School Badge Design – Varndean School

School Badges - Varndean School- Resilience - Toop Studio
School Badges - Varndean School - Toop Studio
School Badges - Turing - Toop Studio
School Badges - Kindness Award with 2 dolphins making the shape of a heart - Toop Studio
School Badges - Varndean School - Reading Bronze - Toop Studio
School Badges - Hot Choc Award Lennox showing a grey mug of steaming hot chocolate and Challenge and Pride text underneath - Toop Studio
School Badges - Therapy Animals showing a rabbit being held - Toop Studio
School Badges - Bronze Leadership - Toop Studio
School Badges - Community - Toop Studio
School Badges - Humanities showing 4 quadrants the first is a tree of people, the second is a head full of question marks, the third is a globe on a stand and the fourth is an hourglass - Toop Studio
School Badges - Sporting Excellence showing a gold medal - Toop Studio
School Badges - Equalities showing a ring of coloured hearts - Toop Studio
School Badges - Belonging at Varndean Butterfly - Toop Studio
School Badges - Ellis - Toop Studio
School Badges - Student Librarian - Toop Studio
School Badges - Varndean School - Reading Silver - Toop Studio
School Badges - Hot Choc Award Turing showing a red mug of steaming hot chocolate and Challenge and Pride text underneath - Toop Studio
School Badges - Resilience - Toop Studio
School Badges - Silver Leadership - Toop Studio
School Badges - Peer Mentor - Toop Studio
School Badges - Outdoor Adventure with 4 quadrants, the first showing a kayak, the second is a tent, the third is a mountain bike and the fourth is a set of skis - Toop Studio
School Badges - Challenge and Pride showing a butterfly - Toop Studio
School Badges - 100 Years showing an adapted version of the 1926 Varndean School logo - Toop Studio
School Badges - Belonging at Varndean Champion 2 Butterflies - Toop Studio
School Badges - Lennox - Toop Studio
School Badges - Mental Health Ambassador showing a happy sun with parting clouds - Toop Studio
School Badges - Varndean School - Reading Gold - Toop Studio
School Badges - Hot Choc Award Russell showing a blue mug of steaming hot chocolate and Challenge and Pride text underneath - Toop Studio
School Badges - Ambassador - Toop Studio
School Badges - Gold Leadership - Toop Studio
School Badges - Climate Ambassador, showing the planet earth - Toop Studio
School Badges - Creative Arts showing 4 quadrants, the first is a drum, the second is a palette of paints, the third shows drama masks and the fourth depicts a dancer - Toop Studio
School Badges - Linguist showing concentric circles as speech bubbles with different languages - Toop Studio
School Badges - STEM, showing a cog framing some binary numbers, a test tube, a pencil and a spanner - Toop Studio
School Badges - Belonging at Varndean Legacy Many Butterflies - Toop Studio

School Badges for Varndean School

Over the years, we have been commissioned many times to design various award and recognition badges for Varndean School.

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Varndean student wearing her school badges

The School Badges Design Brief

Our brief varies each time, depending on the purpose of the badge. Often, they are awarded for specific accomplishments or to recognise personal achievements or displays of good character. As the project has evolved over the years, more badges have been added. Our task is to maintain consistent elements while incorporating enough variety.

School Badges Design showing artwork of one badge - Toop Studio

School Badges Design – Toop Studio

Occasionally, the school organises a student competition to design a particular badge. Our role is to help select the winner and work with the students to refine their designs. This has been a positive experience for the students, who get to collaborate with a graphic designer and eventually see their ideas realised.

Kindness Award Badge by competition winner Dylan and Toop Studio

Kindness Award Badge by competition winner Dylan and Toop Studio

The Project Outcome

According to the headteacher, the ongoing badge culture is proving a great success. The students seem to value these badges; walking around the school this is evident by how many are being worn. The school has award sessions in the headteacher’s office regularly, with a weekly ‘Hot Chocolate’ award now firmly established.

The Client’s Response

‘We have been working with Toop Studio for over 15 years and his work never fails to impress. Shadric has an amazing eye for detail and always surprises us with the design elements he uses to make his work unique and unlike other schools.’

School badges worn by Varndean Student

School badges worn by Varndean Student

Shelley Baker

Varndean School Website

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