As a Specialist Sports College the John Fisher School has a national reputation for its sporting achievements across a range of sports including; rugby, cross-country, cricket and athletics.

Our School has twice won the National Schools’ 7-a-side Rugby Tournament; and we were runners-up on two occasions. In 2009 the 1^st XV were semi-finalists in the Daily Mail RBS Cup and in 2000 our U15 were finalists in the Daily Mail Cup played at Twickenham. Our 1^st XV won the National fifteen a side tournament at St Joseph’s School, Ipswich in 2009. Only sixteen of the very best schools in the United Kingdom are invited to this tournament.

In Cricket our 1^st XI has an annual fixture with the MCC and were finalists in the 2006 Independent Schools Twenty/20 competition played at Edgbaston. John Fisher boys regularly represent clubs, counties and their country at schoolboy level throughout the year.

John Fisher are past winners of the National Track and Field Cup competition and we regularly make the final which is for the top twelve schools each season. We are one of the few schools in the country who still run regular athletics matches on our fields.

At a time when many state schools have abolished Saturday sports fixtures it is of great pride that our School is able to regularly put out twenty teams each weekend competing against some of the very best state, public and independent schools in the country.

In order to play competitive games to the highest level that we do, we need to be sure that all boys are available to play for the school, either on Saturday morning or afternoon, as required, since most of the school fixtures are on Saturdays. Parents should be aware of the importance the school attaches to this before applying for a place. In practice, this is not normally a problem, as boys are only too keen to play for the school and for their parents to come along and watch them. The termly School Calendar includes the complete fixture list, and each boy is issued with one at the beginning of each term.

The John Fisher School - Sporting Alumni:

• Walter d'Hondt - 1956 Melbourne Olympic Gold Medal, 1960 Rome Olympic Silver Medal, 1958 Commonwealth Games Gold & Silver Medals in rowing (Canada)
• Martyn Rooney - 2008 Beijing Olympics 400m finalist, 2009 World Championships Silver Medal
• Paul Sackey - England and Stade Francais Rugby Union player
• Derry Coughlan - England U19, London Irish and Lansdowne Rugby Union player
• Sean Crowley - record-breaking and solo trans-Atlantic rower
• Mike Nestor - record-breaking trans-Atlantic rower
• Zane Scotland - PGA Tour golfer
• Keiran Stanton - PGA Tour golfer
• Ricky Nebbett - England A, Leicester, Leinster and Harlequins Rugby Union player
• Simon Hunt - England Sevens Rugby Union player
• George Skivington - England Saxons and London Irish Rugby Union player
• Kyle Traynor - Edinburgh Rugby Club, Scotland U18, 19, & 21 (captain)
• Tim Murtagh - Professional cricket player Surrey, Middlesex & England U19
• Chris Murtagh - Professional cricket player Surrey
• Laurie Evans - Professional cricket player Warwickshire