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 House and by 1997 to 360. On 14 August 1998 Wyvern House moved onto its new campus. Sixty years after its foundation, the complex, designed by Old Newingtonian architect John Lawes, was opened by the Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency Gordon Samuels AC. In January 2009, the Council of Newington College purchased the campus of Mary Andrews College adjacent to Wyvern House at 143–145 Trafalgar Street and 129–133 Cambridge Street. The new site contains two Victorian style homes, Braeside and Horaceville (1884) and a coach house. From 1946 until 1992 the site was the Braeside Church of England Hospital