AP Patches All-purpose patches, badges & pins

01 / The right badge for a school

Who is wearing it? That decides the badge and the back.

Prefects want a badge that reads at a glance and stays on a blazer all year. House badges change colour, not design. Blazer badges go to the uniform supplier. Pick by who is wearing it.

Where it is goingWe would makeBackingWhy
Prefects, head boy and head girlHard enamel bar or shield badge, 25 to 32 mmButterfly clutch, or locking clutch (+£0.31)Polished flat, reads at a glance, and a locking clutch stays on a blazer all year.
House captains and house badgesHard enamel, 25 mm, one design per house colourButterfly clutchSame crest, different enamel colours. Each house is its own line of 50.
Student council and 100% attendanceSoft enamel, 19 to 25 mmButterfly clutchThe best-value badge for a reward given out every term.
Blazer badgeEmbroidered, 80 to 90 mmSew-onThe school crest in thread, stitched on by the uniform supplier or at home.
PE kit and sports teamsEmbroidered crest, 70 to 80 mmSew-on or iron-on (+£0.10)Survives weekly washing.
Staff and governorsHard enamel, 25 mmLocking clutch (+£0.31)A lapel badge that cannot work loose.

Stock prefect badges sell for about £0.38 to £1.50 each. These are made to your own crest, with the mould included, and the price per badge falls as the quantity rises: see the grid below.

02 / From the factory

Samples made on the same machines as your badges

School orders appear here with their permission as they are completed.

Hard enamel pin badge sample with a butterfly clutch
Hard enamel · polished flatPolished flat and hard-wearing: the standard prefect finish. Gold or silver plating, butterfly or locking clutch.
Soft enamel pin badge sample with a butterfly clutch
Soft enamel · texturedRecessed colour between raised metal lines, for attendance and reward badges. Same mould for every title, different plating.
Round woven badge with fine lettering around a tree emblem
Woven · roundFine lettering around a crest, flat enough for a blazer or a bag.

03 / A school order, priced

The price for the whole school, before you order

Pick the badge, the size and how many. The price includes VAT, the mould and the digital proof. Every size and quantity is on the prices page.

Minimum 50 per design, then in steps of 10Each badge title (prefect, house captain, council) is its own design and its own line of 50Reorders each September at the same tier price from the same mould
What does the school need?
Size, across the widest point

£0.00 each

Start with this

04 / Need the head or the bursar to sign it off?

Email yourself the quote

We send the exact price and spec for the choice above, so you can attach it to the purchase order request. No account, no commitment. Order whenever you are ready, and your digital proof follows by email.

Price and spec, VAT included, nothing hiddenQuote valid for 30 daysThe school can pay by purchase order

Your current choice: … at each, in total.

We only use your email to send the quote. No newsletter unless you ask.

06 / What schools ask

Before September

Anything else, email sales@appatches.co.uk.

Can we pay by school purchase order?

Yes. Choose invoice or purchase order at checkout, add the PO number, and we email the invoice to the school. We start the proof once it is paid by bank transfer.

When should we order for September?

Allow time for the proof, 4 to 6 weeks of making from the day you approve it, and time for delivery. Ordering in June or early July lands them before term starts. Put your date into the checker on How it works.

Can prefect, house captain and council badges share one design?

Each badge title is its own design with its own minimum of 50. Where only the wording or the enamel colour changes, say so when you order and we draw the set together on one proof.

Do you make bar badges and shield badges?

Yes. Sizes are measured across the widest point, so a 44 mm bar badge and a 32 mm shield are both in the range. Say which shape you want and we draw it that way on the proof. Need a size outside the range? Ask us for a quote.

Can each badge carry a pupil's name?

Not per badge: each design has a minimum of 50, so individual names are not practical. Titles, house names and the year are.

What about blazer badges?

Embroidered, 80 to 90 mm, sew-on, in the school crest. Order them on the same proof as the pin badges and the uniform supplier stitches them on.