Wilson's School is a boys' grammar school in Wallington, London. The school educates approximately 1,000 pupils, with entry by academic selection based on performance in an entrance test. Its academic performance places it among the best schools in the United Kingdom.
It was founded as Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell in 1615, moving to its present location on part of the site of the former Croydon Airport in 1975, changing its name in the process. The move was due to concerns over the size of the facilities, government policy being against grammar schools at the time, and the wish of Sutton Council to have an additional grammar school. The school became voluntary aided in 1997 and an Academy in June 2011. It has specialist status in Mathematics and Computing and in Arts.
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