Recognising the achievement of pupils is an important way of encouraging personal development and responsibility. Wimbledon College has formalised system of recognising achievement.

Colours Awards 2010

Intermediate Colours
Ashley Gyngell (Y10) Drama & Music
George Horton (Y10) Drama & Music
Sam Breen (Y10) Drama & Music
Ben Barraclough (Y10) Drama & Music
Dominic Luck (Y10) Drama
Elliot Phillips (Y10) Drama Tech
Sebastian Johnson (Y10) Drama Tech
William Greene (Y10) Drama Tech
Conor Kissane-Wood (Y10) Athletics and Cross Country
Daniel Wanyoni (Y10) Athletics
Kevin Mosengo (Y10) Athletics & Rugby
Oscar Golden-Lee (Y10) Drama & Music
Tomas Sullivan (Y10) Rugby
Matthew Leech (Y10) Swimming
Steven Morris (Y10) Swimming
Joseph Clarke (Y10) Cross Country
Nicholas Blunsum (Y10) Army Cadets
Rory Gold (Y10) Army Cadets
Toby Gold (Y10) Army Cadets
Jean-Paul McCarthy (Y10) Army Cadets
Max Naufel (Y10) Army Cadets
Joshua North (Y10) Army Cadets
Alex Cousins (Y11) Music
Sam Day (Y11) Drama Tech
Matteo Martello (Y11) Music
Brian Nguru (Y11) Basketball
Nicholas Day (Y11) Service & Drama Tech
James Sutton (Y11) Service
David Gunn (Y11) Drama Tech
Joseph Healy (Y11) Drama Tech
Scott Spurling (Y11) Drama Tech

Half-Colours
Joseph Bohoslawec (Y11) Drama Tech
Sebastien Matthews (Y12) Drama Tech
Tom Dixon (Y11) Drama
Ryan Rodrigues (Y11) Music & Drama
Adam Ike (Y12) Rugby & Athletics
Edmund Johnson (Y12) Rugby
Harry Tabb (Y12) Rugby
Liam Peck (Y12) Music
Richard Szuman (Y12) Music
John Offin (Y12) Drama Tech
Matthew Adoga-Odeh (Y13) Rugby
Matthew Laventure (Y13) Rugby

Full Colours
Jack Duggan (Y13) Rugby
Alastair Morris (Y13) Rugby
Brendan Opoko-Ware (Y13) Basketball
George Watson (Y13) Music & Drama
Aidan O'Neill (Y13) Music & Drama Tech

Awards Assemblies

Special assemblies dedicated to the recognition and celebration of achievement are held at the end of each half-term. A wide range of achievements are celebrated from sports, drama and music, to progress in studies, 100% attendance and service to the community.

Commendations

Commendation Certificates are used across the whole school to recognise formally achievement. Boys are encouraged to keep these certificates and to build up a portfolio of their achievements.

Intermediate Colours

Intermediate Colours are generally awarded in Syntax (Y11) but occasionally in Grammar (Y10) for outstanding achievement and commitment to a school activity. Staff in charge of major school activities, including the major sports, music, drama, and service, nominate boys for colours each term and the Colours Committee confirms or rejects the nominations, ensuring that the standard required is equal across very different activities.

Half and Full Colours

Half Colours are generally awarded in Poetry (Y12) but occasionally in Syntax (Y11). Full Colours are generall awarded in Rhetoric (Y13) but occasionally in Poetry (Y12). Half and Full Colours are inteded to reflect the highest levels of commitment, performance and leadership in major school activities.

Prizegiving

Each year there is a Prizegiving at the end of the Summer Term for boys in Y7-10. Prizegiving recognises academic and other achievements.
Prizegiving

Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme

Wimbledon College runs the Duke of Edinburgh's Award Scheme as a way of recognising pupils' involvement and achievement in a range of activities (Service, Skills, Physical Recreation, and Expedition). Pupils are encouraged to participate in the DoE Award Scheme from Y10 onwards.