldic dragon has been connected with Wessex since Tudor times and formed the crest of Sir Francis Drake; it also featured on the badge of Mr Blachford's Wessex regiment. However, accommodation became a problem at the Wyvern County Secondary School, and in 1966 the Wyvern arose again at Fair Oak, in the centre of the catchment area which also included the
Wyvern (vessel) onboard "Wyvern" shortly before she sank in an attempt to rescue the vessel by pumping out water. Two of the crew were later rescued, but a third crew member went down with the ship. He was found in the sea on 14 July 2013. "Wyvern" lay about under water after the foundering and various oil companies donated money to salvage her. Slavagers raised her from the Baltic Sea on 11 August 2013 and brought her to Stavanger on board the ship . She arrived in Stavanger on 15 August 2013. The cause of the foundering was found to be fractures