ABA National Schools Championships 1979
Date March 31, 1979
Location The City of Derby Assembly Rooms
Year 1979
| Weight Category | Champion | Finalist |
| Junior A Under 33 kg | A Steadman (Skipton) | D Bishop (St Leonards-on-Sea) |
| Under 36 kg | A Ellison (Spennymoor) | T Dwyer (Haringey) |
| Under 39 kg | M Duan (Bermondsey) | C Meadows (Liverpool) |
| Under 42 kg | P Ryder (Warrington) | I Peard (Plymouth) |
| Under 45 kg | W Watkins (Newport) | D Millington (Newham) |
| Under 48 kg | W Brazil (Wisbech) | B Fenton (Leicester) |
| Under 51 kg | D Weedon (Romford) | T Hatton (Birmingham) |
| Under 54 kg | G Pollard (Saltash) | P Skyrme (Barrow-in-Furness) |
| Under 57 kg | B Morgan (Bradford) | J Payne (Beccles) |
| Junior B Under 36 kg | W Cawley (Stockport) | A Reid (Kingston-upon-Thames) |
| Under 39 kg | A Graham (Brent) | P Cooper (South Elmsall) |
| Under 42 kg | M Cook (Newham) | J Fielden (Cwbran) |
| Under 45 kg | D Matthews (Lewisham) | S Walsh (Nottingham) |
| Under 48 kg | M Goodwin (Tower Hamlets) | K Walsh (Bradford) |
| Under 51 kg | M Suckling (East Grinstead) | R Golding (South Normanton) |
| Under 54 kg | E Considine (Coventry) | C O’Reilly (Bethnal Green) |
| Under 57 kg | L Cooksey (Dinas Powis) | S Cooper (Hounslow) |
| Under 60 kg | J Davies (Llanelli) | S Griffiths (Barnet) |
| Under 63 kg | A Christie (Coventry) | D Shiels (Kensington) |
| Intermediate Under 39 kg | J Wright (Southwark) | A Inman (Liverpool) |
| Under 42 kg | G Clarke (Cardiff) | |
| Under 45 kg | M Thompson (Hackney) | R Setchell (Coventry) |
| Under 48 kg | M Poultney (Bedworth) | C Cartledge (Dagenham) |
| Under 51 kg | O Jones (Dagenham) | K Davey (Wakefield) |
| Under 54 kg | C Crook (Chorley) | L Butler (South Ockendon) |
| Under 57 kg | N Downer (East Ham) | P Smitherman (Telford) |
| Under 60 kg | K Howells (Cwmbran) | A Batty (Waltham) |
| Under 63 kg | G Crawford (Leeds) | P Sullivan (Plymouth) |
| Senior Under 46 kg | S Nolan (Lewisham) | |
| Under 49 kg | P Gabbitus (Doncaster) | P Dawson (Kingston-upon-Thames) |
| Under 52 kg | J Samuels (Newport) | J Howlett (Newham) |
| Under 55 kg | G Jackymelen (South Normanton) | W Baxer (Ely) |
| Under 58 kg | G Palframan (Hull) | J Andrews (Tower Hamlets) |
| Under 61 kg | A McKenzie (Leicester) | S Payne (Beccles) |
| Under 64 kg | C Pyatt (Leicester) | R Smith |
| Under 67 kg | Erroll Christie (Coventry) | H Kelly (Fulham) |
| Under 70 kg | S Roberts (Liverpool) | T Vosper (Plymouth) |
