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This is a list of the official historical coats of arms or 'full heraldic achievements' of English primary and secondary education schools, grouped by region, as granted by the College of Arms. For some schools, the full heraldic achievement (shield, crest, mantling and sometimes also supporters and motto) is displayed; for others just the escutcheon (shield) is shown.
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 | Aldenham, assumed (adopted arms of the school's founder Richard Platt) Escutcheon:Or, fretty sable plattée |
 | Bedford, assumed (adopted arms of the school's benefactor Sir William Harper) Escutcheon:Azure, on a fess between three eagles displayed or, a fret between two martlets of the first, impaling, on the dexter side chequy or and azure, a fess argent fretty gules bezanté and on the sinister, per chevron gules and argent, three trefoils slipped, counterchanged, on a chief of the second three martlets of the first. [1] |
 | Berkhamsted, adopted arms of the school's founder John Incent Escutcheon:Per pale dexter gules two swords in saltire points upwards proper, in the centre chief point the letter " D " impaling sinister argent, on a bend gules a naked man holding in his dexter hand above his head a (? wreath or wrestling collar), and in the dexter chief point a duck, all proper. Note: in 2008 the school revised its emblem |
 | Brentwood, granted 19 July 1957. Escutcheon:Gules, a chevron between three lions' gambs erased and a bordure Argent, in the honour point a fleur-de-lys Or, on a chief also Argent an eagle displayed looking to the sinister Sable, beaked and legged and anciently crowned gold (Browne), impaling Quarterly, first and fourth Argent, a chevron Gules between three lions' faces Sable (Farington), second Gules three pierced cinquefoils Argent, (Farington), third Argent a cross engrailed Sable between four torteaux (Clayton); the whole within a bordure Gules. The arms are adopted from those of the school's founder Sir Antony Browne. |
| Brentwood Ursuline Convent, granted 2 September 1964 Escutcheon:Azure, two lilies argent, seeded Or, slipped vert, in base an antique lamp Or, enflamed argent; on a chief gules a dove volant affronty gold. | |
 | Bungay, adopted at unknown date (interpretation of arms of founder Lionel Throckmorton) Escutcheon:Sable, on a chevron argent three bars Gules. |
 | Culford, granted 10 May 1937 Escutcheon:Argent, on a cross Azure three crowns Or in fess and two escallops of the first in pale, in the first quarter a lion rampant reguardant of the second. |
 | Davenant Foundation, Loughton, granted 9 November 1961 Escutcheon: Gules, three escallops between seven cross crosslets fitchee, three, one, two, and one, argent, within a bordure of the same charged with eight lows of flame proper. |
 | Felixstowe (closed 1994), granted 19 November 1954 Escutcheon:Gules, a cross patonce argent between in the first quarter a pelican proper, in the second a garb Or, in the third a cinquefoil gold, and in the fourth a falcon also proper. |
 | Felsted, granted 12 April 1963 Escutcheon:Gules, a chevron between three crosses botonny Or. Adopted arms of the school's founder Richard Rich |
 | Framlingham, granted 5 September 1967 Escutcheon:Azure, a chevron between three antique crowns argent, each enfiled with two arrows in saltire Or. |
 | Gresham's, Holt, Norfolk, adopted with a formal grant (version of John Gresham's arms) 16 December 1955 Escutcheon:a) Fishmongers Company: Azure, three dolphins embowed in pale between two pairs of sea luces saltirewise proper crowned or on a chief gules six keys in three saltires ward ends upwards of the second. b) Version of John Gresham's arms: Argent, a chevron ermines between three pierced mullets sable; on a chief gules a dolphin naiant also argent, ducally crowned Or, between on the dexter and sinister two keys in saltire, wards upwards and outwards, gold. The school uses two escutcheons one being the arms of the Fishmongers' Company and the other a version of those of the founder John Gresham |
 | Haberdashers', Elstree adopted arms of the Worshipful Company of Haberdashers granted 1446 Escutcheon:Nebuly argent and azure, on a bend gules a lion passant guardant or |
 | Haileybury and Imperial Service, granted 18 August 1943 Escutcheon:Azure, an open book argent bound gules edged and garnished with seven clasps gold and inscribed with the words "Sursum Corda" sable, the initial letters of the third, between three hearts Or, winged of the. second; on a chief also Or an anchor cabled and a sword, the point upwards, in saltire of the field. |
 | The Leys, Cambridge, granted 31 March 1914 Escutcheon:Or, a cross Gules charged in the centre with a mullet of the field, on a chief Ermine an open book Argent embellished of the first between two roses of the second, barbed and seeded Proper. |
 | Merchant Taylors', Northwood, adopted arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors Crest:On a wreath argent and azure, On a mount vert a lamb argent in sunbeams Or. Mantled gules, doubled argent |
 | Oundle, adopted arms of the Worshipful Company of Grocers Escutcheon:Argent, a chevron gules between nine cloves sable |
 | Paston College, Norfolk, adopted arms of the arms of founder William Paston Escutcheon: |
| Princess Helena, Hitchen (closed 2021), granted 2 August 1928 Escutcheon:Per fesse gules and azure, in chief a representation of the Coronet of Her Highness Princess Helena Victoria Or, and in base an open book argent, edges and clasps gold, inscribed with the words "fortis qui se vincit" sable; all between two flaunches also argent, each charged with a cross couped between two roses in pale also gules barbed and seeded proper. | |
 | St Albans, granted 1994 Escutcheon:Azure, a Saltire Or. The school coat of arms is composed of the cross of Saint Alban together with the School motto. |
 | St Clement Danes, Chorleywood, granted 10 September 1963 Escutcheon:Azure, an anchor Or, the stock banded vert; on a bordure engrailed gold eight hearts gules. |
| St Edmund's College, Ware, granted 4 June 1994 (although in use since 1895) Escutcheon:Azure three Suns in Splendour Or each charged with an annulet Gules with a border Argent fracted in four by a Cross Gules | |
| Saint Felix, Southwold, granted 10 October 1933 Escutcheon:Vert, a chevron between in chief to the dexter a Catherine wheel and to the sinister a lymphad, and in base a mitre, all Or. | |
 | Saint Margaret's, Bushey, granted 26 September 1957 Escutcheon:Or, on a cross gules a Saxon crown gold; on a chief vert an open book proper, bound also gules, edged of the first. |
 | Southend High School for Boys, granted 15 February 1934 Escutcheon:Gules, two keys in pile, bows interlaced, wards upwards and inwards, Or surmounted by a sword erect argent, pommel and hilt of the second; on a chief sable a cross engrailed of the third charged with an ermine spot of the fourth. |
 | Southend High School for Girls, granted 10 May 1938 Escutcheon:Gules, three lilies argent issuant from a stalk enfiled in base by the bows of two keys interlaced in pile, the wards inwards, Or; on a chief sable a cross engrailed of the second charged with an ermine spot of the fourth |
| Watford Grammar School, adopted arms of school benefactors John Chilcot and Richard Platt Escutcheon:Dexter : Or, on a pile between two lions rampant gules, three garbs of the field. Sinister : Or, fretty sable, at each intersection a plate |
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 | Derby (closed in 1989), granted 20 November 1962 Escutcheon:Per pale argent and sable, an open book proper, edged and clasped Or, bound gules, the pages inscribed 1554 in Arabic numerals, the whole ensigned by an ancient crown gold; on a chief gules between two crosses potent quadrate a stag lodged in a park also Or. |
| Derby Grammar, granted 10 October 1997 Escutcheon:Per pale Vert and Sable in chief two Crosses Potent quadrate and in base a Stag lodged within a Palisade all Argent. | |
 | Mount St Mary's College, Spinkhill, granted 23 June 1941. Escutcheon:Or, a chevron between three crescents Azure; on a canton of the last the Roman letters IHS between in chief a Passion Cross and in base three passion nails pilewise, all of the first. |
| Nottingham High, granted 22 March 1949 Escutcheon:Ermine, a lozenge argent charged with three blackbirds rising proper; on a chief gules an open book also proper, garnished Or, between two ducal coronets of the last. | |
| Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Gainsborough (merged), granted 3 March 1952 Escutcheon:Vert, a sun in splendour between a pair of scales in chief and an ancient crown in base, all within a chain in orle Or. Note: Queen Elizabeth Grammar School merged in 1983 with Gainsborough High School to form Queen Elizabeth High School | |
 | Ratcliffe College, Leicester, granted 23 September 1936 Escutcheon:Azure, six mullets, three, two and one, argent; on a chief Or three pellets, the centre one charged with a lion rampant of the third, the dexter with a lily and the sinister with a swallow both of the second. |
 | Repton, adopted arms of founder John Port Escutcheon:Azure, a fesse engrailed between three doves, each holding in its beak a cross forme fitche all or |
| Wellingborough, granted 11 November 1924 Escutcheon:Quarterly gules and vert, a pile Or surmounted of a fesse wavy argent, in chief a rose of the first, barbed and seeded proper, and in base an open book of the last. |
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 | Arnold House, granted 18 May 2004. Escutcheon:Per saltire Gules and Verte a cross flory Argent between twelve bezants in saltire. |
| Bancroft's, adopted arms of the Worshipful Company of Drapers Escutcheon:Azure, three clouds, radiated proper, each adorned with a Triple Crown Or | |
 | Barking Abbey, granted 10 June 1955 Escutcheon:Azure, in chief three lilies in fesse argent, stalked leaved and slipped vert, and in base· as many roses Or, barbed and seeded proper; on a bordure gules, eight plates. |
| Campion, granted 1 June 1967 Escutcheon:Sanguine, a campion flower and in chief the letters IHS ensigned by a cross with three passion nails in pile below the letters, being the device of the Society of Jesus, between a dexter and a sinister canton Or, each charged with a torch inflamed proper. | |
 | Coopers' Company and Coborn School, Upminster, adopted arms associated with benefactor Prisca Coburn (née Forster). Escutcheon: |
 | City of London, adopted arms of the City of London Escutcheon:Argent a Cross Gules in the first quarter a Sword in pale point upwards of the last |
| Croham Hurst (closed 2008), granted 1 May 1958 Escutcheon:Per chevron azure and vert, in chief an ancient hand lamp Or, enflamed proper, between a slip of lime and a slip of vine, both leaved and fructed, also proper, in base a sperver gold lined purpure. | |
 | Dulwich, granted 1935. Escutcheon: Argent, a chevron between three cinquefoils Gules; a chief Ermine, thereon a cinquefoil of the second. The arms are derived from those of the school's founder Edward Alleyn |
 | Eltham, granted 10 May 1935 Escutcheon:Azure, two pilgrims' staves in saltire argent surmounted by a cross flory Or. |
| Farringtons School, Chislehurst, granted 10 March 1928 [28] Escutcheon:Vert, three roses Or between two barrulets argent, in chief a wyvem between two keys erect, wards to the dexter, of the second and in base an ancient lamp also of the second, inflamed proper. A canton ermine, thereon (with the permission of Her Majesty) the Cypher of Her Majesty Queen Mary also gold. | |
| Hampton, granted 1900, adopted arms of Nicholas Pigeon, a major benefactor of the school Escutcheon:Or, on each of three escutcheons Azure, a lion rampant of the field, langued Gules | |
 | Harrow, granted October 3, 1929, although used prior to this Escutcheon:Azure, a lion rampant, in dexter chief two arrows in saltire, points downward, tied in the centre with a bow and enfiled with a wreath of laurel, all argent |
 | Highgate Escutcheon:Argent, a sword fesseways, point to the dexter proper, pommel and hilt gold, between in chief an esquire's helmet also proper, and in base a griffin's head erased sable. |
 | John Lyon School Escutcheon:Argent, a lion rampant Gules The school is closely associated with Harrow School and therefore has the same motto and a similar escutcheon and badge |
 | John Roan, granted 8 August 1927 Escutcheon:Vert, three stags trippant within an orle of fourteen mullets Or. |
 | Langley Park School for Boys, granted 4 August 1926. Escutcheon:Tierced in pale Gules, Azure and lozengy Gules and Ermine the first charged with a horse forcene Argent the second with a cross moline Or. |
 | Latymer School, granted 1910, based on arms of the school's founder Edward Latymer. Escutcheon:Quarterly: 1st and 4th grandquarter Azure a chevron between seven cross crosslets, and in canton a cinquefoil, all Argent; 2nd and 3rd grandquarter Quarterly, 1st and 4th Sable, a fess wavy between three leopard's heads erased Or, 2nd and 3rd Argent, on a chevron Sable three cinquefoils Or. |
 | Latymer Upper School, granted 1895, regranted 2020, adopted arms of the school's founder Edward Latymer Escutcheon:Azure a chevron between seven cross crosslets, and in canton a cinquefoil, all Argent. |
 | London Oratory, granted 1995. Escutcheon:Gules a bar wavy Argent between three Mullets of eight points Or. |
 | Mill Hill, granted 1935 Escutcheon:Argent; a Cross Quadrant Gules, charged with an Open Book proper; on a Chief Azure three Martlets Or. |
 | St Dunstan's, granted on unknown date Escutcheon: |
| St Ignatius College, Enfield, granted 18 December 1953 Escutcheon:Per fesse argent and Or, in chief a caldron suspended by a hain sable, supported by two wolves rampant gules, and in base three bendlets vert. | |
 | St Paul's, adopted arms of the school's founder John Colet Escutcheon:Sable on a chevron Argent between three Hinds trippant Argent three Annulets Sable |
| Sir John Cass Redcoat School Stepney, granted 7 May 1966 Escutcheon:Argent, on a chevron sable cottised and between in chief two ship's helms and in base a passion cross gules, three fountains | |
 | Streatham and Clapham High School, granted 24 April 2018 [34] Escutcheon: |
 | Westminster, adopted arms of Edward the Confessor Escutcheon:Azure, a cross patonce between five martlets, one in each quarter and one in base ail or, with a chief argent, thereon a pale, charged with the arms of France and England quarterly between two roses gules |
| Whitgift, assumed; adopted arms of John Whitgift when he served as Archbishop of Canterbury Escutcheon:Party per pale Azure and Argent; the first charged with an episcopal staff in pale Or surmounted by a pall Proper edged and fringed of the second charged with four crosses pattée fitchée Sable; the second charged with a cross fleury at the ends Sable charged with four bezants | |
 | Wilson's, Wallington, granted 1985 but in use earlier, adopted from arms of founder Edward Wilson [35] Escutcheon:Sable a Wolf salient Or and a Barrulet enhanced Argent in Chief a Fleur de Lys also Argent between two Bezants all between a Bordure Gold |
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| King's, Tynemouth, granted 30 October 1961 Escutcheon:Gules, two keys in saltire between in chief a representation of St. Cuthbert's pectoral cross Or, in base an ancient crown, and in fesse two like crowns Or. | |
 | Red House, Stockton-on-Tees, granted 15 May 1950. Escutcheon:Ermine, a chevron Gules between three crosses cercelée Sable; on a chief of the second as many mullets Argent. |
| Royal Grammar School, Newcastle upon Tyne, granted 11 November 1931. Escutcheon:Gules, two horses' heads erased in chief and in base a tower triple-towered argent; on a chief of the second a torteau charged with a lion passant guardant Or between two hurts each charged with a fleur-de-lis gold |
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 | Birkenhead, granted 4 March 1959 Escutcheon:Quarterly Gules and Or, in the first quarter a lion passant argent, over all a crosier erect, crook to the sinister, surmounted by an open book also Argent, the pages inscribed with the words BEATI MVNDO CORDE in letters Sable. |
 | Bolton, granted 6 September 1923 Escutcheon:Argent, two bends Sable, the upper engrailed; on a chief of the second between a rose and a chaplet Or an open book Proper. |
 | Chetham's, adopted from arms of school's founder Humphrey Chetham Escutcheon:Quarterly 1 and 4 argent, a griffin segreant Gules, within a bordure, Sable, bezantee. 2 Argent a chevron between three cramp-irons, Gules. 3 Gules a cross double-crossed, Or; over all charged with a crescent for difference. |
| Derby High School, Bury, granted 7 September 1959. Escutcheon:Quarterly argent and azure, on a bend of the last between in the second quarter an open book also argent edged and bound Or and in the third quarter a cogwheel also Or, three stags' heads caboshed gold | |
 | King's, Macclesfield, granted 4 March 1968 Escutcheon:Argent, a lion rampant guardant holding between the forepaws a fleur-de-lys azure, banded Or; on a chief gules three greyhounds' heads couped argent, collared Or. [40] |
 | Kirkham Grammar, granted 27 June 1929 Escutcheon:Per chevron engrailed Or and azure, in chief two doves, wings elevated and endorsed, of the second, beaked and legged gules, each holding in the beak an olive branch proper, and in base upon a cloud, the sunbeams issuing, an ancient imperial crown tripled also proper. |
 | Liverpool College, granted on unknown date Escutcheon: |
 | Liverpool Collegiate (closed 1987), granted 20 December 1962 Escutcheon:Or, a cormorant, wings elevated and addorsed, sable, in the beak a rose gules barbed seeded slipped and leaved proper; on a chief azure an open book argent, edged and bound gold, between two roses silver. |
| Lymm High, granted 15 July 1960 Escutcheon:Argent, a chevron between three cormorants sable; on a chief azure a book open proper, edged and bound, between two garbs Or. | |
 | Manchester Grammar, adopted from those of founder Hugh Oldham Escutcheon:Sable, a chevron or between three owls argent, a chief or, thereon a pale between two roses gules barbed and seeded proper, the pale charged with as many keys in saltire wards upward and outward or, in front of a sword erect proper hilt and pommel or. |
| The Queen's School, Chester, granted February 27, 1936 Escutcheon:Or, a rose gules; on a chief azure a mitre and a garb of the first. | |
| Rochdale Grammar (closed 2010), granted 20 May 1966 Escutcheon:Gules, a fleece or·; on a chief argent three keys, wards upward and to the dexter, gules. | |
 | Rossall, granted 1892 Escutcheon: Argent, on a pale gules between four roses of the last, a mitre Or between two open books proper. |
 | Sedbergh adopted arms of founder Roger Lupton Escutcheon:Argent, on a chevron between three wolf's heads erased sable three lilies argent on a chief gules a Tau cross between two escallops [47] or [48] |
 | Stockport Grammar, granted 10 December 1962 Escutcheon:Sable, a chevron between three fusils erminois, a bordure Or. |
| Stonyhurst College, granted 28 December 1953 Escutcheon:Quarterly argent and vert, in the first and fourth quarters a lion rampant guardant, and in the second and third quarters an eagle displayed, wings inverted, counterchanged; all within a bordure engrailed gules charged with eight patriarchal crosses of the first. |
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 | Abingdon, granted 1 September 1998. Escutcheon:Gules a Griffin segreant Argent armed and langued Azure charged on the shoulder with a Rose Gules barbed and seeded proper all within a Bordure Argent charged alternately with three Crosses patonce and three Martlets Sable |
 | Ardingly, granted 1942 Escutcheon:Azure, on a triple mount in base a Passion cross between six martlets Or; on a chief of the last, between two crosses botonnee sable, a pale engrailed gules charged with an ostrich feather erect argent. |
| All Hallows, Farnham granted 20 June 1962. Escutcheon:Argent, a cross throughout gules; surmounting the fesse point in saltire two fronds of palm vert, enfiled by a celestial crown Or | |
| Ashford, granted 20 May 1946. Escutcheon:Argent, six torches, three, two and one, sable, inflamed proper; on a chief gules, three cross crosslets fitchee of the field Note: The school uses as its logo an escutcheon with some features of the coat of arms | |
 | Bennett Memorial Diocesan, Tunbridge Wells, granted 19 December 1952 Escutcheon:Vert, a brock passant proper; on a chief argent, three gilly-flowers stalked and leaved also proper. |
| Bloxham, adopted from arms of school founder Philip Reginald Egerton Escutcheon:Sable a chevron between three pheons Argent | |
 | Bradfield, granted 16 November 1923 Escutcheon:Per chevron vert and azure, in chief two falcons jessed and belied Or and in base a saltire argent. |
 | Brighton, granted 18 June 1920 Escutcheon:Azure, two keys in saltire Or between in fesse two pelicans vulning themselves respectant argent and in chief a closed book of the third, edged and clasped of the second. |
 | Brockenhurst, granted 20 August 1962 Escutcheon:Per chevron sable and gules, in chief two slips of oak fructed silver and in base a rose argent, barbed and seeded proper. |
| Carmel, Wallingford, (closed 1997), granted 10 June 1963 Escutcheon:Per fesse azure and argent, in chief a seven-branched candlestick between, dexter, a stone tablet and, sinister. an open book, all Or and in base seven scrolls of the Law gules. | |
 | Charterhouse, granted 20 June 1956 Escutcheon:Or, on a chevron between three annulets gules as many crescents of the field. The arms are derived from those of the school's founder Thomas Sutton. |
 | Christ's Hospital, Horsham, adopted at unknown date Escutcheon:Argent, a cross gules, in the first quarter a sword erect of the last; on a chief azure a rose of the field, barbed and seeded proper, between two fleurs-de-lys Or. |
 | City of London Freemen's, Ashstead, adopted arms of the City of London Crest:On a Wreath of the Colours a Dragon's sinister Wing Argent charged on the underside with a Cross throughout Gules |
| Cokethorpe, Witney, granted 1 January 2007 [57] Escutcheon:Or on a Fess between three Peacocks in their pride proper three Lozenges Or | |
 | Cranleigh Escutcheon: |
 | Dartford Girls' Grammar, granted 20 June 1956 Escutcheon:Vert, in front of a fess wavy Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure a horse rampant also argent; on a chief of the last between two open books Proper [edged Or, bound Gules] a pale Murrey charged with a torch Or. |
| Douai (closed 1999), granted 25 September 1929 Escutcheon:Azure, three representations of the crown of St. Edmund, King and Martyr, Or; on a chief engrailed of the last an abbot's mitre between two fieurs-de-lys of the field. | |
| Dover, granted 30 January 1931 Escutcheon:Sable, a cross argent between four leopards' faces Or; on a chief of the last the castle with two towers of the field between two open books argent, edged gold bound gules. | |
| Eastbourne, granted 21 January 1933. Escutcheon:Azure, on a cross argent a rose gules; in the first quarter a stag's head caboshed of the second. | |
 | Epsom, granted 7 June 1910 Escutcheon:Per pale Azure and Sable, three fleurs-de-lis Or; on a chief of the last an open book Proper inscribed with the words "Olim meminisse juvabit" between in the dexter a lamp and in the sinister a rod of Aesculapius Gules. |
| Epsom and Ewell High, granted 1988, adopted arms of the Borough of Epsom and Ewell, with a different motto Escutcheon:Per chevron Vert and Argent, in chief two horses heads erased Or and in base as many bars wavy Azure. | |
 | Eton, granted in 1449 by Henry VI Escutcheon:Sable, three lily-flowers argent on a chief per pale azure and gules in the dexter a fleur-de-lys in the sinister a lion passant guardant or. [62] Eton College was dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and the lilies, emblem of purity, were her flower. The three lilies also link to the Holy Trinity, as well as symbolising growth and, as stated in the college's charter being "the brightest flowers redolent of every kind of knowledge". [63] The chief shows the French fleur-de-lys and the English lion, both taken from the Royal Arms. [64] |
| Hayling, granted 20 December 1968 Escutcheon:Gules, a cross Or between four keys erect, wards to the sinister, argent, on a chief argent three roses gules, barbed and seeded proper; a bordure barry wavy argent and azure. | |
 | Hurstpierpoint, granted 1 June 1931 Escutcheon:Per pale Argent and Ermine, dexter on a bend cottised Sable a cross couped between two martlets of the first, on a chief Gules an eagle, round the head a crown of glory, Or, sinister two wolves passant counterpassant also Gules; all within a bordure engrailed Azure. |
 | King's, Canterbury, adopted from Canterbury cathedral Escutcheon:Azure, on a cross, argent, the letter Χ, surmounted by the letter i, sable |
 | King Edward VI, Southampton, assumed circa 1553, confirmed 1979 Escutcheon:Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure three fleurs-de-lis two and one Or 2nd & 3rd Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure. |
| | King Edward's, Witley adopted at unknown date Escutcheon:Argent, a cross gules, in the first quarter a sword erect of the last; on a chief azure a rose of the field, barbed and seeded proper, between two fleurs-de-lys Or. |
 | Lancing, granted 1923. [69] Escutcheon:Argent, on a bend cotised Sable a cross couped between two martlets of the first; all within a bordure engrailed Azure; the whole surmounted of a chief Ermine thereon between two purses Or a pale of the third charged with a lily also Or. |
 | Leighton Park, granted 1926 Escutcheon:Sable six oak leaves three two and one Or. [70] |
| Lewes Old Grammar, granted 25 October 2012 [71] Escutcheon:Murrey within an Orle of eight Crosses crosslet Argent a Lion rampant Or holding in the forepaws a Book bound Azure the spine and the edges of the pages Gold | |
| Licensed Victuallers', Ascot, granted 20 October 1954 Escutcheon:Vert semee of ears of barley, a swan, wings elevated, ducally gorged, a bordure invected Or. | |
 | Magdalen College School, Oxford, granted 1574 to Magdalen College, Oxford and also used by the school Escutcheon:Lozengy Ermine and Sable, on a Chief of the second three Lily Flowers Argent, slipped and seeded Or. |
| Portsmouth Grammar, granted 20 March 1957 Escutcheon:Per fesse gules and sable, in chief a lion couchant and in base two Cornish choughs and a crescent, therein between the horns an estoile of eight points, all Or. | |
| Ranelagh, assumed (from founder Richard Jones, 1st Earl of Ranelagh) Escutcheon:Azure a cross between four pheons Or. | |
 | Radley, granted in 1908 Escutcheon:Argent an open Book garnished Gules clasps and buckles Or thereon inscribed the words SICUT SERPENTAE SICUT COLUMBAE between three crosses pattee of the second on a Chief of the last a Key in bend sinister of the first surmounted by a similar Key in bend dexter Gold between to the dexter a Serpent nowed and erect and to the sinister a Dove both Proper. The book (bible) is a symbol of learning. The crossed keys represent St Peter and symbolically access to higher things through learning. The college's full name is the College of St. Peter at Radley. The serpent and the dove refer to the college's motto. |
 | Roedean, Brighton, granted 7 Dec 1921 Escutcheon:Per fesse wavy azure and argent, on a mount vert in base over a book expanded proper a roe-deer also proper, collared and chained and charged on the shoulder with a gridiron Or. |
 | Royal Alexandra and Albert, Reigate, granted 11 Jun 1953 Escutcheon:Gules, a lion rampant Or; a chief of the last, thereon a fountain between two oak trees eradicated, fructed proper |
| Salesian School, Chertsey, granted 5 August 1954 [76] Escutcheon:Per pale Or and argent, two keys addorsed in bend sinister, the bows interlaced in base, gules and azure, within an orle of six sprigs of oak fructed proper; on a chief per pale azure and gules a lily flower and a chalice gold with the Host also argent | |
 | St Andrew's, Eastbourne, granted 4 September 1950 Escutcheon:Azure, a saltire argent surmounted in pale by a torch enflamed proper |
 | St Edward's, Oxford, granted 5 December 2017 Escutcheon:Azure a Cross flory between four Ancient Crowns impaling Per fess Sable and Or a Pale counterchanged in the Or an Ermine Spot Sable and in the Sable a Trefoil slipped Or the whole within a Bordure also Or. |
 | St George's, Weybridge, adopted at unknown date Escutcheon:Argent a Cross Gules |
| | St George's, Windsor Castle, adopted at unknown date Escutcheon:Argent a Cross Gules |
 | St Lawrence,Ramsgate, granted 15 April 1929 Escutcheon:Gules, an open book argent, edged and surmounted by a Celestial crown or on a chief of the second an annulet between two crosses patée of the first. |
| St Swithun's,Winchester, granted 9 June 1936 Escutcheon:Azure on a pale between two Keys ward upwards and outwards or a representation of St. Swithun of the first.Crest:On a Wreath of the Colours a Lion rampant or supporting with the forepaws a Key ward upwards Azure and resting the dexter hind leg on a Hurt. | |
 | Shiplake, granted 20 September 1962 Escutcheon:Azure, a chevron gules fimbriated argent, between in chief two Viking ships, pennons flying, Or, sails set silver, and in base a pair of scales gold. |
| Sir William Nottidge School, Whitstable, granted 16 February 1953 Escutcheon:Azure, on a chevron between in chief two garbs and in base a fleece Or, an open book proper, bound gules. | |
 | Stowe, granted in 1923. [81] Escutcheon:Quarterly indented Argent and Or, first a lion rampant Azure, second a pile Gules, third a pile Vert thereon a cross of the second bearing five torteaux, fourth three martlets of the third. |
 | Summer Fields, Oxford, granted 1 July 1963 Escutcheon:Gules, two bars argent between in chief three bezants and in base three lily flowers proper. [82] |
 | Sutton Valence, Maidstone, adopted from the arms of founder William Lambe Escutcheon:Sable, on a fess Or, between three pierced cinquefoil ermine, two mullets sable |
 | Tonbridge, granted 16 March 1923 Escutcheon:Quarterly gules and azure, a cross fillet Or between in the first and fourth quarters a fesse raguly between three boars' heads couped argent, armed and langued azure, and in the second and third quarters three lions rampant gold. |
 | Twyford, granted 23 January 2009 Escutcheon:Argent two Bars Azure each charged with a Barrulet Or overall a Pale Pean. |
 | Wellington College, adopted arms of the first Duke of Wellington Escutcheon:Quarterly, I and IV gules, a cross argent, in each quarter five plates (Wellesley); II and III, Or, a lion rampant gules armed and langued azure ducally collared of the first (Cowley). |
 | Winchester College, assumed (adopted from the school's founder, William of Wykeham), 1382 Escutcheon:Argent, two chevronels sable, between three roses gules, seeded or, barbed vert. |
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| Allhallows, Lyme Regis, (closed 1998), granted 22 June 1950 Escutcheon:Tierce in pairle reversed gules, azure and Or, in chief a celestial crown of the third and three lilies slipped vert issuant crosswise from one stalk, the outer lilies depressed by two leaves arrondie growing from the base of the stalk also vert, and in base an otter couchant of the first. | |
 | Blundell's, Tiverton Escutcheon:Gules, two pallets Argent. |
 | Bristol Grammar Escutcheon: |
 | Bruton, King's, granted 2 November 1921 Escutcheon:Azure, in chief an open crown Or and in base a dolphin naiant argent. |
| Bruton Girls (closed 2022), granted 6 September 1960 Escutcheon:Per chevron Azure and Argent in chief a sun in splendour issuant Or and in base a cross botony Vert. | |
 | Bryanston, granted 28 January 1928 Escutcheon:Azure, issuant from the base a sun Or. |
 | Canford, granted 8 September 1924 Escutcheon:Barry wavy of six azure and argent, an oak tree eradicated and fructed proper; on a chief of the second an open book of the third. |
 | Cheltenham College, granted 7 August 1896 Escutcheon:Per bend gules and sable, on a bend Or between in chief two swords in saltire proper, pommels and hilts of the second, and in base a fasces palewise of the last, a mullet of the first between two fleurs de lys of the second |
| Cheltenham Ladies, granted 30 January 1931. Escutcheon:Sable, on a chevron argent between in chief two martlets of the second and in base a ·daisy slipped and leaved proper, three mullets of the field | |
| | Cirencester Grammar (closed 1966), granted 31 March 1958 Escutcheon:Per chevron azure and Or, a chevron between three wolves' heads erased, all counterchanged. |
 | Clifton College, granted 8 April 1895 Escutcheon:Argent, a chevron between two trefoils slipped in chief and a garb in base azure; a chief gules, thereon a ducal coronet Or between two books argent, clasped and garnished gold. |
 | Commonweal, Swindon, adopted arms of the Borough of Swindon, granted 1901 Escutcheon:Quarterly, per fesse nebuly, first, Azure, on a Pile Argent three Crescents Gules; second, Gules, three Castles Argent, one and two; third Gules, a Mitre Or; fourth Azure, a Winged Wheel Or; on a Chief Argent a Locomotive Engine Proper. |
 | Marlborough Escutcheon:Book proper Deus Dat Incrementum (God gives the Increase) |
 | Millfield, granted 9 September 1954 Escutcheon:Vert, the sails of a windmill saltirewise between four crosses bottonee argent. |
 | Monkton Combe Escutcheon:Azure, on a bend white three fleur de lys bendwise reversed azure, in sinister chief a book open white. |
| Plymouth College, granted 24 September 1956 Escutcheon:Argent, a cross vert between four towers sable; a chief per pale, the dexter piece per pale gules and sable a castle of three towers argent, the sinister piece sable six bezants three two and one. | |
 | Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, Bristol granted 1591 Escutcheon:Gules, on waves of the sea with dolphins' heads therein proper, the bow of a ship with cupola argent, garnished Or, issuant out of a port on the sinister silver, with mount vert impaling Gules, on a chevron argent three estoiles sable, in chief a martlet Or; over all on a chief azure a lion passant guardant between two fleurs-de-lis Or. |
 | Rendcomb, granted 10 June 1920 Escutcheon:Gules, a griffin passant, and issuant from the dexter chief a sun Or. |
| Royal School, Bath (merged), granted 10 March 1952 Escutcheon:Per pale gules and azure, a fesse embattled argent between in chief a lion passant guardant Or and in base three bees also argent | |
| St Loyes (closed 2015), Exeter 12 January 1950 [96] Escutcheon:Or, a chevron potent between two leopards' faces and in base an eagle displayed sable; on a chief argent between two crosses gules a Tudor rose barbed and seeded proper | |
 | Sherborne, adopted arms of King Edward VI Escutcheon:Three lions passant quartered with those of France (fleur-de-lys) |
| | Sherborne Girls, granted 7 July 1949 Escutcheon:Argent, on a cross gules a fleur de lys of the first, over all on the dexter a bishop's crook erect Or; on a chief azure a plate charged with a candlestick and a candle vert, enflamed proper, between two pairs of wings conjoined in lure of the third [97] |
 | Sir Thomas Rich's, Gloucester, granted 23 October 1962 Escutcheon:Or, on a saltire raguly per saltire gules and azure, five cross crosslets fitchy gold. |
 | Wellington School, granted 2 November 1926 Escutcheon:Sable, an open book proper, edged and clasped Or and inscribed with the words 'Nisi Dominus frustra'; on a chief Or, between two dragons rampant combatant, a pale gules charged with a cross argent, in each canton five plates in saltire |
 | Wells Cathedral, adopted from diocese of Bath and Wells Escutcheon:Azure, a saltire per saltire quarterly counterchanged Or and argent |
| Westonbirt, granted 20 August 1960 Escutcheon:Per chevron gules and argent, in chief a slip of White Amaryllis flowers leaved proper, and a Catherine Wheel also argent, and in base a cedar tree eradicated also proper; on a chief of the second between two greyhounds' heads erased sable, an open book likewise proper, bound gules, edged and clasped Or, thereon the words Te Deum Laudamus in letters also sable. | |
| | Wycliffe, Stroud, granted 30 September 1931 Escutcheon:Quarterly sable and gules, a griffin issuant between two crescents [in pale] Or. |
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| | Abbey, Malvern (closed in 1979), granted 9 April 1954 Escutcheon:Or, a chevron gobony argent and gules between three sprigs of hazel, fructed, slipped and leaved proper. |
 | Bablake, adopted arms of benefactor Thomas Weatley Escutcheon:Sanguine a Lion Rampant Argent, on a Chief Or, Three Mullets of the second |
| Edgbaston High, granted 25 July 1961 Escutcheon:Argent, a pale per pale indented throughout azure and Or between two laurel branches proper. | |
 | Ellesmere, granted 12 April 1954 Escutcheon:Per chevron purpure and Or, two celestial crowns fesswise of the last, in chief a cross flory also gold, in base a raven proper holding in the beak a golden annulet. |
 | Hereford Cathedral, adopted arms of the Dean of Hereford Cathedral Escutcheon:Or five chevronels Azure [104] |
| | King Edward's Birmingham, adopted arms of King Edward VI Crest:Crown with arch, and lion |
 | Malvern, granted 16 August 1926 Escutcheon:Or, five torteaux between two chevronels gules, all between three fountains. |
| Oswestry, adopted arms of the school founder David Holbache Escutcheon:Argent, a chevron engrailed sable | |
| Royal Grammar School Worcester, granted 24 July 1961 Escutcheon:Gules, an ancient crown Or, on a chief argent three pears sable | |
 | Royal School, Wolverhampton, granted 8 May 1946 Crest:Issuant from a crown palisado Or, between two keys in saltire, wards upwards and outwards, a torch erect sable, fired proper. Mantled gules, doubled OrEscutcheon:Azure, on a chevron argent between three bezants, a cross patee gules; all within a bordure Or charged with three Stafford knots gules |
 | Rugby, granted 9 March 1932 Escutcheon:Azure, on a fesse engrailed between three griffins' heads erased Or, a fleur de-lys of the first between two roses gules, barbed and seeded proper; a bordure of the second |
 | Shrewsbury, adopted arms of King Edward VI Crest:Crown with arch |
 | Solihull, adopted 1882 [106] Escutcheon:Quarterly, first, Argent, a fesse and in chief two mullets gules; second, Azure, a chevron between three lions passant or; third, Ermine, on each of two bars humetty gules, three escallop shells argent: fourth Argent, a fesse gules between two greyhounds courant proper. The coat of arms is made up of quarters each being the arms of school founders and sponsors Thomas Dabridgecourt, Thomas Greswold, William de Odingsells and Thomas Waring. [107] |
 | Sunfield Children's Home, granted 1 October 1990 Escutcheon:Vert in dexter chief a Sun in Splendour and in base two Bars triple arched. |
 | Warwick, 7 September 1931 Escutcheon:Gules, a cross flory in the first quarter a Fleur-de-lys Or, on a chief of the second three martlets Azure. The three azure (blue) martlets are heraldic swallows, depicted without feet because of a medieval belief that they could not perch on the ground and are often found as a representation of effort in arms of educational establishments. Like the large golden cross, they are emblems used by King Edward the Confessor, reputed to be one of the original founders of the school. The gold fleur-de-lys and portcullis are emblems of King Henry VIII, who re-founded the school in 1545, and the Bear and Ragged Staff have been the crest of the family of the Earl of Warwick since at least the 14th century. [110] |
| Wolverhampton Girls' High, granted 15 August 1962 Escutcheon:Gules, a cross formy throughout, interlaced by a Stafford knot Or, all between four towers argent each charged with an ermine spot sable. | |
 | Wrekin, granted 26 February 1951 Escutcheon:Azure, a lion rampant Or; on a canton of the last a sprig of bay slipped proper. |
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 | Ackworth, Pontefract, granted 15 December 1959 Escutcheon:Azure, on a chevron argent between three acorns slipped also argent, a chevron sable, thereon as many roses likewise argent, barbed and seeded proper. |
| Alderman Cogan's School, Hull, granted December 20, 1956. Escutcheon:Azure, two quill pens in saltire argent enfiled by a ducal coronet Or; on a chief gules, three leaves of the second. | |
 | Ampleforth, granted 17 May 1921 Escutcheon:Per fesse dancette Or and azure, a chief per pale gules and of the second charged on the dexter side with two keys in saltire Or and argent and on the sinister with a cross flory between five martlets of the first. |
 | Archbishop Holgate's, York, granted 20 March 1950 Escutcheon:Or, a bend between two bulls' heads couped sable; on a chief per pale azure and harry of four argent and gules, a mitre of the first and a rectorial staff in bend of the third. |
| Ashville, Harrogate, granted 14 June 1933 Escutcheon:Per chevron gules and argent, a chevron ermine betweenin chief a dragon's head erased Or between two roses of the second, barbed and seeded proper, and in base issuant from a mount an ash tree also proper. | |
 | Bootham, York, granted 29 June 1931 Escutcheon:Argent, on a cross azure a rose of the field barbed and seeded proper between four crosses patee concave also argent. |
 | Harrogate Ladies College, granted at unknown date Escutcheon: |
| King James's, Knaresborough, granted 20 December 1966 Escutcheon:Azure, on a mount in base vert a castle of two domed towers Or, pennons flying to the sinister argent; a chief Or, thereon two [open] crowns gules. | |
| Normanton Grammar (closed 1977), granted 15 November 1960 Escutcheon:Paly of six Or and Azure, a Chief Gules fimbriated Gold | |
 | Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield, the arms have been in use since 1591, but it is unknown if or when they were granted. Escutcheon:Per fess, in the upper half parted per pale, gules a lion statant guardant or, and sable an owl argent, the lower half azure a Bible argent with clasps Or |
| Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate, granted 1 June 1962. Escutcheon:Azure, on a chevron ermine between in the dexter chief a sun in splendour Or, and in base an eagle, wings elevated, respecting the same, three ancient crowns gold | |
| | Queen Margaret's School, York, granted 20 June 1962 Escutcheon:Azure on a cross formy between four crested tits Or a rose Argent barbed and seeded Proper on a chief Ermine an ancient crown Gold. |
 | St Peter's,York, granted 23 July 1953 Escutcheon:Azure, a key in bend, ward upwards, Or surmounting a like key in hend sinister argent, between in chief an ancient crown of the second and three double roses, two in fesse, and one in base, also argent, barbed and seeded proper. |
| Scarborough College, granted 20 December 1963 Escutcheon:Per chevron enarched azure and sable, in chief a sun issuant Or and in base a dolphin haurient argent. | |
 | Silcoates, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, granted 1 December 1924 Escutcheon:Or, on a chevron between in chief two roses and in base a phoenix gules, an open book between two roses argent; on a chief wavy azure a three masted sailing ship in full sail of the fourth. |
 | Wakefield Girls' High, granted 10 January 1963. Escutcheon:Per chevron Sable and Azure, in chief two leopards' faces and in base a fleur-de-lys Or; a bordure Ermine. |
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