How to Design a School House Shield – Our Guide

Here at Education Design & Print, we’ve had the pleasure of working with schools across the UK to create striking, meaningful house shields that students are proud to wear or represent. If you're thinking of designing a house shield for your school, we’re happy to share a few key tips from our experience.

Start by defining the values and characteristics of each house – are they based on local history, inspiring figures, or personal traits like resilience or creativity? Once you’ve got that foundation, we recommend choosing bold, clear symbols and colour palettes that reflect those qualities while remaining easily recognisable across different formats. If this is something you aren’t able to do we can look at some suitable symbols that reflect your ideas as a template to begin the conversation.

Typography matters too. A classic serif might convey tradition, while a modern sans serif can signal innovation. Whichever route you take, keep it simple—school branding works best when it's clean, strong, and consistent. We recommend keeping the design in line with your branding guidelines. If you don’t have any of these we can also help you explore what might work best within your house shields and then work with you across your brandscape to develop some continuity.

We pride ourselves on supporting schools through every step of this creative journey. Whether you’re starting from scratch or refreshing old designs, we’ll make sure your house shields look professional, polished, and perfectly aligned with your school’s ethos.

Ready to start designing? Get in touch –

we’d love to help bring your house identities to life.