IN THE PHYSICAL EDUCATION department we support the school’s focus on healthy living. Our purpose is to provide opportunities for strong participation and high performance in PE, Games and Sport. We are motivated by the firm belief that all pupils should be encouraged to continue with a lifelong participation in sport and exercise.
Our overall philosophy is to give pupils the confidence to participate in a variety of sporting activities. We want every pupil to leave with a passion to continue taking part in physical activity to maintain or improve their health. We also aim to help all pupils understand the necessity to take part in sport to appreciate winning, losing and the feeling of accomplishment when contributing to a team or individual performance.
Our Staff
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Mr Dudley (Director of Sport)
- Mr Dudley is our Director of Sport who has a BSC Honours Degree in Sports, Fitness and Coaching. He holds coaching qualifications in various sports including Football, Rugby, Basketball and Handball. In his spare time Mr Dudley plays semi-professional football and has made over 500 Isthmian League career appearances to date for clubs including Chipstead, Whyteleafe, Corinthian-Casuals, Carshalton Athletic and Horsham FC. Mr Dudley has also had great success within football coaching, winning the ESFA National Schools cup on two occasions.
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Mr Palmer (Sports Assistant & Football Programme Coordinator)
- Mr Palmer is a PE and Strength and Conditioning coach. He also assists in the coordinating of the Wilson’s football programme and is the school representative for the AELTC Wimbledon Ball Boy programme. He has an undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Science as well as a master’s degree in Sport and Exercise Nutrition, both from Loughborough University. He has previously worked at Norwich City FC in the sports science department and played for Ipswich Town Academy FC.
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Mr Ford (Head of PE/Deputy Director of Sport/Head of Rugby and Athletics)
- Mr Ford is our Head of Games and Athletics who gained his PE teaching degree from Oxford Brookes. He is a Level 2 RFU coach, and also holds coaching qualifications in Rowing, Athletics and Weight Lifting. As a Rugby player he won the County Championship in consecutive years for Surrey and Epsom RFC. As a rower, Mr Ford was a British Universities Champion, represented Great Britain at U’23 Level, and has competed five times at Henley Royal Regatta.
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Mr Wells (Head of Football)
- Mr Wells is our Head of Football. In this role he coaches the 1st XI and various junior teams. Mr Wells was previously Head of Football at Swansea University where he led the 1st XI to three British Finals in four years. His other coaching roles include the Welsh Boys U16’s National Side and Garw FC in the Welsh League. His playing career led him to gaining international honours at youth level and also captaining the Welsh University squad.
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Mr Fry (Head of Cricket)
- Mr Fry is one of our Cricket coaches. He is an ECB level 3 Performance coach, Head coach at Sutton Cricket Club, and also a Performance coach for Surrey County Cricket Club. Mr Fry played representative cricket for the Surrey Championship, Surrey Cricket Board and the Club Cricket Conference and was selected to tour Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and West Indies. He scored 18,000 1st X1 runs in the Surrey Championship league.
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Mr Wilde (Lead Football Coach)
- Mr Wilde is one of our Football coaches. He holds the prestigious UEFA A Coaching Licence, a qualification he gained at the home of England football teams & FA Education, St. Georges Park. Mr Wilde has an excellent reputation as a scholar of Football, an excellent team builder & teacher of the game, who coaches innovative, interactive and challenging sessions and encourages players to be creative and expressive without the fear of failure.
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Mr Karamath (Lead Fitness Coach)
- Mr Karamath is our Strength and Conditioning Coach. He is a Level 3 Personal Trainer, and also holds qualifications in Nutrition Weight Management, Torso - core stability and lower back pain management, and as a Circuit trainer. Outside of School he is a personal trainer and plays football for the Old Wilsonians 1st XI. Mr Karamath represented Surrey U’18’s and the Amateur Football Association (AFA) team. He also completed the London to Paris Cycling race.
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Mr Molyneux (Head of Badminton)
- Mr Molyneux runs the school badminton coaching and over the last 20 years has had great success. The school has won 3 National finals and reached the National schools final on numerous other occasions. Wilson's has also represented England in the world schools championships There are National squad players at Wilson's and many County players or County squad players in every age group. Mr Molyneux has represented Surrey at every level and is currently National Masters champion and European Masters champion for his age group.
He has coached the Surrey U.17 team when they won the Inter County Championship.
These days his time is given to the school players, with coaching sessions 3 days a week and curriculum Badminton. -
Mr Oluwu (Football Coach)
- Mr Olowu is one of our football coaches who holds the FA Level 1 coaching award. A former old Wilsonian he was part of school teams who won the Surrey and Sutton Cups at different occasions during his time at the school. At youth level he represented clubs such as Carshalton Athletic & Sutton United. As well as being a keen footballer Mr Olowu also has expertise in Basketball and Athletics.
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Mr Rees
- Mr Rees is a Teacher of PE with a BSc Honours Degree in Sport and Exercise Science from University of Brighton. He holds coaching qualifications in Badminton, Tennis, Rugby and handball. At youth level, Mr Rees represented Surrey in Badminton, reaching the national school championships for his school for the first time.
Key Stage 3
The curriculum in year 7 and 8 gives each boy the opportunity to try out a variety of different sports while developing the Wilson's core concept skills. Once a year the pupils perform the Wilson's fitness test – including Speed and Agility, Co-ordination, Cardio-vascular fitness and Power. We use this baseline assessment to monitor progress across the different disciplines from year 7 to year 10.
PE curriculum lessons are taught to years 7 & 8 in their house classes for 1 hour a week. Within these lessons, sports are taught in six/seven week half term blocks including Core Skills, Basketball, Cricket, Futsal, Volleyball and Athletics.
Games afternoons are taught in smaller, differentiated groups for 1 to 1½ hours a week. In the Autumn and Spring Term students will participate in 1 or 2 of these Sports; Representative Football, Representative Rugby, Football, Badminton, Table Tennis, and Fitness. In the Summer Term students will participate in Athletics, Cricket and House Competitions. The House Competitions are an integral part of the sports department. The competitions are differentiated within each class and encompass various sports, and all pupils take part.
Physical Education
- Attacking and Defending
- Control and Accuracy
- Preparation and Execution
- Scoring and Success
- Sending and Receiving
- Agility and Balance
- Coordination
- Endurance
- Power and Speed
- Strength
- Decision Making
- Positioning
- Rules and Regulations
- Tactical Awareness
- Understanding
- Attitude
- Coaching
- Communication
- Leadership
- Teamwork
Key Stage 4
In PE lessons the year group is divided into two and the boys will participate in either Football, Badminton, Table Tennis or Fitness in the Autumn and Spring Terms, and Cricket, Athletics, Football, Volleyball or Fitness in the Summer Term. Once within each term the fitness tests are carried out to monitor fitness levels and progress.
The Games afternoons in years 9, 10 and 11 give the pupils the option to choose their journey. In the Autumn and Spring terms the options include Representative Football, Representative Rugby, Football, Basketball, Table-Tennis and Fitness.. The Summer options include Cricket, Representative Athletics, Cricket, Tennis, Squash, , Badminton, Football and Fitness. House competitions continue to be an integral part of the sports department, which are differentiated within each class and encompassing various sports and all pupils take part.
GCSE PE is taught in year 9, 10 and 11. The examination board is Edexcel. The specification is split over 3 years incorporating practical activities to teach the theory where possible. Each week the course delivers one lesson of theory and a further practical lesson. The focus for practical lessons changes every half-term. The weighting for the practical and theory is 40% practical and 60% theory. The theory paper is split into two papers (paper one – 1 hour 15 minutes, paper two - 1 hour 45 minutes) to be taken at the end of Year 11. The practical is assessed on each pupil's three best performed sporting disciplines from a large selection of sports. See this link for more detailed information about the GCSE PE course content.
Key Stage 5
Games afternoons are on Wednesdays. The boys have the option to play for representative teams in local, county and national competitions. The Sports that they can represent the School in are: Football 1st–6th XI, Rugby 1st XV, Basketball, Badminton, Table-Tennis, Cross-Country, Cricket 1st -3rd XI, Tennis and Squash. Pupils also make very good use of the Fitness Suite at lunch times and after school.
Enrichment
- We have one of the strongest school sporting fixture lists in the country in numerous sports.
- Saturday mornings throughout the Autumn and Spring terms involve football fixtures, with cricket in the Summer term.
- Rugby, Basketball, Badminton, Athletics, Table-Tennis, Cross-Country, Tennis and Squash fixtures take place during games afternoons and after school. We enter National, County and Borough competitions in a multitude of sports gaining success at various levels and sports. Our current and historical fixture lists can be found here.
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A boys’ grammar school in the London Borough of Sutton (UK), Wilson’s School is:
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