 The two gold crosses were copied from the finials of the churchwardens' staves in the parish church of St Nicholas, Shepperton, within which parish the School stands.VADUM SANCTUM inscribed on the open book (for Education) is the Latin for "Holy Ford", and picks up the tradition that Julius Caesar crossed the Thames by way of an ancient ford hereabouts, and that in later Christian times a holy man or hermit lived at the end of Manygate Lane, close by the ancient crossing point.The crest depicts a Holy Lamb couchant, illustrating the close links with Shepperton (Sheep Town).