The School logo is a Stag, as reference to the deer which once roamed the land the school is built on, before it was given to the County by local landowner Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps De Lisle, from whom the school also takes its name. The School Latin motto, "Quod justum, non quod utile" is often translated as "do what is right, not what is easy" but literally translates to "what is fair, not what is useful." The School has seven houses, all of which are named after individuals who have a religious legacy; Nelson Mandela, Oscar Romero, Anne Frank, Basil Hume, St. Bernadette, Mother Teresa, and Martin Luther King. However as of September 2019, the houses have changed to: Margret Clitherow, Thomas Moore, John Fisher and Ralph Sherwin, as they were originally when the school opened.
School buildings
On site facilities include a swimming pool, a library, and a cashless vending system operated by the user's thumbprint. The school retains all of its original 1950s structures, but renovation work has been put into the Science rooms, giving them a complete refit, the Art and Design & Technology rooms,.
New buildings
At the end of the 1990s, The Modern Foreign Languages block was built separately from the other school buildings next to the swimming pool, allowing the department to have its own buildings and rooms. This was dubbed the "New Block", but has now reverted to "Languages Block" with the rooms losing the "N" prefix to be replaced by the "L". In 2003/4 the Humanities block was built as an add-on to the science buildings, allowing the Science department to branch out. Two mobile classrooms have also been built taking up small portions of what used to be the main playground. These were intended as temporary units for classroom overflow, but have since become much more permanent, with new ramps and such to the doors. There are two rooms in each unit. The rooms have been recently refurbished and are now home to year 7 creating a fun and bright environment. There are now 4 mobiles, split in half to make 8 classrooms. To non-year 7 students, the mobiles serve as classrooms for an all-round general purpose, from English to Business Studies.
