THE HOUSE SYSTEM
On entry to the school, every pupil is allocated to one of five houses, corresponding to the five forms of entry. Boys remain in their houses for the duration of their school career. Houses are used as the basis of the pastoral system and for sporting and other competitions. House points may be gained by distinguished work or effort in all aspects of school life.The present house system dates from 1981. Prior to that, there were six houses, named after former eminent schoolmasters, clerics and old boys: Jephson, Kelly, McDowell, Nairne, Whiteley, Wilson. Four new houses were created from the old six; the fifth, Southwark, was added in 2002 when Wilson's grew to five forms of entry.
BRECON
House Captain: Will Roberts
House colour: red
Named after the Brecon Beacons National Park, former venue for the school's field trips.
Motto: Y DDRAIG GOCH DDYRY CYCHWYN (The red dragon goes on the attack)
CAMBERWELL
House Captain: Damjan Veljanoski
House colour: blue
Named after the original home of Wilson's School, founded by Edward Wilson, Vicar of St. Giles, Camberwell, in 1615. Look in a street atlas and you will still see Wilson Road, London SE5. The old school building is now used by the Camberwell College of Arts.
Badge: the phoenix, for the school's rebirth
Motto: VIVAT REDIVIVA (Live again, live forever)
GREENCOAT
House Captain: Kes Daood
House colour: green
Named after Greencoat School, a church school in Camberwell which closed after a history of 250 years in 1959 and whose assets were taken over by Wilson's
Badge: the figures from the Greencoat courtyard, which originally adorned the respective boys' and girls' entrances of Greencoat School, and were moved in 1961 to the new Greencoat Building, Wilson's School's science facility, until the move to Wallington in 1975
Motto: VIROR VIRES VIRTUS (Green our strength and courage)
HAYES
House Captain: Will Gunnell
House colour: yellow
Named after the home of the Old Wilsonians' Association in Bromley, Kent
Badge: a variant of the salient wolf and bezants of the school crest
Motto: OMNIBUS QUISQUE CUIQUE OMNES (One for all and all for one)
SOUTHWARK
House Captain: Abim Aluko
House colour: purple
Named after the diocese of Southwark. Though not a church school, Wilson's has connections with the Church and Southwark diocesan representatives sit on the Board of Governors
Badge: the Devil eats Judas Iscariot. Taken from a mediaeval ceiling boss in Southwark Cathedral
Motto: MODO MODO INCEPTUM (We've only just begun)