1981 National Schools Championships
Date March 21, 1981
Location The City of Derby Assembly Rooms, Derby
Year 1981
| Weight Category | Champion | Finalist |
| Junior A 32kg kg | Dean Binch (Conisbrough) | Darren Smith (Basildon) |
| 36kg kg | Anthony Connellan (Rochdale) | Jarleth McMahon (Newsham) |
| 39kg kg | Stephen Foran (Liverpool) | Paul Richards (Swindon) |
| 42kg kg | Lance Shaw (Crawley) | Andrew Murphy (Liverpool) |
| 45kg kg | Richard Hennesey (Barnet) | Carl Winston (Cwmbran) |
| 48kg kg | Mark Pegrum (Chingford) | Martin Hind (Carlisle) |
| 51kg kg | George Collins (Yateley) | Barry Drummond (Dewsbury) |
| 54kg kg | Simon Christie (Coventry) | Gary Gallagher (Plymouth) |
| 57kg kg | Daniel Kinnier (Basildon) | Dennis Grant (Newport) |
| Junior B 36kg kg | Sean Pentony (Cardiff) | Andrew Hayes (Dover) |
| 39kg kg | Steven Curtin (Camden) | Sean Hayes (Preston) |
| 42kg kg | Roy Rowland (Newham) | Russell Thomas (Newport) |
| 45kg kg | Raymond McLean (Wandsworth) | Joseph Bennett (Liverpool) |
| 48kg kg | Joe Morgan (Enfield) | Billy Conway (Normanton) |
| 51kg kg | Terence Daly (Newham) | Martin Evans (Cardiff) |
| 54kg kg | Francis Harding (Liverpool) | Jeffrey Warren (Rayleigh) |
| 57kg kg | Stephen Malone (Birmingham) | Clayton O’Shea (Camden) |
| 60kg kg | Victor Mears (Patcham) | Larry French (Blythe Town Boys Club) |
| 63kg kg | Stephen Davies (Middlesborough) | Peter Vosper (Plymouth) |
| Intermediate 39kg kg | Mark Smith (Bushey) | Andrew Carmody (Coventry) |
| 42kg kg | Paul Hodkinson (Liverpool) | Robert Taylor (Harrow) |
| 45kg kg | Raymond McLaren (Barrhead) | Sean Twomey (Rickmansworth) |
| 48kg kg | Christopher Woolnough (Rochester) | Floydd Havard (Swansea) |
| 51kg kg | Glyn Thomas (Cardiff) | Mark Jones (Belvedere) |
| 54kg kg | Andrew Williams (Pontypool) | Rodney Smith (Enfield) |
| 57kg kg | Gary Watson (Banbury) | Paul Hampson (Manchester) |
| 60kg kg | Alex Mullen (Irvine) | Kevin Elkins (Brent) |
| 63kg kg | Nigel Moore (Bexleyheath) | John Collins (Sale) |
| 66kg kg | Neville Brown (Burton) | John Bromby (Dartford) |
| Senior 46kg kg | J Marden (Cardiff) | Michael Herring (Stepney) |
| 49kg kg | Antony Graham (Brent) | George Lambert (Hull) |
| 52kg kg | Anthony Borg (Cardiff) | Arthur Mesher (Newham) |
| 55kg kg | Ivan Kempt (Northampton) | Martin Suckling (East Grinstead) |
| 58kg kg | Anthony Wilkinson (Sunderland) | John Fogarty (Slough) |
| 61kg kg | Stephen Griffith (Barnet) | Dean Hunt (Pontypridd) |
| 64kg kg | Anthony Velinor (Newham) | John Davies (Llanelli) |
| 67kg kg | David Peters (Southampton) | Anthony Hewittson (Hartlepool) |
| 70kg kg | Andrew Hargreaves (Chorley) | George Carmen (Wisbech) |
