School Badge
The school badge is the Coat of Arms of the Earldom of Scarbrough. It depicts an Escutcheon Argent bearing Fess Gules with three Hunting Hawks, the crest depicts a Cormorant astride a crown. Its meaning is:
- The escutcheon is the shield and the colour argent or white represents "Peace and sincerity".
- The fess is the broad cross band and its colour of gules or red stands for "Military fortitude and strength".
- The three hunting hawks stands for "One who fears not to signal his approach in peace or war".
- The cormorant astride the crown depicts a "Swift striking warrior and conqueror of foreign kingdoms".
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